Media Corner
Our Favorite Books
Abundance
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity
Charles Marohn
Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis
Charles Marohn and Daniel Herriges
Confessions of a Recovering Engineer
Charles Marohn
Death and Life of Great American Cities
Jane Jacobs
Cities for People
Jan Gehl
Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
Henry Grabar
The Economy of Cities
Jane Jacobs
Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It
Nolan Gray
Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America
Conor Dougherty
Triumph of the City
Ed Glaeser
Walkable City
Jeff Speck
News Sources and Friends of Sustain
Streets.mn
https://streets.mn/
MinnPost Writer Bill Lindeke
https://www.minnpost.com/author/bill-lindeke/
Sightline Institute: Housing+Cities
https://www.sightline.org/research/housing-cities/
Slate Journalist Henry Grabar
https://slate.com/author/henry-grabar
Strong Towns
https://www.strongtowns.org/
Video Channels Watched by Sustain
Strong Towns
https://www.youtube.com/@strongtowns
City Nerd
https://www.youtube.com/@CityNerd
About Here
https://www.youtube.com/@AboutHere
Oh the Urbanity!
https://www.youtube.com/@OhTheUrbanity
City Beautiful
https://www.youtube.com/@CityBeautiful
NotJustBikes
https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustBikes
Articles Written by Members and Friends of Sustain
Sustain Co-Chair Luke Hanson
St. Paul resident says outdated zoning rules are holding cities back
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/07/07/st-paul-resident-says-outdated-zoning-rules-could-be-holding-the-city-back
Sustain Co-Chair Luke Hanson
Sustain Co-Chair Luke Hanson
How St. Paul Can Re-Legalize Small Commercial Development
https://streets.mn/2025/06/25/how-st-paul-can-relegalize-small-commercial-development/
Sustain Co-Chair Luke Hanson
Sustain Co-Chair Luke Hanson
How St. Paul’s Commercial Zoning Rules Hamper the City
https://streets.mn/2025/06/18/how-st-pauls-commercial-zoning-rules-hamper-the-city/
Sustain Co-Chair Luke Hanson
Sustain Co-Chair Luke Hanson
Allow Corner Stores and Coffee Shops in St. Paul’s Residential Zones
https://streets.mn/2025/06/11/allow-corner-stores-and-coffee-shops-in-st-pauls-residential-zones-part-1-editor-load/
Sustain Co-Chair Luke Hanson
Zak Yudhishthu
St. Paul needs to reform its rent stabilization policy to revive development
https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/04/10/st-paul-needs-to-reform-its-rent-stabilization-policy-to-revive-development/
Zak Yudhishthu
Sustain Co-Chairs Luke Hanson and Melissa Wenzel
Exempting new buildings from rent control is the right thing to do
https://www.startribune.com/exempting-new-buildings-from-rent-control-is-the-right-thing-to-do/601320518
Sustain Co-Chairs Luke Hanson and Melissa Wenzel
Amy Gage Interviews Sustain Co-Chair Melissa Wenzel
Keeping Building Materials Out of Landfills Is Heroic Work
https://streets.mn/2024/03/25/keeping-building-materials-out-of-landfills/
Amy Gage Interviews Sustain Co-Chair Melissa Wenzel