Charles Marohn is the founder of Strong Towns and has been a regular key note speaker at North Dakota’s Main Street Summits. He’s also a licensed engineer and someone who’s studied communities, the decisions they make, and the path to community prosperity more than the average person. His conclusion — doing the smallest things, and in some cases fixing old mistakes, is the place to start. In in this article, he makes his point using an example from his town — Brainard, MN.