About this episode

Clark Eckels and Nathan McCloskey discuss a project that transformed parking spaces into small-scale housing in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Fayetteville, Arkansas, is growing fast, and housing is getting harder to build. Clark Eckels and Nathan McCloskey of Fayetteville Strong talk about Rethink the Lot, a tactical urbanism pop-up that turned downtown parking spaces into small-scale housing people could walk through. The housing and parking debate can easily get stuck in zoning language, council meetings, and abstract trade-offs, but this project gave people a physical way to understand what those rules mean on the ground. Clark and Nathan explain what residents worry about, why parking minimums matter, and what changed when people stood inside a home where a car would usually sit. ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES Clark Eckels and Nathan McCloskey (LinkedIn) Fayetteville Strong (Site, Instagram, Youtube Video) Local Recommendations:‍ Word Coffee Crisis Brewing Fossil Cove Brewing Hugos Hammontrees Fayetteville Public Library Razorback Greenway Tiffany Owens Reed (Instagram) Do you know someone who would make for a great Bottom-Up Revolution guest? Let us know here! This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Thank you! Join fellow members discussing this episode in The Commons.

People in this episode

Guests: Clark Eckels, Nathan McCloskey

Topics covered

• housing
• urbanism
• tactical urbanism
• community engagement
• zoning
• parking

Keywords

• Fayetteville
• housing debate
• parking spaces
• tactical urbanism
• zoning
• community
• Rethink the Lot

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fayetteville Strong, Word Coffee, Crisis Brewing, Fossil Cove Brewing, Hugos, Hammontrees

Places: Fayetteville, Arkansas, Razorback Greenway, Fayetteville Public Library

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