What does it mean to build a vibrant community?

Quint Studer is the founder of Pensacola, Florida's Studer Community Institute, a nonprofit organization focused on improving the community's quality of life and moving Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties forward. He is a businessman, visionary, entrepreneur and Strong Towns member. His new book is Building A Vibrant Community: How Citizen-Powered Change Is Reshaping America.

In this engaging conversation, Chuck Marohn and Quint Studer discuss:

• What does it mean to be a vibrant community?

• How do leaders help communities get unstuck from a negative trajectory?

• Should we stop wasting time trying to appeal to and listen to the naysayers in our towns?

• How do you balance the need to take small, incremental steps with community desires to execute big visions and address big problems?

• How can we learn from other communities' successes without trying to copy exactly what they've done in our town?

• Why is downtown the best place to begin your community's revitalization efforts?

• What is the role of local government in guiding the future of a successful town?

• How important are wealthy community benefactors today?

• How can revitalization efforts benefit all residents, especially those in poorer neighborhoods?