So your city's on its way to going broke — Lynda Humble

Verdunity CEO Kevin Shepherd sits down with Lynda Humble, city manager of Bastrop, Texas, to talk about what she learned from a fiscal model of the city's development pattern, how that reshaped discussions with City Council and citizens, and how it is informing Bastrop's overhaul of plans and codes that don't align with its goal of fiscal sustainability.

(Spoiler: they learned the city would soon go broke if it kept its current approach to growth.)

Lynda and Kevin also discuss the immediate and long-term fallout from the 86th Texas Legislative Session for Texas cities, and Lynda gives advice to city managers working in communities with similar situations.

By the way, if you want to learn a bit more about the most impactful laws passed in that Texas Legislative Session, check out the webcast we recently did on the subject.

And to hear earlier episodes we did with Bastrop leadership, look up episode 3 and episode 24.

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(Music in this episode is from No Future, Custodian of Records, and Cosmic Dan & the Mole Men.)

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