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Could These Parking Spaces Be Homes?
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- The Bottom-Up Revolution
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- Jul 2, 2026
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- 2718
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Summary
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.