The New Pioneers
How Entrepreneurs Are Defying the System to Rebuild the Cities and Towns of America
by J.P. Faber
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Pub Date Jun 13 2017 | Archive Date Aug 10 2017
Description
But this type of open environment is long gone.
It’s prohibitively expensive for young entrepreneurs to start a business today. In fact, it is almost impossible to build anything unless you are part of a larger organization that has the expertise and resources to navigate the system. Our municipal, state, and federal codes, from business permitting and OSHA compliance to occupational licenses and tax requirements, have blossomed out of control.
Today’s innovators and builders must ignore the rules, go to places where the rules are not enforced, or figure out how to get around them. The New Pioneers is the story of Americans—millennials, immigrants, artists, and entrepreneurs—who are doing just that in cities across the nation, including Detroit, San Diego, New Orleans, Phoenix, and many more.
Written by journalist J.P. Faber, The New Pioneers shows the entrepreneurs of today, especially those in urban areas, how they can work around obstacles to create wealth and revive our cities. Small business owners and individual builders have the power to fix what’s broken in society—if only they are allowed to do so.
This book is an optimistic look at how we can rebuild our cities and jump-start more small businesses. It shows how we can make far better use of our resources, both human and physical. The New Pioneers paves a road to success in a crumbling world. It’s time for the little guy to have a fighting chance to get ahead once again.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
“I predicted years ago that the idiotic and unreformable over-burden of building and zoning codes would eventually have to be ignored by anyone seeking to rebuild this country at the small scale and the fine grain. That outcome has now been realized in Lean Urbanism, a set of ingenious work-arounds for those determined to rescue our dying towns and cities. This book is the first herald of that momentous revolution.”
—James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere and The Long Emergency
“This book is one of the few collections of real world case studies showing that if you reduce regulations and move toward a more libertarian model, huge creative energies will be released and wealth created. This book tells that story in a highly readable and concrete way that makes the abstract principles of a free society very real and immediate.”
—Jennifer Grossman, CEO of The Atlas Society
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781944648305 |
| PRICE | $24.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 256 |
Featured Reviews
Todd G, Educator
Faber does an amazing job taking the reader deep into the heart of a community's rebirth. As a kid who grew up south of Detroit, I was transfixed in his tour of the amazing builders and artisans that have (largely under the radar) rebuilt homes, buildings, businesses and communities!
From that point onward the case only gets stronger for a new way of thinking about codes, development, and what it means to have communities that we want to live, work, and play in!
Highly recommend it to anyone interested in community redevelopment, walkability, or the future of space!
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