Darin Dinsmore is the urban planner and landscape architect behind the amazing TinyCamp Sedona, a small pod of tiny houses available for nightly rentals outside of Sedona, Arizona. Darin is just getting started applying his skills as a developer to tiny house communities. He’ll let us in on the projects he’s working on now, how he approaches developing tiny house communities, and what he’s excited about for the future of tiny homes.

In This Episode:

A recovering urban planner turns to tiny homes to address the housing crisis
How TinyCamp used different examples to showcase the types of tiny homes that are possible
Tiny house regulations, zoning code hacks, and the language that matters
Projects that are currently in development and who they serve
What is a Zoom Community and how did Covid affect where people are choosing to live?
Bungalow courts in military towns are a source of inspiration for tiny home villages
First steps to starting your own tiny house community
Why legal permits are a good idea
Cities copy what other cities are doing: Boulder, CO is a case study
How to use input from the community and potential residents to build your tiny house community
Get the most value out of your land by using your tiny house
Become your own bank: an investment method for a tiny house village

Guest Bio:

Darin Dinsmore

Darin Dinsmore is an urban planner & landscape architect with over 25 years of experience in community-based planning and design. He launched Crowdbrite in 2010 to bring plans to life and find solutions to improve civic engagement. His award-winning interactive online tool has helped more than 1 m people design their city while leveraging more than $2.5b of new investment. The Crowdbrite team helps build the natural, social, and financial capital to strengthen neighborhoods and revitalize communities. We were awarded the app of the year 2016 by the Lincoln Land Institute with projects featured in Fast Company Magazine.

To help create more sustainable and vibrant communities he launched a suite of SMART planning tools including www.infillscore.com and the Community Revitalization Program, used by more than 400 communities. In 2020 Darin is working to create new jobs and innovative housing solutions with 5 Tiny House demonstration projects across California and Arizona. Their first projects include www.tinycamp.com in magical Sedona, Az, City of Riverside Grove tiny homes and a tiny house for a teacher at the Sedona Charter School. The latest project features integrated community gardens and many sustainability features.

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