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Take control of your place’s
financial future.

Your community needs you to be an effective advocate for change. We can help you get there.

 
 
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ABOUT US

Strong Towns is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit media advocacy organization. We produce content that analyzes the failures of the post-war North American development pattern while giving citizens the knowledge and tools to start making our places better today.


Our Vision

We seek to have the Strong Towns Approach be the default way that every city, town, and neighborhood pursues growth, development, and prosperity.

Our Mission

We seek to replace America’s post-war pattern of development, the Suburban Experiment, with a pattern of development that is financially strong and resilient. We advocate for cities of all sizes to be safe, livable, and inviting. We work to elevate local government to be the highest level of collaboration for people working together in a place, not merely the lowest level in a hierarchy of governments.

 
 
 

WHAT WE DO

Strong Towns supports thousands of people across the United States and Canada who are advocating for a radically new way of thinking about the way we build our world. We do this in six key ways:

Media

We produce daily articles and podcasts that ask hard questions about how we build today, and shine a spotlight on a better way that we must take up tomorrow.

Education

The Strong Towns Academy offers in-depth courses, as well as short-form workshops, for those who want to take action in their community.

Resources

The Strong Towns Action Lab houses how-to guides, case studies, and more downloadable resources to help you build a strong town.

Events

Strong Towns staff give engaging presentations and lead transformative workshops for audiences across the country, and virtually.

Neighborhood Groups

Strong Towns advocates and members who live in the same city gather in Local Conversation Groups to discuss how Strong Towns principles can make their places more resilient.

Community Action Lab

These extended engagements use a multi-pronged approach to mobilize specific communities for change and coach key local leaders through critical action steps.

 
 

OUR CAMPAIGNS

To accelerate change, we are focusing our efforts on the following five priority campaigns:

End Highway Expansion

We seek to curtail the primary mechanism of local wealth destruction and municipal insolvency: the continued expansion of America’s highways and related auto-based transportation systems. Learn more.

Transparent Local Accounting

We seek to reveal the financial implications of the Suburban Experiment by increasing the transparency of local government accounting practices. Learn more.

Incremental Housing

We seek to have the next increment of development intensity allowed, by right, in every neighborhood in America. Learn more.

Safe and Productive Streets

We seek to shift the priority of local streets from automobile throughput to human safety and wealth creation. Learn more.

End Parking Mandates and Subsidies

We seek an end to the mandates and subsidies that cause productive land to be used for motor vehicle storage. Learn more.

 
 
 

Strong Towns has given me the language and tools to speak clearly and confidently to leaders in my community as well as my fellow residents.

- Jennifer Smith

The Strong Towns approach is possibly the only way to save our cities from perpetual financial crisis.

- Jay Ferm

Strong Towns gave me a community of people that were thinking the same thing. It was incredible to know I was not alone.

- Tom Broderick

 
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MEMBERSHIP

Strong Towns is building a bottom-up movement for change. You can join this effort by reading our content, sharing it with others, and connecting with people in your own place. To continue growing this movement, we also need your financial support. 

In 2023, 28.4% of our funding came from memberships and donations (see our 2023 Annual Report). Our work depends on the support of our audience.

This is why we’re asking you to become a member by making a contribution of any amount.

When you become a member of Strong Towns, your financial support puts tools and resources into the hands of Strong Citizens in your community and in cities across North America. You demonstrate to the world that you believe in the Strong Towns message and want others to follow your lead.

 
 

 OUR TEAM

Strong Towns Team

Advisory Board

Employment Opportunities

 

 CONTACT US

  • Phone: 844-218-1681

    Mailing Address:

    1001 Kingwood Street

    Studio 116

    Brainerd, MN 56401

  • Press Contact: Karen Douglas

    Phone: 844-218-1681

    Email: press@strongtowns.org

    Visit our press room here.

  • Book a Strong Towns event here.

    Learn more here about hosting a Strong Towns event.

    Access our press kit here.

  • Learn about writing for Strong Towns here.

    Share stories with us here.

    Get email updates from us here.

  • Got a specific question for Strong Towns?

    First, head to our Action Lab where you’ll find FAQs and a space to submit questions to the Strong Towns community.

    Please know that the Strong Towns organization does not do consulting. Instead, we’ve created a ton of tools, resources, and places to get feedback on your questions in our Action Lab. That’s the best place to start your journey.

    If you’ve still got a specific and unanswered question for the Strong Towns team, you can email us at team@strongtowns.org.