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Chuck is heading to Wisconsin for a Curbside Chat tonight and then to give Transportation in the Next American City tomorrow. Exciting opportunity to share our message. Here's the most current schedule of upcoming events, including Alabama next week.

April 9-10 - La Crosse, WI
April 14-15 - Birmingham, AL
April 24-25 - Stevens Point, WI  - Half day training session, AICP Credits will be offered - Register Here
April 28 - Dallas, TX - Curbside Chat
April 30 - Dallas, TX - Member Appreciation Event - More details to come to Strong Towns Members by email
May 13 - Fargo, ND - Curbside Chat
May 14 - Grand Forks, ND - Curbside Chat
May 19 - Hays, KS - Curbside Chat
May 21 - Lewiston, ME - Conference Keynote
June 17 - Boston, MA - Conference Keynote
June 18 - Denver, CO - Strong Towns on Tap
June 23 - Detroit, MI - Conference Panel
June 30 - Des Moines, IA - Conference Keynote

In case you missed it this week...

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Bangor’s Bold Moves on Housing
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Bangor’s Bold Moves on Housing
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Bangor, Maine, isn’t holding out for silver bullets. It’s getting to work—clearing the way for more homes in creative, community-minded ways.

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How To Take a Holistic Approach to City Building, With Craig Cassar
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How To Take a Holistic Approach to City Building, With Craig Cassar
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Craig Cassar is a first-term city councilor in Hamilton, Ontario. He joins Tiffany to discuss the challenges his city faces and the progress it’s made. They also talk about the importance of synergy between urbanism and environmentalism.

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Lessons From Buffalo: How To Stop Slumlords and Protect Urban Spaces
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Lessons From Buffalo: How To Stop Slumlords and Protect Urban Spaces
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Today, Abby is joined by Bernice Radle, a small-scale developer and historic building preservationist from Buffalo, New York. They discuss how two developing news stories could affect both small-scale developers and historic preservationists.

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3 Things To Keep in Mind When Removing an Urban Highway
Mya Riley
3 Things To Keep in Mind When Removing an Urban Highway
Mya Riley

In 2011, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation decided to do something extremely unusual: It removed an urban highway. Here are three lessons to learn from their success.

Mya Riley
Stop Banking on Subsidies and Start Building What Works
Asia Mieleszko
Stop Banking on Subsidies and Start Building What Works
Asia Mieleszko

As Norwalk navigates a housing crisis, one thing is clear: the path forward isn’t scale for scale’s sake—it’s building smarter, more affordably, and with the community in mind.

Asia Mieleszko
How To Remove Barriers to Good Housing Development, With Jesse Russell
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How To Remove Barriers to Good Housing Development, With Jesse Russell
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Jesse Russell is a small-scale developer from Bend, Oregon. He joins Norm to discuss the ways he’s helping create more attainable homes in his hometown. (Transcript included.)

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How Culdesac Tempe Develops Freedom, Revenue, and Belonging, With Ryan Johnson
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How Culdesac Tempe Develops Freedom, Revenue, and Belonging, With Ryan Johnson
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Chuck sits down with Ryan Johnson, the founder of Culdesac Tempe, the first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the U.S. They discuss the realities of living in and developing a community like Culdesac.

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Answering the Top 3 Questions About Abundance and the Strong Towns Approach
Charles Marohn
Answering the Top 3 Questions About Abundance and the Strong Towns Approach
Charles Marohn

A couple of weeks ago, Chuck did a Q&A about how the book “Abundance” differs from the Strong Towns approach. There were some good questions, so we’ve consolidated his answers here.

Charles Marohn
How to Build the Perfect City
Chris Arnade
How to Build the Perfect City
Chris Arnade

While urban planning can sound boring, how we choose to live is as fundamental a question as exists.

Chris Arnade
Eric Higbee: How to Master the Art of Community Engagement
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Eric Higbee: How to Master the Art of Community Engagement
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Eric Higbee is a landscape architect who teaches university courses on community engagement and works on community design and planning projects through his award-winning landscape architecture practice.

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Student Journalist Goes "All Out" to Spotlight Car Dependency and Spark Change
Norm Van Eeden Petersman
Student Journalist Goes "All Out" to Spotlight Car Dependency and Spark Change
Norm Van Eeden Petersman

Student journalist William Donofrio is part of a growing group of changemakers who are noticing, documenting, and sharing the struggles their places face.

Norm Van Eeden Petersman
Charles Marohn