Top 5 Recent Stories (February 17–21)

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1. How We Crowd Out the Best Local Investments

by Charles Marohn | February 17, 2020

The Strong Towns approach to public investment is part of an overall strategy of shifting our local energy from chasing the next project to building real wealth.

2. Walkable? Check. Urban? Check. Rural? Also Check.

by Daniel Herriges | February 17, 2020

Compact development isn’t just for big cities. Some of the best walkable urbanism in the world is in the smallest towns. And embracing this is the key to enjoying the best of both worlds: urban and rural.

3. Closing the Doors on a "Bad Party" in Lake Wylie, South Carolina

by Strong Towns | February 19, 2020

A town in South Carolina just banned all new growth. The Upzoned podcast returns with a look at the challenges facing exurbs that can’t afford the growth they worked so hard to achieve.

4. Is Lexington Turning Against Infill?

by Nolan Gray | February 18, 2020

With horizontal growth hemmed in by an urban growth boundary and infill growth capped by inherited land-use regulations, Lexington seems headed toward a housing affordability crisis. It’s not too late to change course, but time is running out.

5. Tim Carney: “Alienated America” and the Rise of Populism

by Strong Towns | February 17, 2020

What do walkable neighborhoods and church attendance have to do with the surprising ascendance of Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election? More than you might think...and maybe different than you might think, too.

Top image of Chesterton, Indiana via Wikimedia Commons.