The Family Dollar system operates more stores than McDonald’s, Starbucks, Target, and Walmart combined. And that’s not good news for your community.
Read MoreIn this week’s episode of the Strong Towns Podcast, Chuck Marohn talks about the financial system, and provides insights on what’s currently happening in the banking industry.
Read More10 years ago, PennDOT promised that two new highway ramps in Chester, PA, would produce “an explosion of economic development.” Now, the city is filing for bankruptcy.
Read MoreAs America’s cities continue their halting climb up and out of the last few years, data analytics firm Urban3 foresees a few crises—as well as opportunities—waiting for them in 2023.
Read MoreIf the U.S. is advancing in its ability to build things, why does it seem like our places are falling apart?
Read MoreThe Christmas Cookie Inflation Index has risen 12.0% in the last year. This is compared to the official inflation rate of 7.7%.
Read MoreStreets can be about many things, but unless they are building wealth for the community, they won’t survive. Period.
Read MoreJoin the Urban3 team as they wade past Oklahoma City’s glittering amenities to take an up-close view of the real economic engine under the shiny enamel hood.
Read MoreLet’s explore the idea of inflation being “good.”
Read MoreThe Christmas Cookie Inflation Index has risen 10.6% in the last year. This is compared to the official inflation rate of 6.8%.
Read MoreYou can’t just turn off the world supply chain, then turn it back on again and expect it to work properly.
Read MoreWe live in a society where the tendency is to scale up more and more, but are we actually on the path to a small-town revival?
Read MoreA model of what the future could look like for communities that depend on extractive industry, if they make the right investments.
Read MoreThe debate now is between saving jobs and saving lives. But there was a deeper question we should have been asking a long time ago.
Read MoreWhat technological disasters — like the Deepwater Horizon explosion — can tell us about why our economy seems to lurch from crisis to crisis.
Read MoreThe coronavirus is revealing how fragile our economy is. (Look no further than disruptions to the global supply chain.) As we rebuild, will we double down on the failed status quo…or build something ANTI-fragile?
Read More3 dollars and cents arguments that definitively prove the need for people-oriented, walk-friendly places.
Read MoreStrong, resilient cities have survived economic crises in the past and will continue to do so in the future. But what about the fragile cities?
Read More3 dollars and cents arguments that definitively prove the need for people-oriented, walk-friendly places.
Read MoreCharles Darwin said, "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”
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