All Strong Towns members have a hero origin story — an experience that compelled them to get off the sidelines and into the game, to start making things better in their communities. Here are some of those stories. What was yours?
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Strong communities don't need (costly) external validation.
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These buildings—all built within the past 20 years in the U.S. and Canada—show that we can still create things of beauty, and that gives us something to look forward to (and to fight for)!
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You can learn a lot about a place by how easily you can do some great Christmas shopping.
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Two prominent communities in Berkshire County, MA, are in the midst of deciding what to prioritize on their main streets: cars or people?
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If you’ve ever thought, “I’m not a great advocate; I can’t make the big changes my community needs,” then you need to hear what this Strong Towns member has to say about the power of taking small steps.
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This Strong Towns member was skeptical of claims that a speed trap had successfully slowed the cars on a local street…so, he conducted a speed study. Here are his results.
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Over the course of a Sunday afternoon, this Strong Towns member created a simple and achievable plan to transform a local street—all on a small budget!
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Don’t be fooled: Winnipeg’s newly proposed “rapid transit” project is actually a road-widening project in disguise. And it aims to borrow money so the City can destroy millions of dollars of its own tax base.
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Ann Zadeh is a Strong Towns member, former city councilwoman, and community design leader in Fort Worth, TX.
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When it comes to our places’ roads, we need to start asking: “How much is this gonna cost us?”
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If you want to help spread the Strong Towns message, but are held back by a fear of public speaking, then this is the club for you!
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If you ever wanted to REALLY make a change in your town, instead of just starting a fight, consider this your manifesto.
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This Strong Towns member saw a huge problem with the parking minimums in his city—and decided to do something about it.
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What if you had free rein to do the things you know need to be done to fix your neighborhood street?
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Fellow “recovering” engineer Kevin Shepherd offers his confessions: “Looking back now, I can say that many projects I designed actually hurt people and their communities.”
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There’s a lot of conversation about how cities can become “15-minute cities.” What role does the Strong Towns approach play?
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Given our current pattern of development, is it overly romantic to want to transition through the stages of life while remaining in the same neighborhood, with the same people around us?
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These Strong Towns members are helping build homes for those that need them and advocating for more flexible housing policy in Texas.
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Alex Rodriguez and Danny Lapin are incrementally revitalizing a historic space for entrepreneurs, artists and community members in rural Lexington, NY.
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