Sam Quinones returns to the Strong Towns Podcast to discuss a recent, moving article he’s written about Hazard, KY, a small town that was hit hard by the decline of coal mining and the rise of the opioid epidemic.
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Searching for a place where people work together and things actually get done? Look no further than Jasper, IN, where a gorgeous downtown renovation serves as an example of a place that’s “built by many hands.”
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Trumansburg, NY, may not be a major city, but it’s feeling the squeeze of North America’s housing crisis just as much as larger municipalities. Here’s how they’re tackling the challenge of housing affordability.
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Oftentimes, people in rural settings drive long distances to bigger towns to find community engagement. This renovated soda fountain shop shows why it’s worth looking for that sense of community a little closer to home.
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Our Neighborhood Storyteller visits her hometown to both mourn and celebrate the changes that have happened there over the years.
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When you prioritize fast car movement on a street that should be for building community wealth, don’t be surprised when you end up getting neither.
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Galesburg, IL, is talking about Strong Towns ideas, centered around a question that many Strong Towns readers are familiar with: “Is our downtown built for cars instead of people?”
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The trajectory of these Jersey supermarkets is a microcosm of how the suburban experiment altered small towns, turning them from tiny cities into suburban lifestyle accouterments.
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The decision to renovate a local theater presents a simple, but compelling, example of why Jasper, IN, was chosen as our 2022 Strongest Town Contest winner.
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Sometimes, it’s worth it to take a step back from national news and pay attention to the things that are happening in your own community.
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Downtown Leesburg, Virginia, goes car free for one weekend.
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This small town is considering overhauling its main street to embrace walkability and good old-fashioned main street urbanism.
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Residents of small towns shouldn’t have to travel to a large urban downtown to get a taste of a walkable, people-centered environment.
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What if we could get back large buildings hosting businesses at a hyperlocal scale—and what if that actually helped reduce the sentiment we call NIMBYism?
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A crucial part of making your city or town stronger lies in revitalizing your downtown. Here’s how one Local Conversation organizer is doing that work in her place.
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When the pandemic shut down our town, I realized how much I'd taken for granted the neighbors who showed up every day to make our community work.
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Our excessive expansion of the interstate highway system has destroyed urban downtowns—and it’s wiped out many small towns altogether.
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In this town where so many people have front-lawn gardens, why is anyone still arguing that they shouldn’t be allowed?
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When a community is strong, it can make even an “outsider” feel welcome.
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These small towns in Kansas are offering land and housing at a steal in an attempt to fortify their shrinking tax bases. What does this mean for the future of rural America?
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