If you're going to build a bridge, then of course you want engineers. But how far should we go in trusting experts?
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In the summer, my neighbors invite things to happen that they will oppose most any other time of the year. It’s the best part of being here.
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A bill in Congress is pushing for a National Infrastructure Bank, which would mean (in theory) bold federal action to address America's infrastructure crisis. It's a big idea. It's also a really bad one.
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Strong Towns has filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota Board of Engineering Licensure in federal district court. Listen to a recording of the live briefing we did about the case in this episode of the Strong Towns podcast.
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The Republican Roadmap isn't a real alternative to the American Jobs Plan, and even if it was, we must stop talking about our national infrastructure strategy in terms of “Democratic versus Republican” approaches.
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Communities in decline face a great deal of work if they hope to someday become stronger towns. Remember that it is a process, not a destination. Here’s how you can begin.
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Resource-focused cities of the past built wealth in a downtown core surrounded by neighborhoods. Here’s how to recreate that ecosystem in your place, today.
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We must stop building more infrastructure in our cities and switch instead to a model of intensive maintenance, combined with making better use of what has already been built.
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The Minnesota board that regulates engineering licenses is abusing their power in order to stifle the free speech of Charles Marohn and retaliate against the Strong Towns movement for their advocacy on transportation, infrastructure, and engineering reform. Strong Towns has filed suit in federal court to stop the board’s actions.
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Conventional economic development practice focuses on recruiting new businesses to relocate to the community. In reality, the most stable and prosperous businesses are those that are homegrown.
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Entrepreneurship plays an important role in building prosperous local communities. Here are some steps for creating a more active ecosystem of entrepreneurs in your place.
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Let’s go beyond the “buy local” mantra and start replacing things we send money out of the community for with viable local alternatives.
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There is much we can learn from cities of the past—especially small, remote cities that grew up around the exploitation of natural resources.
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Resource-based communities rarely experience the prosperity their labor makes possible for others. It doesn’t have to be this way.
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Engineers are great at building roads, but we should never ask them to build our streets.
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Ever notice that a lot of houses look like faces? There’s a reason for that, and it’s more important to your brain than you might realize.
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A great credit rating is not a blessing for a young community if it is interpreted as a license to borrow without discipline.
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In the UK, planning systems have created a housing shortage. Here’s how a bottom-up approach could address the problem.
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The federal government pays the upfront costs for infrastructure, but the responsibility for its maintenance is yours. Forever.
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Do no harm: put your people and their needs at the heart of your approach. Here’s how.
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