Tiffany Owens is helping people open their eyes, put down their phones, and truly see their cities.
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Let’s talk about master developers and how all-at-once, large-scale development doesn’t offer the environment in which resilient economic ecosystems emerge.
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What role does high-speed rail play in creating a strong town? We turn to Rick Harnish, executive director of the High Speed Rail Alliance, for insight.
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Thomas Dougherty sees tremendous potential in alleys.
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This small city in Washington has been quietly making some very big zoning changes…
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Learn how Lockport, Illinois, helped its small businesses get back on their feet during the pandemic…using rubber duckies!
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The $20 billion that was supposed to be dedicated to the Reconnecting Communities Act has been cut down to $1 billion. Naturally, people are disappointed.
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After the local government did nothing, this Strong Towns advocate bought a dangerous road in her community and made it safer.
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Churches in Seattle could provide affordable housing for their communities, while gaining a sustainable source of income…if they weren’t being obstructed by city leaders.
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Some misguided attempts to enhance the local park in Brainerd, MN, has actually made it a worse place to be.
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Jenifer Acosta is a small-scale developer doing transformative adaptive reuse projects in central Michigan.
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If we continue toward a suburban development pattern, then should we move climate change efforts away from cities and to the suburbs, as well?
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Hear how local leaders in Louisiana are fighting the I-49 Connector, an urban highway expansion project that is threatening the vibrant, predominantly black neighborhood of Allendale.
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On a homestead in rural Wisconsin, Lauren Fisher is dedicated to growing her own food and connecting with her neighbors.
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COVID has changed the way people think about the future of office work. What does this mean for office-heavy downtowns?
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This week on the Strong Towns Podcast, we’ve invited back a popular past guest and regular Strong Towns contributor: Johnny Sanphillippo.
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Ilana Preuss is an urban planner, consultant, and author of a new book called Recast Your City.
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The recent tragedy in Surfside, Florida, is both a harbinger of things to come and emblematic of the nation’s larger problem with maintaining our built environment.
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The advice to “keep your options open” is having a negative impact on our cities. Here’s why.
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Michael Kelley is helping to make Kansas City a place where getting around is easy and affordable for everyone.
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