Here’s why everyone benefits when faith communities connect their mission and story to their physical place in the neighborhood.
Read MorePeople are running the numbers in their cities and confronting head-on the absurd un-affordability of the Suburban Experiment.
Read MoreA lot of bad public engagement sets the impossible goal of identifying the community’s “vision” for a place by asking people about their preferences—usually with questions they’re ill-equipped to answer. There’s a better way.
Read MoreAn unproductive intersection looks different to different people: engineers, departments of transportation, tax assessors, etc. But bringing it to life starts with seeing it through still someone else’s eyes.
Read MoreCities that offered few options for teenagers before the pandemic have even fewer options today.
Read MoreWise insights and advice for anyone who wants to make their town stronger in the coming year.
Read MoreAccessory Commercial Units spur entrepreneurship and build a city’s prosperity. The problem? Many zoning laws make them functionally illegal.
Read MoreCentralized systems are good at getting us cheap food, cars, and toilet paper—until they’re not. They’re also really bad at isolating deadly outbreaks.
Read MoreHere’s a pragmatic way to close the gap between what businesses know they need to thrive and what their cash-strapped cities can actually provide.
Read MoreThis could be the most transformative gift you give this holiday season.
Read MoreThe Christmas Cookie Inflation Index has risen 4.3% in the last year. This is compared to the official inflation rate of 1.2%.
Read MoreA trip down the “Road of Bones” in Russia, the benefits of not fixing a fence, a town’s decision to ban backyard chickens, and the secret(s) to keeping an angel food cake from collapsing. Here are stories from around the web that Strong Towns staffers were reading and talking about this week.
Read MoreAcross the U.S., cities are taking steps to make sure they work for people of all ages.
Read MoreHere are incremental steps communities have taken to get stronger—steps that create a lot of impact while being easy to replicate.
Read MoreHow one urban advocate helped transform a downtown street into a pedestrian-friendly public space— plus tips for how you can do the same in your own city.
Read MoreHow one small town in South Carolina destroyed everything that makes downtown downtown.
Read MoreThe governor of Wyoming says the state may have to abandon some small towns because it doesn’t have the money to maintain their sewers and streets. How did it get to this point? And what should be done?
Read MoreWhat would an incremental, fiscally responsible and local approach to solving homelessness look like?
Read MoreOver the last 40 years, the federal government’s share of spending on water infrastructure dropped from 63% to 9%. That means it’s up to local communities to figure out how to pay to repair or replace all that aging infrastructure.
Read MoreThe real story of the Rust Belt is not simply one of deindustrialization or decline. To miss that is to also to miss the way forward to greater strength and resilience.
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