Ice storms, ugly apartment buildings and short-term thinking are just a few of the topics that caught our attention this week—plus an update from the Strong Towns team.
Read MoreWe have to give up on on the delusion that we can have a place that is both great for business, and great at moving cars quickly. To be successful, we need to go all-in on one or the other.
Read MoreAlfred Melbourne sees farming as a chance to bring back land into productive use, feed neighbors and help guide young people down a supportive path.
Read MoreTransportation engineering profession is at a crossroads. The industry has not honored its ethical obligations. That must change.
Read MoreHow a ruling from the Arizona Supreme Court will change how local governments do economic development.
Read MoreThere are major flaws in the accounting standards that shape municipal finance in American cities. But there’s an opportunity too: a chance to comment on—and perhaps change—those standards going forward.
Read MoreGoogle Street View has now been around long enough to let us see how our cities have changed over ten-plus years. Often those changes have been for the worse…but sometimes they’re for the better.
Read MoreExplore the winning journeys of the five previous winners of the Strongest Town contest. Will your city be #6?
Read MoreHow the government can become not just more representative of the people but more responsive to their actual needs.
Read MoreLondon’s thinnest house just went on sale. Here are two takeaways we shouldn’t miss.
Read MorePaving over history, the science of persuasion, and the secretive group transforming cellar windows into urban miniatures. These are a few of the stories from around the web that Strong Towns staffers were reading and talking about this week.
Read More2020 was a year of many challenges. But, in the midst of it all, Strong Towns advocates everywhere stepped up to lead.
Read MoreTrying to please everyone will grind your project to a halt. Use these strategies instead to build consent and get things done.
Read MoreHouse hunting—even online—puts the effects of the suburban development pattern on full display.
Read MoreIncremental development doesn’t just look better—it’s the only path to long-term solvency.
Read MoreCritics say YIMBYs have an “induced demand” problem.
Read MoreThe grim truths hidden in the daily traffic reports.
Read MoreHow one West Virginia town is giving the City, developers, and residents the flexibility to build a stronger place.
Read MoreInnovations promising safety and certainty often make us more fragile and vulnerable instead.
Read MoreYou’ve always said more people should know how great your town or city is. Now they will.
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