Charles Marohn’s new book is coming out September 8, 2021—and it’s all about transportation.
Read MoreBusting historical myths, a Strong Towns member featured in The Atlantic, and delightful cautionary tales. These are just some of the stories from around the web that Strong Towns staffers were reading and talking about this week.
Read MoreDo no harm: put your people and their needs at the heart of your approach. Here’s how.
Read MoreLisa Leslie joined with her neighbors to help found an intentional community where families live near one another and share life together.
Read MoreThe top-down approach puts systems ahead of people and politics ahead of place—which is not what we need if we want to actually fix our infrastructure.
Read MoreLarge-scale investors are dominating the housing market, at the expense of actual people who want to become homeowners.
Read MoreWhy do large-scale developers bother making cool mockups for their spaces, only to end up with a bland end product?
Read MoreThe Plan pretends to dig us out of the infrastructure hole we've dug ourselves into. In reality, it's making the hole bigger.
Read MoreThe story has been that we don’t spend enough on infrastructure. But what’s the whole truth?
Read MoreRoutine traffic stops don’t make anyone safer. But here’s how technology might.
Read MoreThere is nothing in the plan that is going to substantively change the trajectory of the North American development pattern.
Read MoreMinnesota’s troubled Northstar train, a surprising fact about where crashes happen in D.C., and an impressive avian comeback story. These are just some of the stories from around the web that Strong Towns staffers were reading and talking about this week.
Read MoreIt’s time to crown this year’s Strongest Town winner!
Read MoreThe answer isn’t about the definition of "infrastructure” at all. This is an issue of how Congress functions. Or doesn't.
Read MoreThis Houston-based real estate professional and urban planner is helping build community wealth through financially strong housing and development practices.
Read MoreA relatively new funding mechanism helps small businesses build support in the community, even without all the resources of a larger startup.
Read MoreInstead of bringing the parties together, Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan has stirred up controversy. Is this the end of the Infrastructure Cult?
Read MoreStrong Towns members weigh in on this year’s Strongest Town finalists.
Read MoreThe suburban growth model might as well be called an extractive industry: it deals just as much of a beating to communities that embrace it.
Read MoreWe’ve updated our blog roll! Check out the 50 blogs and podcasts our members are producing on Strong Towns themes!
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