What can be done about retail structures when they’re abandoned by their big-box tenants? One solution: break them down into smaller, much more dynamic spaces.
Read MoreThe creator of Not Just Bikes, a popular YouTube channel on urban planning, talks about what makes Amsterdam such a great biking city…but why building a biking city isn’t the goal.
Read MoreCharles Marohn is delivering an in-depth presentation and Q&A on strengthening local economies, with five key action steps.
Read MoreThis is the Year of Action, twelve months where we are focusing on what it takes to help our millions of site visitors make theirs a Strong Town. Here’s how you can help in this mission.
Read MoreWildlife crossings, the scientific process, and immigrant perspectives. These are just some of the stories from around the web that Strong Towns staffers were reading and talking about this week.
Read MoreWe must start adapting our architectural designs to the instincts of our species, rather than the other way around.
Read MoreWe’d like to say thank you to folks preordering the new Strong Towns book.
Read MoreSophia Hosain leads community composting programs to help strengthen local economies and food systems.
Read MoreThe generational ranch model has been wobbling since WWII, but here's how one small community in Montana is keeping grazing land as working lands, as well as bolstering opportunities for young producers.
Read MoreDo you have a question about how to apply the Strong Towns approach to your city? The Strong Towns community wants to weigh in.
Read MoreLast week, we announced that Strong Towns has filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota Board of Engineering Licensure. Since then, people around the internet have been discussing the case and its implications for advocacy.
Read MoreNatural resources have been a mixed bag for Big Horn County, Montana, but local Crow (Apsáalooke) leaders are working to turn the narrative around.
Read MoreStrong 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.
Read MoreMoving past a commodity-based economy is not for the faint of heart. See how this community in Idaho has begun welcoming new (sometimes even weird) ideas on how to do so.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreRemembering Tulsa, aging-friendly communities, and subsidence in California. These are just some of the stories from around the web that Strong Towns staffers were reading and talking about this week.
Read MoreTechnocratic growth management in Florida has failed, and a new conversation is needed. Let's start that conversation now.
Read MoreCommunities 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.
Read MoreNew suburban development creates budget-devouring road liabilities. And the way developers are asked to mitigate their traffic impacts is only making the problem worse.
Read MoreCoté Soeren’s “Resistencia” coffee shop in Seattle is a space for community connection and support, not gentrification.
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