Cities are the economic engines of our society, yet as a recent report shows, their fiscal stability can be seriously affected by local tax limitations.
Read MoreJenifer Acosta is a small-scale developer doing transformative adaptive reuse projects in central Michigan.
Read MoreOur national transportation obsession has been about maximizing the amount that you can drive. We now need to focus on minimizing the amount you are forced to drive.
Read MoreIf we continue toward a suburban development pattern, then should we move climate change efforts away from cities and to the suburbs, as well?
Read MoreHas your property tax bill skyrocketed this year? It’s worth taking a deeper look into how your county or city does their assessments...
Read MoreWe must stop seeing poor neighborhoods as "bad" neighborhoods, and instead understand them as intrinsically goods ones, whose problems are addressable if we empowered the people who care about them.
Read MoreRather than building new parks, it’s time we #DoTheMath on the ones we’ve already got.
Read MoreThe tools for understanding our places shouldn’t be gatekept in the hands of people with urban planning degrees. That’s why we created this crash course in urban design.
Read MoreHear 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.
Read MoreIf the federal government wants to fund transportation, skip the megaprojects. Start with a billion bollards.
Read MoreMurmurations, bollards, and kohlrabi. These are just some of the stories from around the web that Strong Towns staffers were reading and talking about this week.
Read MoreHere are three reasons even those who heavily depend on car access right now need not fear a transition to less auto-centric places, and might still welcome it.
Read MoreThe continued street/road hybrid approach of America's countless stroads causes needless tragedy, with the side effect of our cities going bankrupt in the process. #SlowTheCars
Read MoreOn a homestead in rural Wisconsin, Lauren Fisher is dedicated to growing her own food and connecting with her neighbors.
Read MoreCOVID has changed the way people think about the future of office work. What does this mean for office-heavy downtowns?
Read MoreThe 85th percentile rule makes it hard to ensure safe streets, so residents of northeast Kansas City took matters into their own hands.
Read MoreThe same design principles behind Japanese gardens can make the building of resilient and financially strong places into a joy, rather than a burden.
Read MoreOur cities need to be shaped by many hands, not few. Whether you’re a professional or not, you have an important role to play in this process.
Read MoreWill switching away from internal combustion engines actually mitigate the the environmental and social costs imposed by large vehicles, like the pickup truck?
Read MoreThis 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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