Today we kick off our member drive, your opportunity to support this bottom-up revolution and bring needed change to cities across North America.
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Need proof that suburban-style development is a money pit? Exhibit A: The swanky Seattle suburb where Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates both live is going broke. If Medina, Washington can’t make it work, why would other communities even try?
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There are eight qualities of a remarkable “everyday neighborhood.” How many does your neighborhood have?
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Our own Chuck Marohn and Urban3’s Joe Minicozzi got together to deliver some tough truths about building a stronger Kansas City, Missouri. Lesson number one: Simply tweaking how you collect taxes is not going to solve your revenue problems.
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What’s been on your mind? We want to know. Join Chuck Marohn and the whole Strong Towns team for a special all-hands-on-deck edition of the Ask Strong Towns conversation.
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Until communities get serious about slowing the cars, pedestrians will continue to take safety into their own hands…often in very creative ways.
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Making big developers “give back” to the community by running a gauntlet of concessions and fees seems like it should weaken their clout. Here’s why it actually does the opposite.
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Help us spread the word about #BlackFridayParking. Get a holiday gift you'll actually want.
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A begrudging trip downtown opened this suburb dweller’s eyes to the delights of a wonderful city street. What similar experience have YOU had that helped you see your place in a new light?
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The downtown may not seem as vibrant as it once was. But there is more there than meets the eye, and this community in Pennsylvania is using the arts to build a future every bit as bright as its past.
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Kansas City has more freeway lane miles per capita than any other city in the country…and possibly the world. Can a city so devoted to edge development for the last 60 years pursue a more fiscally responsible approach to development? There are reasons to be hopeful.
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They left a city that is the envy of urbanists everywhere, for a small town seemingly in the middle of nowhere. The cofounder of the Little Free Libraries movement reflects on what makes his rural community strong.
Read MoreWe want to dismiss Detroit as an anomaly. But in fact Detroit is a glimpse into the future for nearly every American city and town. Increasingly fragile from auto-centric development, for Detroit—and for the rest of us—it was only a matter of time.
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If you design a place well-suited for trick-or-treating, you've almost certainly also designed a place well-suited for building community. It’s called “The Trick-or-Treat Test.” Here are six boxes to check for maximum appeal for Halloween…and every other day of the year.
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Medina, Washington is struggling to pay its bills. How can this be? And what does it mean for towns and cities that don’t have the two richest people in the world living there?
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As the demographics of a small Minnesota town change, people there are discovering the power of social capital and a rich associational life. Here’s how some residents of St. James came to feel at home for the very first time.
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Maybe the one good thing you can say about municipal debt is that it’s on the balance sheets. We’re tracking it. But there is another type of future obligation that is like debt…only worse. It comes back again and again, and too many cities aren’t paying attention.
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You’ve been asking about it. Well, the wait is is finally over! If you absolutely have to commute in bumper-to-bumper traffic, why not listen to a book that will help you plot a bottom-up revolution to make your town stronger?
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Spoiler: it doesn’t look like more police stations, more top-down programs, or more incarceration.
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The spooky wisdom of the spookiest night of the year.
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