Just as the pandemic has revealed how interconnected we all are, it has also exposed the extent to which we have dis-integrated and dis-membered our society.
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Many cities that aren’t high on a trendy list of up-and-coming places to live may actually be uniquely positioned to weather the COVID-19 storm.
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America's urban renaissance is real. And it’s not limited to the Bostons and San Franciscos of the world.
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Radical experiments inside the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, how COVID-19 is impacting housing design, the loss of trust in “the highly credentialed,” and more. Here are stories from around the web that the Strong Towns staff have been reading and talking about this week.
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Two residents of Santa Monica have ideas on how their city can adjust to new budget realities with focus and creativity. We think it’s an example for Strong Citizens everywhere.
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A conversation with a judge after a jury trial reveals the less obvious—yet shockingly high—costs of the suburban experiment.
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In the early days of the Strong Towns movement, two supporters helped connect our work to deeper, more ancient conversations about politics, economy, and culture. They continue to inspire.
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Ongoing demonstrations sparked by the murder of George Floyd have Americans considering as never before the role of our public spaces in movements for social change.
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With fewer entertainment options available, Americans are turning to an old friend. They’re opening their wallets too.
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We’re pretty hard on parking here at Strong Towns—after all, it’s often a massively wasteful use of space. But what does that vision mean for suburban and rural residents who drive into the city? Where are they supposed to park?
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In 1926, activists were using the claim that their cities had enough “zoned capacity” elsewhere to argue against allowing apartment buildings in their own neighborhoods. Today, they still do. And they’re still wrong.
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The coronavirus has revealed just how fragile our industrialized and globalized food system always was. It’s time to strengthen our local food economies. These resources can help.
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A lot of older folks have more house than they need. A lot of single people need an affordable to live. A Colorado nonprofit is helping solve both these problems at once…but not only these problems.
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Transportation by and for the people, economic revitalization from the bottom up, and the essential role of small-scale developers—three free webcasts to help put your city on the road to recovery.
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Your city's zoning code is like the DNA of your community. For most North American cities, that DNA is broken. Here are six reasons form-based code can help put our towns and cities back together again.
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Building communities where people feel safe and loved is the key to moving our nation forward. There is no other option.
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A Massachusetts lawmaker wants to jumpstart the economy with high-speed rail. Could it work—or is this proposal going nowhere fast?
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Why do we see so few people with disabilities in the conceptual designs of engineers and planners? Maybe it’s because people with disabilities aren’t at the design table to begin with.
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It’s time to shift the power in our cities to bottom-up systems that address urgent needs rather than protect the status quo.
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We’ve created our most comprehensive resource ever to help local leaders chart a path to recovery.
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