For some, the pandemic is stripping away distractions and connecting them with the simple joys of our ancestors. For others, it’s stripping away their lives and livelihood. We need to convert the lessons of the pandemic into action.
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Local leaders must challenge the status quo around how we build our cities. Here’s how to bring colleagues and civic officials around to your position.
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Want to understand why some neighborhoods don’t sidewalks? #DoTheMath…and look at the history.
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The fate of an iconic bookstore, the huge cost of some tiny apartments, the problem with relying on a distant government to solve our problems, and more. These are a few stories from around the web that Strong Towns staff were reading and talking about this week.
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The work of building a Strong Town can’t be done alone. Here’s how to find (and create) collaborators where you live.
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How have cities throughout history successfully grown and met their need for new homes? Two metaphors from nature provide the key.
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Towns and cities are converting parking spaces into “parklets” as a temporary social distancing resource. But the benefits of parklets will outlast the pandemic.
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A skyline full of skyscrapers makes for a nice postcard…but do skyscrapers actually make our cities stronger?
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We’ve been critical of single-family zoning — but does that mean that single-family homes have no place in a city’s financial ecosystem?
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A small-scale developer in Atlanta is showing that it’s possible to improve a neighborhood without displacing the people who already live there.
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The trajectories of two local shopping districts—a mall built in the mid-80s, and a historic downtown—provide an object lesson on the power of the “chaotic but smart” approach to growing a city.
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In some ways, Caltrain was in a better financial position than other public transit agencies. But the pandemic—and a political turf war—have thrown its future into jeopardy.
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A conservative case for car-free cities, a Minnesota town getting their COVID response right, and big dreams of future travel… Here are a few of the stories our team was reading and thinking about this week.
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Here are 8 tips for local leaders to keep optimism high as you move your community forward.
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This pandemic will have long-term economic impacts on cities far beyond the coastal metropolises.
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Join us at 12pm Central on August 11 to learn from urban designer and architect Dan Parolek in a free online presentation.
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When you make community-led, incremental redevelopment all but impossible, what you get is the wholesale reinvention of neighborhoods in somebody else’s image instead.
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Federal politicians are paving the way for a massive infrastructure spending bill meant to stimulate the economy. Two engineering professors talk about why that approach hasn’t worked in the past, and why real economic stimulus must include #NoNewRoads.
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Home chefs in California can now prepare, sell, and serve food prepared in home kitchens—as long as the county gets on board. Here’s why this is a potential game-changer.
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Too often, “form follows parking” for small developers. A project feasibility starts with on-site parking minimums; only then can it be determined how much is left over for productive use.
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