Most apartments built today are in huge complexes along busy streets, not tucked away in quiet neighborhoods in “missing middle” buildings like fourplexes, which used to be common. But how did the missing middle go missing, anyway?
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Joanna Jurgens, Head of Business Affairs at Sofar Sounds, shares how you can foster a local music scene in your community, including how to awaken that DIY spirit that’s so essential to kickstarting a local music scene, how to identify low risk strategies for creating a venue, and how to get local elected officials involved in the process.
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We asked members of the Strong Towns movement to comment on what they see as the biggest strengths and challenges of the 8 remaining contenders in our #StrongestTown competition. Here’s what they had to say.
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It’s not just those who work in or with local government who have something to offer to the Strong Towns movement. Our work touches on deeper questions of how we live in community, and this is why we seek to learn from psychologists, philosophers, historians, and—in one classic 2013 podcast interview—even a religious scholar.
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City officials often ask, “What target price point for new homes will ensure that we can balance our books?” Here’s why they’re asking the wrong question.
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Round 2 of #StrongestTown is here. Check out these gorgeous photos and testimonials, and then you tell us: which four strong North American cities should advance to the semifinals?
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Cast your vote! Who should advance to the Semifinal Round in the fourth annual Strongest Town Contest?!
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Cast your vote! Who should advance to the Semifinal Round in the fourth annual Strongest Town Contest?!
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Cast your vote! Who should advance to the Semifinal Round in the fourth annual Strongest Town Contest?!
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Cast your vote! Who should advance to the Semifinal Round in the fourth annual Strongest Town Contest?!
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The fourth annual Strongest Town Contest dominated this week’s content on our site, but there were also some great stories published this week (not to mention a brand new video!) that you don’t want to miss.
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Last week, we announced the biggest news in the Strong Towns universe in a long time: our founder wrote a book. This week, we’re taking you behind the scenes.
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Every week, we take one of the best questions submitted to the Strong Towns Knowledge Base and answer it. This week, we tackle the arguments for allowing more housing across the board in your city, from a Strong Towns perspective.
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These 8 towns will advance to the next round of the contest.
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Don't be seduced by the "signature project" that takes 20 years to complete, when there's huge basket of small projects you could hit the ground running on. That's a wildly different approach than anything our transit agencies or federal transportation funding mechanisms are set up for. But it's a more promising one.
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We, as a culture, have become so fixated on growing jobs in our communities that we can’t see anything else. It is up to us to recognize that our cities and metro areas can ask for better.
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Our prevailing property tax system rewards those who sit on valuable land and leave it idle, while punishing with higher taxes those who put it to productive use. And for that, our buddy the speculator just wants to say, "Thanks, neighbor."
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Cast your vote! Who should advance to Round 2 in the fourth annual Strongest Town Contest?!
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Cast your vote! Who should advance to Round 2 in the fourth annual Strongest Town Contest?!
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Cast your vote! Who should advance to Round 2 in the fourth annual Strongest Town Contest?!
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