Financially, Strong Towns took a huge leap off a cliff when we tightened our business model to focus on a few core things to advance our mission. Thousands of you were there to catch us.
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Sometimes the best way to imagine what a Strong Towns revolution could look like in YOUR community is to hear what it looks like in someone else’s. Don’t miss this short webinar with one local movement that has been generating some of our absolute favorite success stories of 2019.
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Whether you're a planner, a neighborhood advocate or a city official, Strong Towns offers something for everyone.
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The Strong Towns movement offers a template for creating a world we can be justly proud to pass on to our children, in a time in which so many of us feel like we're floundering to salvage the broken one we inherited from our parents.
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Join the Strong Towns Facebook group to discover how Strong Towns has inspired a bottom-up revolution, led by members of the Strong Towns movement in communities of all sizes across North America.
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Rural communities across the Midwest are careening toward collapse, and all at the same time. What this means for the region as a whole. Small towns need Strong Towns too.
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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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Slip lanes are the quintessential embodiment of what happens when speed is the #1 priority and safety becomes secondary. They are incredibly dangerous for pedestrians. Yet states and communities keep building them. Why?
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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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