An interview on the Nonprofit Growth Show gets deep into the Strong Towns strategy for taking on the development pattern of North America.
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I’m bullish on strip malls, for all their faults, as places that can adapt and endure even as the cities around them decline and falter. Here’s why.
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Bike infrastructure is important, but it isn’t a substitute for making our roads safer. Case in point: the long winter months when many bike trails become unusable.
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Will digital technology usher in the next evolution of public hearings? Two years into an experiment in Colorado, the technology’s potential impact is coming into focus.
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How do you solve a problem like the housing crisis? And who’s to blame? The answers probably aren’t as simple as we’d like them to be.
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Cities with far more street infrastructure than they can maintain are in triage mode, and are going to have to decide what to keep paved and what to walk away from. Even if they won’t admit it yet.
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If you want to be a Strong Town, your community must redirect its energy to things that will make it financially better off and more prosperous.
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AARP’s Livable Communities initiative is offering two new resources — a grant and a book — to help us make communities that work for everyone.
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A town in South Carolina that banned all new growth, Lexington’s looming housing crisis, and why compact development is good for rural places too. These stories and more in our weekly roundup.
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We asked our members about urban design features that ought to go the way of the dinosaur, because of how they make our cities less walkable, productive and resilient. Here are some that we could decide today to never build again.
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St. Paul consistently prioritizes car speed and convenience over the safety and comfort of cyclists and pedestrians. It just inadvertently demonstrated that a better way is possible.
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Studies show older people spend a huge part of each day alone. Reducing loneliness among our oldest neighbors benefits us all.
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A new study shows that car-dependent cities have fewer independent restaurants. This not only makes our places weaker, it makes them less interesting too.
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A town in South Carolina just banned all new growth. The Upzoned podcast returns with a look at the challenges facing exurbs that can’t afford the growth they worked so hard to achieve.
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We’re excited to invite you to the first National Strong Towns Conference and Celebration.
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The famous "Growth Machine" theory of local politics explains a lot about the shape of our cities and their present-day problems. But not in the way you think.
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Time’s running out to nominate your community for our fifth annual Strongest Town contest. Thankfully, it doesn’t take much time to nominate!
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Within one week, three of my friends were hit by intoxicated drivers. Yet in the midst of the pain, uncertainty and darkness, the power of community shone through.
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With horizontal growth hemmed in by an urban growth boundary and infill growth capped by inherited land-use regulations, Lexington seems headed toward a housing affordability crisis. It’s not too late to change course, but time is running out.
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What do walkable neighborhoods and church attendance have to do with the surprising ascendance of Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election? More than you might think...and maybe different than you might think, too.
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