Parts of the country are slowly re-opening. Here are eight tips on how to showcase the things that make your town or city great.
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This low-cost initiative out of Oswego, New York is one every city should prioritize to build wealth and stronger towns from the bottom up.
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Minimum parking requirements are expensive, waste space, and waste opportunities. Edmonton seems poised to do something about it.
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Cities all over the world are adapting to give small businesses the best chance to survive the COVID-19 crisis. Will your town or city do the same?
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The recent remake of a classic video game features an unusual setting—an urban slum—and some surprising real-world insights about how people who have nothing build a place that’s worth something.
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A home that’s been flexible in meeting the family’s needs for generations finds new use during the COVID-19 crisis.
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From the author of “The Righteous Mind,” three insights from positive psychology on how to thrive in the COVID-19 crisis.
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One of our most trusted guides on the social and economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis, its impact on suburbia, and how to live in the long emergency.
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Don’t ask if we can still afford public transit in American cities. Ask if we can still afford the alternative: car-dependent development, and universal car usage as a minimum ante to participate in society.
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Last week we released Nine Things Local Government Needs to Do Right Now in Response to the Pandemic. Here’s the next step for a strong recovery.
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Our Strong Towns Canada Community Group leads some thoughtful discussion, and we explore Daytona Beach with our Member of the Week.
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Placemaking is about making your city livelier and better connected. It’s also a powerful economic strategy. And right now is the time get serious about it.
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What if parking reform efforts could martial the kind of informed, passionate support that we see in cycling advocacy? A new national nonprofit is working on just that.
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Laws and rules often prohibit the very things that could make our neighborhoods more resilient. Like producing more of our own food — no small consideration during a time of social distancing and fragile supply chains.
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Shifting traffic patterns are backing up decades of data: the way to fix our highways isn’t expanding capacity but rather managing demand.
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The pendulum swing back to localization, the essential work of being a citizen, and learning to see past the false narrative — three must-read articles to better understand our world.
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Kansas City was once described as the “Paris of the Plains.” Today it is the freeway capital of America. A look at the city’s history of gobbling up land on its outskirts shows why Kansas City could be considered a poster child for America’s radical experiment in suburbanization.
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What do the negative price of oil and fields of discarded potatoes have in common? They point to a market increasingly abstracted from reality. Unfortunately, the real-world consequences are anything but abstract.
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Texas has set aside $50 million in forgivable loans to help its 2.7 million small businesses. That’s less than 20 bucks apiece. An urban designer in Dallas knows where the state can get $15 billion more.
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People are driving at half the normal rate. Now’s the time to cultivate new uses for our streets—uses which will help us both now and into the future.
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