Marian Liou is the founder of We Love BuHi, a social enterprise organization, that helps to showcase local ethnic restaurants and works with restaurant owners to build a better neighborhood.
Think you have to choose between moving away to an exciting but distant place, or staying put in your mundane hometown? There's a third option.
Strong Towns member, Beth Gehred, talks about her recent city council win, her commitment to ensuring that all community voices are heard, and the way that Strong Towns has influenced her campaign.
Chuck Marohn will give a talk entitled "Transportation in the Next American City," co-hosted by New Jersey Public Policy Network and New Jersey Future.
Marian Liou is the founder of We Love BuHi, a social enterprise organization, that helps to showcase local ethnic restaurants and works with restaurant owners to build a better neighborhood.
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Marian Liou is the founder of We Love BuHi, a social enterprise organization, that helps to showcase local ethnic restaurants and works with restaurant owners to build a better neighborhood.
Think you have to choose between moving away to an exciting but distant place, or staying put in your mundane hometown? There's a third option.
Strong Towns member, Beth Gehred, talks about her recent city council win, her commitment to ensuring that all community voices are heard, and the way that Strong Towns has influenced her campaign.
I have a unique perspective on the topic of the working class, the poor, and the homeless. It isn’t an abstraction for me. I experienced these things directly in my own life.
In the summer of 2010, Chris and Melissa Bruntlett, along with their two young children, made the conscious decision to sell the family car. Choosing to bike and use transit has transformed their lives for the better.
Purchasing a historic building and demolishing it for the sake of creating more space to park equipment is short-sighted and hubristic.
A Victory Garden doesn’t just grow healthy food. It builds a regenerative foundation for creating surplus through the active responsibility of its citizens' output. A Victory Garden tests and adjusts the resiliency measures on which public policy sits.
In the summer of 2010, our family of four made a decision that would transform our lives for the better: we ditched our car and committed to a bike and walk lifestyle.
Mr. Money Mustache is the individual digital to our community analog. His insights will help you live a better life and, should you choose to be a true Mustachian, put you in position to help your community become a Strong Town.
How do you get to work? How do you go grocery shopping? Andrew Price answers questions about living without a car.
As part of "Strong Citizens" week, we're offering a member-exclusive webinar exploring the decision to run for elected office. Our panelists will explore some of the factors that go into that decision and the role of elected officials in making our communities strong.
How exactly do you live a normal mainstream life in a way that also happens to allow you to ride out an unexpected storm – be it natural, economic, medical, or political?
Meaningful change happens one person at a time, neighbor to neighbor. This week, we are talking about Strong Citizens and telling the stories of people making positive change in their communities all over the continent.
Smart growth, segregation and the neighborhood corner store were among our most discussed topics this week.
Ruby Receptionists make us look really good for a very reasonable price.
What happens while you wait for a pedestrian walk sign?
Our featured member post this week is a deeply personal piece from Jenn Smith, of Citysmiths. She reflects upon her community work in Rockville and desire to give something back to the place she calls home.
Good restaurants are essential to neighborhood success, and here are four reasons why.
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In the summer of 2010, Chris and Melissa Bruntlett, along with their two young children, made the conscious decision to sell the family car. Choosing to bike and use transit has transformed their lives for the better.