Given how important food production and water use are to the strength of a place, one of the best things we can do as Strong Citizens is to plant a garden and catch and store the rain. I've been slow to the rain barrel game, but it finally happened and I'm delighted.
Read MoreFor the past month, I’ve been using a simple gueture with much success. Any time I’m crossing the street and I see a car coming a bit too fast, I just put my hand up in the “Stop” gesture and make eye contact with the driver, asserting my presence (not to mention the legality of my actions). It’s worked surprisingly well.
Read MoreMonday News Digest—the latest and greatest from Strong Towns members' blogs! How to responsibly be a small-scale developer in a community on the rebound from blight and neglect—and how large-scale development money can arrest organic revitalization. Countering negative stereotypes of cities. Finding the middle-ground between "pro-" and "anti-development" political camps. Correcting perverse incentives from government structure, regulation and tax policy.
Read MoreI have come to believe that the site is "contaminated". It is contaminated with ridiculous regulations that actively interfere with the delivery of the policy goals set forth in the current Comprehensive Plan and the current 1986 Sector Plan.
Read More"The Strong Towns voice needs to be heard by elected and appointed officials across the US."
Read More"Strong Towns is facilitating an important national conversation that was distinctly absent before."
Read MoreStrong Towns is about being practical. It's about boot strapping. It's about learning from the past. It's about being thoughtful in decision making. It's about doing more of what works and less of what doesn't.
Read MoreI support Strong Towns because I believe in what they’re doing - and because they support me, a stranger, like a neighbor, over multiple times extending a personal welcome regardless of other obligations.
Read MoreOur members are amazing.
Read MoreThe Strong Towns movement has grown tremendously, from presentations with just a handful of audience members, to speaking engagements in front of hundreds of people. Every moment counts.
Read MoreToday we release the fourth video in our Curbside Chat series: Productive Growth.
Read More"I am inspired by the community that exists within Strong Towns and I have learned so much from my fellow members." - Rachel Quednau of Milwaukee
Read MoreToday we release to non-members the third video in our Curbside Chat series: Illusion of Wealth. The fourth video will be released here at noon tomorrow.
Read MoreThe Strong Towns message is so powerful because it easily crosses ideological boundaries. Support us and help a movement that is changing the conversation across America.
Read MoreOur #slowthecars campaign is unique in that we go to the core problem -- the way our streets are designed -- and undermine the fundamental assumptions at play.
Read MoreThis week, I attempted to give my first urban design walking tour of Fredericton to about a dozen friends. Before hitting the road, I asked my partner if I've ever mentioned something about urban design that made him see the city in a new way. Then, I revisited my own highlights from dog-eared books that have guided my own thinking and compiled a best-of list.. I'd like to practice, improve, and repeat this walking tour going forward. What else would you add to this list of concepts that cover the basics and 'aha' moments of urban design?
Read More"Hearing the Strong Towns podcast for the first time was an epiphany."
Read MoreThe American, auto-based development pattern is a huge experiment. Part two of our Curbside Chat video series.
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