Purchasing a historic building and demolishing it for the sake of creating more space to park equipment is short-sighted and hubristic.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreMr. 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.
Read MoreHow do you get to work? How do you go grocery shopping? Andrew Price answers questions about living without a car.
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreHow 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?
Read MoreMeaningful 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.
Read MoreSmart growth, segregation and the neighborhood corner store were among our most discussed topics this week.
Read MoreRuby Receptionists make us look really good for a very reasonable price.
Read MoreWhat happens while you wait for a pedestrian walk sign?
Read MoreOur 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.
Read MoreGood restaurants are essential to neighborhood success, and here are four reasons why.
Read MoreMaybe the best way to fight the state highway administration is to split it up.
Read MoreWhat would a contemporary neighborhood in which people work and proudly display their names and livelihoods on the door be like? It's not what I'd call revolutionary, but in 2016, it's a completely novel and magnetic idea to me.
Read MoreAndres Duany is a perpetual motion machine of thoughts and ideas, the intellectual leader of a movement that -- without exaggeration -- has changed the way the world is built.
Read MoreThe cost of commuting places a disproportionally heavy burden on the working poor--some of whom pay as much as 75% of their income on transportation. The gap between “making it” and “falling behind” is literally being exacerbated by the mistakes of transportation and land use planning past.
Read MoreWe need to build cities where mixed-income neighborhoods are the norm, not the exception.
Read MoreThe corner store has a mythic place in our view of American cities. Mythic because, in most cities, they exist only in our minds.
Read MoreChuck and Rachel discuss the smart growth movement, neighborhood corner stores, and the winner of the Strongest Town contest.
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