Chuck Marohn interviews Hazel Borys, Principal at Placemakers, along with some Placemakers clients about their experience developing form-based codes, improving walkability and dealing with the challenges of making change in small towns.
Read MoreWe're recording the Strong Towns podcast live from CNU, plus a special live-streamed debate tonight.
Read More"When people hear that there's another town with the same problems, you can just feel their sense of relief that they're not alone... and that Strong Towns can help."
Read MoreA nuanced response to four key arguments about the fall of Detroit. Hint: There's more to it than white flight or the auto industry.
Read MoreJoin us today for live podcast recordings with Devita Davison, Seth Zeren, Hazel Borys and R. John Anderson.
Read MoreWalking requires far less infrastructure than roads and streets for cars, and also results in far less wear and tear on that infrastructure. I believe a strong town is a town where it's safe and easy to walk. Which is why I'm glad to see publications outside of urbanist circles beginning to tout the benefits of walking.
Read MoreHow can I parse through the engineering jargon to determine if my town's infrastructure really needs replacement or if it just needs maintenance and rehabilitation?
Read MoreWe're hosting several events as part of CNU (you can find information about all of them here). Tonight's main event is our Member Meet-up.
Read MorePeggy and Tom Brennan recently renovated and opened two unique buildings in downtown Detroit: the Green Garage, a business incubator and coworking space, and El Moore, a residential apartment building and urban lodge.
Read MoreThere's a lot going on at CNU this year. Here are the sessions we're most interested in, hosted by many friends of Strong Towns
Read MoreStrong Towns member and Detroit native, Andy Walker, talks about the changes in Detroit over the last several decades and his hopes for the city's future.
Read MoreSo many of our cities are waiting to be re-inhabited, to be improved back to their former glory. Is America capable of producing a new round of pioneers?
Read MoreThe recipe for a successful residential street is simple, timeless, and requires very little costly engineering.
Read MoreDetroit native, Devita Davison, helps local food entrepreneurs get their businesses off the ground, while charting a more equitable, prosperous future for her community.
Read MoreWhat the final ailment for Detroit was simply doesn't matter to me. The auto-centric style of development undermined the resiliency of the city, tearing down social, political and financial strength that had made Detroit one of the world's greatest cities. Once Detroit became a fragile city, it was only a matter of time.
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Read MoreHow the stressors in the harsh environment of the Phoenix area have created antifragility.
Read MoreWe still tend to evaluate large-scale projects based on a mountain of assumptions about associated impacts. Change the assumptions and the ‘value’ of a project can change dramatically.
Read MoreAndres Duany is an American architect and urban planner, a co-founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), and the author of several books including Suburban Nation. In this interview, Chuck Marohn and Andres Duany discuss the founding and growth of the new urbanist movement, gentrification, and the future of the suburbs.
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