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Strong Towns is a member-powered movement for change.
We tell stories and create resources that inspire people to take the future of their neighborhoods, towns and cities into their own hands.
5 Campaigns.
One Mission.
Strong citizens are moving beyond the failing development approach toward one that creates stronger, more prosperous and more livable places from the bottom-up.
Incremental Housing Everywhere
To fight back against the housing crisis, we need to take a hard look at broken zoning and regulations, as well as open the door to rapid incremental development.
Safe & Productive Streets
To save lives and build a better financial future for our communities, cities need to make sure every street is both safe and productive.
End Parking Mandates & Subsidies
Cities are wasting valuable land and money by mandating too much parking. To make space for new homes and businesses, we must end parking minimum mandates.
End Highway Expansion
We built highways to connect our towns, but we never stopped building them. To protect our cities from ruin, we have to end highway expansion.
Transparent Local Accounting
Most cities are caught up in a Growth Ponzi Scheme. To keep their promises and build a prosperous place for generations to come, cities need strong local finance.
Your path to becoming a local hero starts today.
Strong Towns gives you the knowledge, support and tools to make a lasting difference in your place.
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Join a Local Conversation and use our tools and resources to identify your community’s challenges—and take the next small step to address them together.
Game-Changing. Empowering. Bestselling.
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity
Many American cities and towns are overwhelmed by debt. “Strong Towns” explains how this happened and lays out the core principles of the Strong Towns movement, empowering readers to take control of their communities’ futures.
Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town
North America’s transportation system is broken, and most attempts to fix it only make it worse. In “Confessions of a Recovering Engineer,” Charles Marohn explains how the conventional approach to transportation puts communities in danger, increases debt and worsens transportation issues like congestion. He also shares how residents, local officials and engineers can work together to create real solutions.
Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis
The housing market is trapped in a paradox: For housing to be a good investment, prices must continually rise, but to fulfill its role as shelter, prices must remain affordable. Coauthored by Charles Marohn and Daniel Herriges, this bestseller explains how the tension between investment and shelter led to the current housing crisis and how cities can restore balance to the market.