UPCOMING EVENTS WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE.

Also on the upcoming calendar (details TBA):

  • Tampa, FL - February 26
  • Los Angeles, CA - March 5
  • Newport Beach, CA - March 6
  • Birmingham, AL - March 18 & 19
  • Norman, OK - March 23
  • Oklahoma - March 24-27
  • Atlanta, GA - March 29-31
  • Ontario - April 14-16
  • Stevens Point, WI - April 24 & 25
  • Hays, KS - May 18 & 19
  • Portland, ME - May 19 & 20

KEEP INFORMED ON WHEN WE'LL BE SOMEWHERE NEAR YOU.

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SOME STUFF FROM THIS WEEK YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED.

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Top 5 Recent Stories (Dec 10–Dec 14, 2018)
Top 5 Recent Stories (Dec 10–Dec 14, 2018)

In our final week of new content in 2018, we looked back on some of the best articles of the year, and published new stories about how Strong Towns principles show us better ways to address deadly roads, broken planning processes, affordable housing shortages, and more.

Would You Move to a New City for $10,000?
Would You Move to a New City for $10,000?

Tulsa, OK is the latest city to offer remote workers some tempting incentives if they’ll move there for only a year. Is this a smarter approach to economic development, or do our cities need to #dothemath?

Best of 2018: What’s Up with All Those Empty Commercial Storefronts in New Mixed-Use Developments?
Best of 2018: What’s Up with All Those Empty Commercial Storefronts in New Mixed-Use Developments?

Why all these new storefronts are sitting vacant.

Best of 2018: The More We Grow, the Poorer We Become
Best of 2018: The More We Grow, the Poorer We Become

Local governments can’t take on more and more promises without generating enough wealth to meet those obligations—not without a reckoning. We need a radical revolution in how we plan, manage, and inhabit our cities, counties, and neighborhoods. We need a Strong Towns approach.

Best of 2018: The Psychology of Decline
Best of 2018: The Psychology of Decline

For a struggling city, negative perceptions from with the community can send it into a spiral of decline. It takes a major shift in perspective to get the city back on track.

The Best Books I Read in 2018
The Best Books I Read in 2018

Here’s Chuck Marohn’s annual list of his favorite books he read in 2018.

Best of 2018: What Does Incrementalism Actually Mean?
Best of 2018: What Does Incrementalism Actually Mean?

Incremental approaches are often cheaper, faster, or have less risk than sudden approaches. Let’s explore different types of incrementalism.

Best of 2018: The Real Reason Your Local Mall is Failing
Best of 2018: The Real Reason Your Local Mall is Failing

The closing of the mall’s anchor store exposes how fragile the community’s business model is, providing an opening to shift approach.

Three Cheers for Minneapolis (The 3 is for Triplex)
Three Cheers for Minneapolis (The 3 is for Triplex)

Minneapolis just became the first major U.S. city to embrace a key Strong Towns principle: every neighborhood should be allowed to evolve to the next increment of development.

Best of 2018: Who Can Afford to Invest in a Poor Neighborhood?
Best of 2018: Who Can Afford to Invest in a Poor Neighborhood?

What does it take to be a small-scale developer in a struggling part of town? To put your money where your mouth is and participate in incremental neighborhood revitalization? One of our staffers knows firsthand.

Best of 2018: Automated Vehicles Will Make Our Streets Worse
Best of 2018: Automated Vehicles Will Make Our Streets Worse

Automated vehicle technology will do nothing to make our streets better places to be.