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.

Name *
Name

SOME STUFF FROM THIS WEEK YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED.

Featured
What Democrats and Republicans Get Wrong (About Each Other)
What Democrats and Republicans Get Wrong (About Each Other)

A new study on the “perception gap” between America’s two major parties gives some hope that, at least at the local level, we can find ways to work together, despite our differences.

Top 5 Recent Stories (June 17–June 21, 2019)
Top 5 Recent Stories (June 17–June 21, 2019)

We envision a nation of Strong Towns: places that are able to build resilient wealth and prosperity from the ground up—in poor neighborhoods as well as rich ones. This week’s Top 5 stories provide some crucial insights into how to achieve that.

Is the End of the Single-Family Neighborhood Near?
Is the End of the Single-Family Neighborhood Near?

Strong Towns has been urging cities to end single-family zoning for ten years. But are cities listening?

Hey Google, Tell Me How to Make Bay Area Housing More Affordable
Hey Google, Tell Me How to Make Bay Area Housing More Affordable

Google wants to dedicate $1 billion to creating housing in the San Francisco Bay Area. This is a big enough number to make a real dent, but will it help tackle the systemic issues driving the region’s housing crisis?

The Ultimate Companion Reading List to the Strong Towns Book
The Ultimate Companion Reading List to the Strong Towns Book

We're just 104 days away from the publication of Strong Towns, A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity. And for those who pre-order a copy, we’ve got yet more exciting exclusive content to announce!

Micro-Neighborliness: A Celebration of the Small
Micro-Neighborliness: A Celebration of the Small

Micro-neighborliness (n.): the small, patient, and practical ways that we pivot toward our localities and the people that we share them with. While we do not always hear these stories, the tangible effect that these small acts can have on our places is reason enough to celebrate them.

Do Minimum Lot Size Rules Matter?
Do Minimum Lot Size Rules Matter?

Many cities impose a minimum lot size on residential neighborhoods—which can lead to more expensive housing and less tax revenue to pay for city services. But do these rules actually lead to bigger lots—or do they just reflect what the market would produce anyway? A new study sheds some light on that question.

The Trickle or the Fire Hose
The Trickle or the Fire Hose

Most neighborhoods face a stark choice between the trickle or the fire hose: either virtually no new development or investment, or cataclysmic change that leaves a place unrecognizable. We need to get out of this destructive dichotomy.

The Real Problem With E-Scooters? Cars!
The Real Problem With E-Scooters? Cars!

Scooters are often perceived as a nuisance on public streets. But nearly every problem blamed on them is ultimately a consequence of the way our cities are designed to privilege the movement and storage of cars above all else.

Activists Fight to Keep Windsor's New Hospital in the Heart of the City
Activists Fight to Keep Windsor's New Hospital in the Heart of the City

This Canadian city is set to get a new, $2 billion, state-of-the-art hospital. All well and good except for one thing: why do they want to build it in a rural area on the far outskirts of town?

If We’re Not Going to Maintain What We Have, Then Why Bother Building Anything New?
If We’re Not Going to Maintain What We Have, Then Why Bother Building Anything New?

The mentality of “easy to maintain” needs to be replaced with a question of whether something is “worth maintaining.”