Next week Chuck and Jim will be in the Los Angeles area, our first Strong Towns trip to California since 2012. We're working really hard to get to Northern CA yet this year -- keep your eyes open for that.

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SOME STUFF FROM THIS WEEK YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED.

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Top Stories This Week (April 16-20, 2018)
Strong Towns
Top Stories This Week (April 16-20, 2018)
Strong Towns

This week, we talked about growth, decline and the financial mechanisms behind these forces.

Strong Towns
The Civic Character of a Front Porch
Brian Jones
The Civic Character of a Front Porch
Brian Jones

Front porches direct us outside of ourselves, connect us with our neighbors and create a foundation for collective flourishing.

Brian Jones
The Next Evolution of Public Hearings
Travis Parker
The Next Evolution of Public Hearings
Travis Parker

A simple new web platform lets the public hearing process happen online, making it easier for residents to offer feedback — and for leaders to respond to it.

Travis Parker
5 Must-Read Perspectives on Gentrification
Strong Towns
5 Must-Read Perspectives on Gentrification
Strong Towns

Is gentrification a detrimental force or a positive process? What does the word "gentrification" even mean? Find out from these 5 different voices.

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Housing Reparations for Northeast Portland
Joe Cortright
Housing Reparations for Northeast Portland
Joe Cortright

Attention freeway builders! Want to make up for dividing the community and destroying neighborhoods? How about replacing the homes you demolished?

Joe Cortright
The Foxconn Machine Continues on its Destructive Path
Rachel Quednau
The Foxconn Machine Continues on its Destructive Path
Rachel Quednau

There seems to be no end to Wisconsin leaders' willingness to let Foxconn trample on the state.

Rachel Quednau
A Decade of Strong Towns – Year 2
Charles Marohn
A Decade of Strong Towns – Year 2
Charles Marohn

2009 was perhaps the most pivotal year for Strong Towns, because it is the year we decided these ideas were worthy of more than just a blog.

Charles Marohn
What does "mixed-income" mean for our towns?
Austin Maitland
What does "mixed-income" mean for our towns?
Austin Maitland

Government housing subsidies can't provide a permanent lasting solution to affordable housing challenges, but naturally occuring mixed income neighborhoods could.

Austin Maitland
The Californians Are Coming!
Johnny Sanphillippo
The Californians Are Coming!
Johnny Sanphillippo

Housing options become even more scarce when the value of property is no longer tethered to the local labor market.

Johnny Sanphillippo
Why Strong Towns Need Strong Citizens
Kailey Sherrick
Why Strong Towns Need Strong Citizens
Kailey Sherrick

Strong citizens take pride in the micro as well as the macro, from their front lawn to the city in which they live.

Kailey Sherrick
If you're not growing, you're dying
Charles Marohn
If you're not growing, you're dying
Charles Marohn

But the growing simply allows you to not be dying for a little bit longer...

Charles Marohn