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.

UPCOMING EVENTS

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SOME STUFF FROM THIS WEEK YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED.

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2,841 And Counting
Charles Marohn
2,841 And Counting
Charles Marohn

In the past week alone, we added more than 130 brand new names to our roster of Strong Citizens.

Charles Marohn
Let's Talk
Charles Marohn
Let's Talk
Charles Marohn

It’s the final day of the Spring member drive at Strong Towns. Give us a call and let’s chat about what it’ll take to get you on board.

Charles Marohn
Part of the Air You Breathe
Daniel Herriges
Part of the Air You Breathe
Daniel Herriges

Our goal is to inspire millions of advocates to shout from the rooftops that our approach to growth and development has to change, until Strong Towns ideas become as ubiquitous as the air you breathe. There’s a long way to go, but we see it working.

Daniel Herriges
Strong Towns 101: Taking the Movement to School
Strong Towns
Strong Towns 101: Taking the Movement to School
Strong Towns

Community Builder Jacob Moses converses with Kevin Leier—a social studies teacher at Rugby High School in North Dakota—and a few of his students about their new community building class inspired by Strong Towns.

Strong Towns
Giving Strong Citizens the Vocabulary to Speak Up for Change
Strong Towns
Giving Strong Citizens the Vocabulary to Speak Up for Change
Strong Towns

The first step toward making your community a stronger place is articulating what’s wrong with the status quo. Strong Towns gives local advocates the vocabulary to do this—just ask member Michael Smith of Rockford, IL.

Strong Towns
How Strong Towns Can Help You Ask Your Local Leaders the Right Questions
Jacob Moses
How Strong Towns Can Help You Ask Your Local Leaders the Right Questions
Jacob Moses

Learn how one Texas-based Strong Towns member used the Strong Towns message to ask city council candidates the hard questions that—when we grapple with them—lead to stronger cities and towns.

Jacob Moses
How Members Foster the Strong Towns Conversation in their Communities
Jacob Moses
How Members Foster the Strong Towns Conversation in their Communities
Jacob Moses

Learn how Strong Towns members across the nation can grow the Strong Towns network through Local Conversations, from three organizers who have walked the walk.

Jacob Moses
Jump-Starting Change in Your Community
Michelle Erfurt
Jump-Starting Change in Your Community
Michelle Erfurt

A Strong Towns speaking event is the perfect catalyst to take the hard work of local #StrongCitizen advocates to the next level. And this year, we’re doing more of them than ever before.

Michelle Erfurt
Changing the Conversation
Bo Wright
Changing the Conversation
Bo Wright

“Though many of our worst problems are big, they do not necessarily have big solutions. Many needed changes will have to be made in individual lives… and in local communities.” Wendell Berry wrote these words about reforming agriculture, but they apply to building Strong Towns as well.

Bo Wright
I Love the Place I Live. I Fear for the Place I Live.
Daniel Herriges
I Love the Place I Live. I Fear for the Place I Live.
Daniel Herriges

I’m a member of the Strong Towns movement because I love the place I live, enough to want to change the destructive path it’s on. I know there are many thousands out there like me. Our movement needs you more than ever.

Daniel Herriges
Changing America’s Business Model
Charles Marohn
Changing America’s Business Model
Charles Marohn

What the Strong Towns movement needs to do is change our cultural understanding about growth, development and the way we invest in our places.

Charles Marohn