Chuck is heading to Wisconsin for a Curbside Chat tonight and then to give Transportation in the Next American City tomorrow. Exciting opportunity to share our message. Here's the most current schedule of upcoming events, including Alabama next week.

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April 9-10 - La Crosse, WI
April 14-15 - Birmingham, AL
April 24-25 - Stevens Point, WI  - Half day training session, AICP Credits will be offered - Register Here
April 28 - Dallas, TX - Curbside Chat
April 30 - Dallas, TX - Member Appreciation Event - More details to come to Strong Towns Members by email
May 13 - Fargo, ND - Curbside Chat
May 14 - Grand Forks, ND - Curbside Chat
May 19 - Hays, KS - Curbside Chat
May 21 - Lewiston, ME - Conference Keynote
June 17 - Boston, MA - Conference Keynote
June 18 - Denver, CO - Strong Towns on Tap
June 23 - Detroit, MI - Conference Panel
June 30 - Des Moines, IA - Conference Keynote

In case you missed it this week...

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What If You Built Hundreds of Miles of Roads and Nobody Came?
Robert Sulaski
What If You Built Hundreds of Miles of Roads and Nobody Came?
Robert Sulaski

America has an excessive infrastructure problem—and perhaps nowhere is that more clear than in places like the massive, center-less city of Palm Bay, Florida.

Robert Sulaski
If New York City is Such a Productive Place, Why Are Its Taxes So High? (And Other Questions from Ask Strong Towns)
Strong Towns
If New York City is Such a Productive Place, Why Are Its Taxes So High? (And Other Questions from Ask Strong Towns)
Strong Towns

Once a month we host Ask Strong Towns, a members-only live Q&A webcast. Here’s the video and audio from this month’s.

Strong Towns
What Democrats and Republicans Get Wrong (About Each Other)
Charles Marohn
What Democrats and Republicans Get Wrong (About Each Other)
Charles Marohn

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.

Charles Marohn
Top 5 Recent Stories (June 17–June 21, 2019)
Strong Towns
Top 5 Recent Stories (June 17–June 21, 2019)
Strong Towns

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.

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

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

Strong Towns
Hey Google, Tell Me How to Make Bay Area Housing More Affordable
Daniel Herriges
Hey Google, Tell Me How to Make Bay Area Housing More Affordable
Daniel Herriges

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?

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

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!

Strong Towns
Micro-Neighborliness: A Celebration of the Small
Steve MacDouell
Micro-Neighborliness: A Celebration of the Small
Steve MacDouell

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.

Steve MacDouell
Do Minimum Lot Size Rules Matter?
Nolan Gray
Do Minimum Lot Size Rules Matter?
Nolan Gray

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.

Nolan Gray
The Trickle or the Fire Hose
Daniel Herriges
The Trickle or the Fire Hose
Daniel Herriges

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.

Daniel Herriges
The Real Problem With E-Scooters? Cars!
Arian Horbovetz
The Real Problem With E-Scooters? Cars!
Arian Horbovetz

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.

Arian Horbovetz