I had a good pair of events this week in Birmingham with some people very enthused to help their communities become Strong Towns. It was really nice to be back in Alabama and I'm hoping for an opportunity to go back soon. In the meantime, here's what the schedule for sharing the Strong Towns message in person looks like for the next couple of months.

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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 (Strong Towns members should have received an email this week.)
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

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Peace on Earth
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We’re signing off for 2018. Thank you for the amazing year.

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

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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?

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Best of 2018: What’s Up with All Those Empty Commercial Storefronts in New Mixed-Use Developments?
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Why all these new storefronts are sitting vacant.

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

Charles Marohn
Best of 2018: The Psychology of Decline
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Best of 2018: The Psychology of Decline
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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.

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The Best Books I Read in 2018
Charles Marohn
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Here’s Chuck Marohn’s annual list of his favorite books he read in 2018.

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Best of 2018: What Does Incrementalism Actually Mean?
Andrew Price
Best of 2018: What Does Incrementalism Actually Mean?
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Incremental approaches are often cheaper, faster, or have less risk than sudden approaches. Let’s explore different types of incrementalism.

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Best of 2018: The Real Reason Your Local Mall is Failing
Charles Marohn
Best of 2018: The Real Reason Your Local Mall is Failing
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The closing of the mall’s anchor store exposes how fragile the community’s business model is, providing an opening to shift approach.

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Three Cheers for Minneapolis (The 3 is for Triplex)
Daniel Herriges
Three Cheers for Minneapolis (The 3 is for Triplex)
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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.

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