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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Top 5 Stories from the Week (Mar 18–Mar 22, 2019)
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Top 5 Stories from the Week (Mar 18–Mar 22, 2019)
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The fourth annual Strongest Town Contest dominated this week’s content on our site, but there were also some great stories published this week (not to mention a brand new video!) that you don’t want to miss.

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Strong Towns: The Book is Finally Coming. But Why *Now*?
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Strong Towns: The Book is Finally Coming. But Why *Now*?
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Last week, we announced the biggest news in the Strong Towns universe in a long time: our founder wrote a book. This week, we’re taking you behind the scenes.

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Question of the Week: How Do I Pitch Gradual Upzoning to My City as a Housing Affordability Strategy?
Daniel Herriges
Question of the Week: How Do I Pitch Gradual Upzoning to My City as a Housing Affordability Strategy?
Daniel Herriges

Every week, we take one of the best questions submitted to the Strong Towns Knowledge Base and answer it. This week, we tackle the arguments for allowing more housing across the board in your city, from a Strong Towns perspective.

Daniel Herriges
Announcing the Winners of Round 1 in our Strongest Town Contest!
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Announcing the Winners of Round 1 in our Strongest Town Contest!
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These 8 towns will advance to the next round of the contest.

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The Folly of Go-Big-or-Go-Home Transit
Daniel Herriges
The Folly of Go-Big-or-Go-Home Transit
Daniel Herriges

Don't be seduced by the "signature project" that takes 20 years to complete, when there's huge basket of small projects you could hit the ground running on. That's a wildly different approach than anything our transit agencies or federal transportation funding mechanisms are set up for. But it's a more promising one.

Daniel Herriges
Employment Desperation: The Quiet Enemy of Our Communities
Arian Horbovetz
Employment Desperation: The Quiet Enemy of Our Communities
Arian Horbovetz

We, as a culture, have become so fixated on growing jobs in our communities that we can’t see anything else. It is up to us to recognize that our cities and metro areas can ask for better.

Arian Horbovetz
How Planners Can Adopt Strong Towns Principles for Their Firms
Jacob Moses
How Planners Can Adopt Strong Towns Principles for Their Firms
Jacob Moses

Rik Adamski, Principal at neighborhood planning firm ASH+LIME, incorporates Strong Towns principles into his firm’s work, and shares how you can do the same: identify low risk, high return projects for a city, and encourage city leaders to embrace the next increment of development.

Jacob Moses
Thank You From a Land Speculator
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Thank You From a Land Speculator
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Our prevailing property tax system rewards those who sit on valuable land and leave it idle, while punishing with higher taxes those who put it to productive use. And for that, our buddy the speculator just wants to say, "Thanks, neighbor."

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New Rochelle, NY vs. Sheboygan, WI
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New Rochelle, NY vs. Sheboygan, WI
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Cast your vote! Who should advance to Round 2 in the fourth annual Strongest Town Contest?!

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Portsmouth, NH vs. Redding, CA
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Portsmouth, NH vs. Redding, CA
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Cast your vote! Who should advance to Round 2 in the fourth annual Strongest Town Contest?!

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