Top of the Bottom-Up: Creating a Coffee Shop for the Whole Neighborhood

Coté Soeren’s “Resistencia” coffee shop in Seattle is a space for community connection and support, not gentrification.

Podcast, Taking Action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Success Story, Neighborhoods, Top Story, Community StoriesStrong TownsJanuary 26, 2023The Bottom-Up Revolution, neighborhood, neighborhood revitalization, Seattle, coffee shops, gentrification, taking action

Top of the Bottom-Up: Taking Matters Into Our Own Hands to #SlowTheCars

After the local government did nothing, this Strong Towns advocate bought a dangerous road in her community and made it safer.

Podcast, Taking Action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, #SlowtheCars, Parking, Walkability, Success Story, Safe & Productive Streets, Top StoryStrong TownsJanuary 5, 2023The Bottom-Up Revolution, Hawaii, children, #SlowTheCars, walkability, Safe and Productive Streets, taking action

Top of the Bottom-Up: Building Family and Community Resilience

On a homestead in rural Wisconsin, Lauren Fisher is dedicated to growing her own food and connecting with her neighbors.

Podcast, Taking Action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Local Food, Community, Fisher, Top StoryStrong TownsDecember 15, 2022The Bottom-Up Revolution, local food, taking action

Top of the Bottom-Up: Growing Food, Growing Resilience

Alfred Melbourne sees farming as a chance to bring back land into productive use, feed neighbors, and help guide young people down a supportive path.

Podcast, Taking Action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Success Story, Top StoryStrong TownsOctober 27, 2022The Bottom-Up Revolution, local food, Farming, taking action

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Incremental Change in a Small Town

Cooper Frost is catalyzing economic development and pride of place in Charlotte, MI.

Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Success Story, Taking Action, Top Story, MembershipStrong TownsMay 12, 2022taking action, Podcast, success stories, Michigan

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Helping Neighbors Grow (and Sell!) Their Own Food

In San Elizario, TX, these local leaders are spearheading an agricultural renaissance.

Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Success Story, Taking Action, Local Food, Top StoryStrong TownsMay 5, 2022taking action, Podcast, success stories, Farming, local food

How to Calm a Street, Starting with Your Own Anger

Frustrated by cars speeding down your neighborhood street at 40 mph? Don’t blame the people driving the cars.

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Slowing Down Cars and Building Up Neighborhoods

Get to know Jay Stange, safe streets advocate and Content Manager at Strong Towns.

Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Success Story, Taking Action, Stange, #SlowtheCars, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 28, 2022taking action, Podcast, success stories, alaska, road diet, bikes

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Reaching Across Political Divides

Carlos Alfaro and Jacob Pritchett are bringing people of different political stripes together in Arizona.

Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Success Story, Taking Action, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 21, 2022taking action, Podcast, success stories, bottom, Arizona, politi

5 Tips for Getting Things Done—Even in These Politically Divisive Times

How do you make progress on helpful changes in your community when it’s politically divided? This free action guide will show you.

Taking Action, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 21, 2022how to, taking action, Local-Motive Tour, politics, local politics

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Small-Scale Rural Farming

Christa Theilen and Seairra Shepherd both work at Strong Towns and also serve at local farms in the rural Midwest.

Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Success Story, Taking Action, Local Food, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 14, 2022taking action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, success stories, Podcast, Farming

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is... Stopping a Harmful Highway Project

Robin Roemer worked with neighbors to successfully stop a highway project next to his child’s school in San Jose, CA.

Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Success Story, Taking Action, #NoNewRoads, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 7, 2022taking action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, success stories, Podcast, pod, highways, schools

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Designing Homes that Work for Everyone

Rosemarie Rossetti is an author, speaker, and leader in the field of universal design.

Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Success Story, Taking Action, Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 17, 2022taking action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, incrementalism, success, success stories, Podcast, podcast, disability, Disability, aging in place

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is... A Special Update Episode

Wondering what our past podcast guests are up to? We checked in with four of them to hear about their progress.

Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Success Story, Taking Action, Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 10, 2022taking action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, incrementalism, success, success stories, Podcast, podcast

"We Require WAY Too Much Parking"

This Strong Towns member saw a huge problem with the parking minimums in his city—and decided to do something about it.

Building Your Engagement Ladder: Five Practices to Start Advocating for Resilience

Becoming an advocate for creating stronger towns can be a tall order, but thankfully we can build ladders. Here’s your guide on how to do so.

Member Post, Taking Action, Top Story, OwensTiffany Owens ReedFebruary 22, 2022taking action, advocacy, how to, strong towns approach

Bake Sales for Crosswalks

Idahoan advocates had to get desperate to fund basic pedestrian safety features—all while the state DOT is budgeting $100 million to overhaul a single freeway interchange.

Little Worlds

What do fractals have to do with building strong towns? A lot more than you might assume.

Community, Pattison, Taking Action, Top StoryJohn PattisonJanuary 26, 2022small bets, strong towns approach, taking action, local conversations, community, Community

Start With What You Know. Build on What You Have.

This simple, fun workshop will help your community discover just how many assets it has to work with.

Community, Pattison, Taking Action, Top StoryJohn PattisonJanuary 19, 2022community, Community, community building, bottom-up, how to, taking action

Local Conversations: The Power of Taking Action Together

As of right now, there are roughly 100 Local Conversations happening across North America. Our dream is to turn 100 into 1,000.

Taking Action, Top StoryJohn PattisonJanuary 5, 2022local conversations, taking action

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