Strong Towns member Michael Smith and colleague Aaron Holverson are working to make Rockford, IL a more economically resilient place.
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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.
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A diverse group of advocates in Rockford, IL are coming together to make theirs a stronger town.
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No amount of cultured stone or decorative landscaping is going to make this proposed gas station a valuable or contributing part of our walkable, mixed-use neighborhood.
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Even in a struggling town, there is huge momentum to make it stronger. Here are three stories that gave me hope during a recent Strong Towns event in Rockford.
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Soon after this couple moved to Rockford, IL they found there was work to be done to make it a stronger town. They recently shared the impact of the Strong Towns movement on that work.
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Rockford faces the challenge of reinventing itself while also meeting the mounting obligations of decades of infrastructure expansion. We did a little digging of our own to try and better understand the true nature of the deficit.
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Necessary repairs to roads and streets often get put off for a later time despite the fact that we see them decline before our eyes. This is an even bigger problem for underground infrastructure where the problem is out of sight, out of mind.
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