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Build Galesburg for People, Not Cars

Build Galesburg for People, Not Cars

Galesburg, IL, is talking about Strong Towns ideas, centered around a question that many Strong Towns readers are familiar with: “Is our downtown built for cars instead of people?”

Sheppard, Urban Design, Top StorySeairra SheppardAugust 23, 2022downtown, Small Towns, main street, car dependency, auto-oriented, people centered places, design, Illinois, incrementalism, bottom-up

For Those Who Wish We’d Talk About Climate Change More

For Those Who Wish We’d Talk About Climate Change More

Progress on climate change can and will come if we use a bottom-up approach to changing our development pattern.

Environment, Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnJuly 13, 2022bottom-up, top-down, climate, Climate Change, environment, strong towns approach, development pattern

Here’s Why We Respond in Force to One Amtrak Crash While Ignoring Thousands of Daily Car Crashes

Here’s Why We Respond in Force to One Amtrak Crash While Ignoring Thousands of Daily Car Crashes

A top-down approach to addressing accidents fails to make streets safer. A local approach could change that.

Local Control or Centralized Planning? There’s a Third Answer.

Local Control or Centralized Planning? There’s a Third Answer.

The problems with "community input" are many and obvious. One misguided response is to favor more top-down policy making, simply overriding the objections of local "NIMBYs." But there is a third way.

Local Government, Herriges, Planning Profession, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesJune 29, 2022localism, local government, local regulation, local politics, bottom-up, top-down, planning process, strong towns approach, incremental, incrementalism, Small Change, small bets

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

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

Building Something from Nothing in Utica

Building Something from Nothing in Utica

This grassroots organization has taken it into their own hands to activate and revitalize their community in Utica, NY.

Community, Public Space, Top StoryArian HorbovetzJanuary 17, 2022New York, bottom-up, community, community development, pop-up, placemaking, revitalization, public space

Kansas City Residents Demand Safer Streets

Kansas City Residents Demand Safer Streets

The 85th percentile rule makes it hard to ensure safe streets, so residents of northeast Kansas City took matters into their own hands.

Missing Middle and My Grandmother

Missing Middle and My Grandmother

The benefits to a bottom-up approach to affordable housing don’t just build wealth and resilience; they can be deeply personal, too.

Housing, Zoning, Member Post, Top StoryMarlene DrukerMay 7, 2021housing, housing affordability, housing cost, housing policy, bottom-up

You Can't Achieve Jane Jacobs Ends with Robert Moses Means—But What If You Don't Have a Choice?

You Can't Achieve Jane Jacobs Ends with Robert Moses Means—But What If You Don't Have a Choice?

For example: Is it right to use Robert Moses means to undo the very harms created by Robert Moses?

Jane Jacobs, Roads and Streets, Urban Design, Urban Renewal, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesMarch 3, 2021Robert Moses, Jane Jacobs, urban freeways, top-down, bottom-up, Top-down Tools series

How should my town be doing economic recovery right now?

How should my town be doing economic recovery right now?

Five key issues illustrate the difference between the typical top-down approach to economic recovery and the bottom-up, Strong Towns approach.

Economic Development, Top Story, Coronavirus, QuednauRachel QuednauJuly 9, 2020top-down, bottom-up, economic development, Recovery, Coronavirus