Residents of Winter Garden, FL, realized they needed to take action to revive their declining town. They did this by focusing on one straightforward goal: bring people back downtown.
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This arena promises to revitalize a portion of Philadelphia’s downtown that has been in economic decline. Here’s why locals are skeptical of these promises.
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Your community may need to reshape how it thinks about community and economic development.
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A small, local, mixed-use business versus a new Amazon warehouse. Let’s put these two business proposals before the Shark Tank (Winnipeg edition).
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This guide will take you through short-term and long-term strategies for downtown and Main Street recovery in the wake (and midst) of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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What are some of the practical ways that faith communities can contribute to healthy economic ecosystems?
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How do we build vibrant local economies that are good for the people who actually live in a neighborhood?
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If we want to have meaningful conversations about "the economy" and how it affects everyday people, then our focus needs to shift from macro to local.
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When communities support small businesses, it helps give them agency over their own economic development.
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Some cities are better than others at providing economic opportunity for residents. What sets them apart, and how can we apply those lessons elsewhere?
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What can a fictitious small town in “flyover country” teach us about the concentration of power in our economy?
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How a ruling from the Arizona Supreme Court will change how local governments do economic development.
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If we want a Strong Town, we must stop tilting the playing field against the small businesses, against the local entrepreneur.
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Here’s a pragmatic way to close the gap between what businesses know they need to thrive and what their cash-strapped cities can actually provide.
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Young people shouldn’t have to choose between living in the place they grew up and pursuing a prosperous life.
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Neighborhoods don’t have to wait for distant gatekeepers to turn on the spigot of money and attention. Here’s a tool that can provide a homegrown pathway to economic development.
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Economic development as a zero-sum game leads to cities racing each other to the bottom. It’s time to embrace instead a perspective on economic development that leads to broad wealth creation and productivity.
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With more work going virtual, small towns and mid-sized cities have an opportunity to attract new residents. Here are 6 tips to help communities start attracting and retaining talent.
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Five key issues illustrate the difference between the typical top-down approach to economic recovery and the bottom-up, Strong Towns approach.
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Towns and cities whose economies relied on tourism are in major trouble. Even when the economy recovers, these places won’t soon go back to business as usual. Nor should they.
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