Better Bike Infrastructure, Better Budgets? This Member Thinks So.

Streets designed to keep people on bikes safe also boost community wealth. And budget-conscious city officials are starting to take notice.

How This Strong Towns Member Used a “Vision Block” to Celebrate Small Bets

Learn how Strong Towns member and Louisville resident Shawn Reilly and his neighbors found the small bets transform a speedy street in their neighborhood.

Co-Create Your Community with This New Mapping Tool

David Gorski—founder at Plan Together Community Map Platform—shares the inspiration behind Plan Together and how you can use it to make your community stronger.

New Arena? Check. Vacant Downtown and Snow-Clogged Sidewalks? Also Check.

Strong Towns member Cindy Long discusses how the Strong Towns Community inspired her to ask her city council the hard questions about the city's financial status.

The Antidote to Powerlessness? Try Planting Street Trees.

Discover how this Strong Towns member overcame her feeling of powerless to address an overwhelming struggle in her neighborhood.

Podcast, It's The Little Things, Success Story, Top StoryStrong TownsFebruary 5, 2020Strong Citizenship, community, how to, street trees, slow, inspired

A Strong Towns Member Toured 6 Places on the Right Track

A tour of 6 successful towns helped one Strong Towns member to better understand what makes a community resilient. His journey offers lessons for all of us.

Success Story, Top Story, #StrongCitizensRachel QuednauAugust 7, 2018travel, inspired

What’s the role of the police department in building strong towns?

Strong Towns member and Chief of Police for Cleburne, TX, Robert Severance shares his perspective.

#StrongCitizens, Member Profiles, Top Story, Success StoryRachel QuednauJune 29, 2018inspired

Combatting Crime Through Neighborhood Connections

On the Eastside of Olympia, WA, one Strong Towns member has helped to lead a series of neighborhood events in response to crime concerns.

#StrongCitizens, Success Story, Top StoryRachel QuednauMay 17, 2018inspired, community building

Ann Arbor Residents are Saying "Yes" to New Development

And they’re getting noticed for it.

Success Story, Top StoryRachel QuednauApril 26, 2018inspired, media feature

A New Vision for our Streets, Part 3

Cities across the nation can't maintain the massive amounts of infrastructure that their development patterns require. So why is this one proposing a bunch of new road projects it can't afford?

#SlowtheCars, Top Story, Success Story, #NoNewRoadsAlex PembertonMarch 15, 2018car crash, inspired

How 3 Different Towns are Creating Safer, Slower Streets

We can all learn from these communities' attempts to turn their downtowns back into places for people, not just cars.

Success Story, #SlowtheCars, Member Post, Walkability, Top StoryJennifer HillFebruary 12, 2018inspired, downtown, Traditional Main Street

Municipal Parking Space Becomes Community Park

City councilor and Strong Towns member Andrew Rodriguez turned his city hall parking spot into a community park in Walnut, CA.

Success Story, Top Story, Parking, Tactical UrbanismRachel QuednauJanuary 17, 2018local government, Parks, inspired

Inspired Park Project Takes Root in Shreveport

Our simple, affordable effort to improve a neighborhood park brought the whole community together.

Member Post, Top Story, #StrongCitizens, Success StoryTim WrightJanuary 11, 2018Parks, inspired

How much is your local Target worth?

A Strong Towns member used tax data to figure out how much his local Target was actually contributing to his community.

Success Story, #DotheMath, Big Box StoresRachel QuednauNovember 29, 2017inspired

How do Neighborhoods Become Strong?

In Valparaiso, Indiana, a so-called "bad" neighborhood is changing, and its residents are coming together to help direct that change.

Building a Stronger Town Through Biking

A diverse group of advocates in Rockford, IL are coming together to make theirs a stronger town.

Helping Cities Find their DNA of Place

Strong Towns member Daniel Hintz is making a serious impact in Northwest Arkansas.

Success Story, Top StoryRachel QuednauNovember 8, 2017inspired

Let's Turn this Dangerous, Expensive Road Back into a Safe Neighborhood Street.

In this Dallas suburb, safe streets are desperately needed.

#SlowtheCars, Roads and Streets, Member Post, Success StoryNathaniel BarrettOctober 31, 2017Road Diet, STROADS, inspired

A Reconstruction Project Becomes an Opportunity to Push for Safer Streets

A Strong Towns member is working with local disability advocates to push for a safer street in downtown Duluth, MN.

San Bruno Says No to a Wasteful Highway Widening

Strong Towns member Adam Cozzette reports on a recent victory against highway widening in his California town.

#NoNewRoads, Member Post, Success Story, Top StoryAdam CozzetteOctober 17, 2017California, inspired

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