What’s the best way for local communities to reduce their dependence on big electric companies?
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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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Through concerted and creative efforts to know their neighbors, listen to resident concerns and educate people on the city’s trajectory, these planning professionals are going against the grain and fighting for the city they love.
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Thousands of Christchurch residents weighed in on how to move their quake-ravaged city forward. Leaders dumped that plan for a top-down rebuild plan created behind closed doors…with predictable results.
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Two congressmen—one Democrat, one Republican, both longtime Strong Towns readers—talk about federal infrastructure spending and Congress’s role in making towns and cities stronger and more financially resilient.
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A passion for food access and community change led Kelly Rae Kirkpatrick to run for city council in her hometown of Rochester, MN.
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Are cities being preempted almost to the point of irrelevance?
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What role should federal infrastructure spending play in the economic recovery — and how can we make sure that spending addresses the real needs of people?
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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.
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How a ruling from the Arizona Supreme Court will change how local governments do economic development.
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How the government can become not just more representative of the people but more responsive to their actual needs.
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Critics say YIMBYs have an “induced demand” problem.
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In an era of remote work, which cities are more likely than others to attract talent?
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To build Strong Towns, our communities will need to push past the Red/Blue dichotomy.
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How do you go from seeing a problem in your city to solving it collectively, and then getting elected to city council? This advocate’s story will show you.
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Cities essentially subsidize parking, to their own harm. An ordinance in Hartford would close that gap with what one expert describes as a “lite” version of the land value tax.
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Understanding risk and uncertainty—and the difference between the two—can help local communities face the unknown.
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What happens when you open your eyes to the stories around you? How does that change the way you see your community?
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An amendment passed back in the ‘90s limits the amount of public housing in the U.S. How far will repealing it go toward addressing the housing crisis?
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The pandemic has turned conventional transit funding models on their heads. How will it change how we fund transit going forward…and what gets funded in the first place?
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