The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Collaborating for Neighborhood Revitalization

Gregg Lombardi is helping unite resources, organizations, and legal strategies to support a Kansas City neighborhood.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsJanuary 20, 2022The Bottom-Up Revolution, taking action, crime, neighborhood revitalization, missouri

Weaponizing Historic Preservation

Has historic preservation harmed the capacity for cities across the U.S. to address the housing crisis?

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsJanuary 19, 2022podcast, housing, housing crisis, historic preservation, upzoned

Peter Norton: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving

Technology historian Peter Norton talks about why we need to be more skeptical toward the utopian promises of self-driving cars.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsJanuary 17, 2022podcast, cars, car culture, car dependency, auto-oriented, books, self driving cars

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...an Interdisciplinary and Incremental Leader

Andrea Marr is an engineer, a Strong Towns member, and the mayor pro tem for Costa Mesa, CA.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsJanuary 13, 2022The Bottom-Up Revolution, taking action, city council, engineers, california

Population Growth and the Housing Crisis

A smaller population does not necessarily result in more affordable housing for those looking for it. But why?

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsJanuary 12, 2022podcast, Population, housing affordability, housing, housing cost, housing crisis, cities, upzoned, covid

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is... Helping Rural Residents with Disabilities to Thrive

Billy Altom is an advocate and leader for rural residents with disabilities across the nation.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsJanuary 6, 2022The Bottom-Up Revolution, taking action, disability, rural, success stories

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Increasing Bike Access for All

Kirk Seyfert is helping get bikes to people who need them in Salem, OR.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsDecember 16, 2021The Bottom-Up Revolution, taking action, biking, poverty

Disaster Relief for America's Housing Crisis

COVID has enabled us to get some “disaster relief” for the housing crisis. But what about when the pandemic is over?

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsDecember 15, 2021podcast, federal funding, housing, housing crisis, upzoned, covid

The Bottom-Up Revolution is... Getting Real About the Cost—and Value—of Farming

Farmer and author, Beth Hoffman, does the math on U.S. agriculture in her new book.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsDecember 2, 2021The Bottom-Up Revolution, local conversations, taking action, local food, Farming

Which Wins Out: An Engineer's Discretion or a Book of Standards?

Chuck holds a Q&A session with Confessions of a Recovering Engineer readers.

The Infrastructure Bill, Racial Equity, and Local Government: How Should the Money Be Spent?

The $1 trillion infrastructure bill is being signed into law. But who gets to decide how the money will be spent, and will they make the right decisions for communities of color?

The Bottom-Up Revolution is... Building Gentle Density and a Grassroots Campaign for City Council

Ashley Salvador is a housing advocate and city councilor in Edmonton, Alberta.

The "Bikelash" Phenomenon (and Why It Shouldn't Scare Local Leaders)

Some people get up in arms about adding new bike lanes to neighborhoods. So why do the mayors who head these projects so often get reelected?

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsNovember 17, 2021podcast, bikeability, bikes, bike lanes, local government, upzoned, member week

The Bottom-Up Revolution is... Saying "Yes" to Your City

City Councilor and Strong Towns member Mason Thompson is committed to making Bothell, WA, a resilient place to live.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsNovember 11, 2021The Bottom-Up Revolution, taking action, city council, local government

"Zillow Offers"...Homes to Investors, Not Homeowners

The “Zillow Offers” program was supposed to sell thousands of homes to homeowners and landlords…so why is Zillow now having to offload them onto institutional investors, instead?

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsNovember 10, 2021podcast, housing, housing crisis, upzoned

The Bottom-Up Revolution is... Joining with Neighbors and Taking Action

Tim Wright is the cofounder of a local Strong Towns group: ReForm Shreveport.

The Gathering "Swarm" of Small-Scale Developers

What will it take to get back the ecosystems of tradespeople, laborers, lenders, and small-scale developers who made incremental development possible in the past?