Two podcast recommendations offer different takes on how the Strong Towns approach can help cities keep the promises they made to the people who live in them.
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Civic culture needs innovating, and it might just take some hard work. Literally.
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We’ve seen a lot of fascinating takes on the Strong Towns approach, but this none quite like this musical take.
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Or in anyone else’s, for that matter! A strong neighborhood has businesses that keep money in the local economy, instead of siphoning money out.
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This case shows why local governments need to do a better job accounting for maintenance costs.
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The Beatles, gingerbread ADUs, and repurposed malls. These are just some of the stories from around the internet that Strong Towns staff were reading and talking about this week.
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This week in High Value, Brendon Klein gets the news that his family’s grocery store may be in peril.
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In San Elizario, TX, these local leaders are spearheading an agricultural renaissance.
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The infrastructure avalanche is coming… Is your town prepared?
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Frustrated by cars speeding down your neighborhood street at 40 mph? Don’t blame the people driving the cars.
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A recent article states that “real progress on climate change will require innovations that some on the left won’t like.” What’s the Strong Towns response?
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We live in a culture that exalts the people who say, “I know.” But sometimes what our places need are people willing to say, “I don’t know,” and, “What do you think?” and, “Let’s figure that out together.”
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The belief that we’re going to radically transform our cities from the top down defies reality. Despite widespread anxiety about urban growth and change, the vast majority of places aren’t changing very much at all.
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Recently, the North Carolina Ad Hoc Appraisals Committee was challenged to face their own biases and fix their broken property tax assessment system. Here’s what happened.
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We tend to choose larger homes than we want our neighbors to choose. The result: suburban-style development that doesn't match what people actually want from their communities.
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Our Neighborhood Storyteller recently received a call about her aging father, who, with his driving privileges revoked, has had to resort to walking on unsafe roads…
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It’s time once again to sit down and answer some of the great questions we’ve gotten over at the Strong Towns Action Lab.
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What can these 3-D crosswalks teach us about investing in our communities’ needs?
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Marketing campaigns to shame or shock don't change driver behavior. Changing the environment they drive in will.
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Twitter stars, casinos, and 16th-century identity theft. These are just some of the stories from around the internet that Strong Towns staff were reading and talking about this week.
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