This Friday, the Strong Towns staff “confess” where we each fall short of what you might imagine a Strong Towns advocate to be—to show that you don’t have to be perfect to effectively champion this movement!
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While other places keep finding ways to say “no” to new housing, this Indiana city is offering pre-approved development templates to small-scale developers at no cost.
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A recent article from The Wall Street Journal claims that land must be positioned in a very specific way to support more development. What’s the Strong Towns take on this?
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Many older homeowners face a tough choice: Age in a home that’s too large or inaccessible for them, or give up their property and move somewhere else. Here’s how one resident of Delta, BC, found a third option.
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Get all your questions about our open staff writer position answered in this Q&A briefing!
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If a natural disaster hit your city, would your tax revenue pay for the damage, or would you be underwater—literally and figuratively?
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Strong Towns is hiring an action team coordinator and a video content creator!
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Traffic engineers in Canada wear an iron pinky ring as a reminder of their responsibility to public safety. So why, then, do they routinely make street design choices that kill people every day?
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Stranded with a dying phone and no car, our Neighborhood Storyteller relies this week on public transit and the kindness of strangers to get where she needs to go.
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Academies, libraries, and Kamloops. 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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Sarah Cipkar created a tool to help people navigate the ADU process in Canada.
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Kansas City is known for its beautiful fountains, but Parks and Rec says the city doesn’t have the funds to maintain this source of civic pride.
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Springfield took a step forward in fixing this deadly stroad…but Department of Public Works officials are forcing the city to take two steps back again.
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If one thing’s clear about the housing market, it’s that it’s currently more sensitive to factors outside of your community—outside of your control—than anything within.
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How does the suburban development pattern present itself in a smaller island space, versus in the contiguous United States?
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Strong Towns is currently hiring a full-time staff writer. Apply today!
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Young engineers, old hubris, and bug hotels. 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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Mayor Erin Stewart is helping create a brighter future for New Britain, CT.
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This latest Not Just Bikes video demystifies deadly street design by contrasting what it’s like to navigate streets on foot in the U.S. and Canada with what it’s like in the Netherlands.
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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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