With nothing more than a piece of paper and sticky notes, Strong Towns advocate Bryce Mortera gives his self-isolate neighbors an opportunity to connect with one another.
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A touring musician reflects on how the speed and scale of life has contracted during the crisis. Does how we build our cities allow for a slower, more thoughtful pace during the good times too?
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If we want a Strong Town, we must stop tilting the playing field against the small businesses, against the local entrepreneur.
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Who will be this year’s Strongest Town winner? We’ll know in a few days. Voting is now open in the championship round.
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Coronavirus may be the crisis of our time. Great leaders past and present demonstrate that one practice in particular can be the difference-maker.
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Centralized systems are good at getting us cheap food, cars, and toilet paper—until they’re not. They’re also really bad at isolating deadly outbreaks.
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The coronavirus is revealing how fragile our economy is. (Look no further than disruptions to the global supply chain.) As we rebuild, will we double down on the failed status quo…or build something ANTI-fragile?
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No North American city is overcrowded. Not a single one.
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What comes after the pandemic is largely up to us. But the time to decide is now, and there is work we can do to get ready.
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Some will use the spread of coronavirus as a knock against dense cities. But walkable, bikeable cities are also more adaptable — and will fare better in the long-run.
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Who will be this year’s Strongest Town? Voting is now open in the semifinal round.
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Walking is one of the best things you can do, even during a pandemic. There’s just one rule…
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Even before the pandemic, towns and cities across North America were drifting toward bankruptcy...and many of them didn’t even know it. Now’s the time to take control of your community’s financial future.
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Local communities have been induced to sacrifice their own stability in order to pursue growth. We now need to stabilize our places with a Strong Towns approach.
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The worst mistake in Minneapolis planning history, the role we all suddenly play in our community’s “care map,“ and why the coronavirus pandemic will reveal the best humanity has to offer. These stories and more in our weekly Top 5.
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Results of Round 2 of the Strongest Town competition…and a look ahead to the Semifinals!
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Are spread-out suburbs safer in a pandemic than compact, walkable cities? Short answer: Yes. Does that mean suburban-style neighborhoods are “stronger” during a pandemic? Not even close. Here’s why.
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If we do these simple things, we’ll set the stage not just to survive but to thrive once the pandemic dies down. (And it will die down.)
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Financially, public pension funds are finished. There are two important reasons we need to admit this now…and find a way forward together.
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The lesson of coronavirus is not that it’s bad to have strong human connections in cities. The lesson is that we need to be able to shut them down quickly when we need to.
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