Forest gardens, hummingbird encounters, and Tolstoyan snowstorms. These are just some of the stories from around the web that Strong Towns staffers were reading and talking about this week.
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A friendly guide for making friends and starting Strong Towns conversations in your neighborhood.
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In the history of urban planning and zoning, pretext has often been used to achieve unstated goals, with (at best) questionable public purposes.
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Mayor Chris Frye is bringing optimism and economic resilience to New Castle, PA.
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Amazon has been turning malls into fulfillment centers. What does this expansion look like, viewed through a Strong Towns perspective?
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A controversy-courting Atlantic article makes a full-throated defense of “luxury” development—and argues that more, not less, of it is what the doctor ordered for our unaffordable housing markets. Does this prescription hit the mark?
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These 4 steps will put your city or town on the path toward greater resilience and sovereignty.
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The “futon of transportation” is dangerous, unproductive, and ubiquitous across North America. A program in the Netherlands might provide lessons on how to fix the “stroad.”
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Detroit today, your town tomorrow. Here’s how we can help keep homes out of foreclosure and residents from being evicted.
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A guide for making your urban spaces more fine-grained.
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A great credit rating is not a blessing for a young community if it is interpreted as a license to borrow without discipline.
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Accessible playgrounds, frostbitten flora, and paying homage to a former VP's passing. These are just some of the stories from around the web that Strong Towns staffers were reading and talking about this week.
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A malignant legacy lives on through a recent bill proposed in Oregon.
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A model of what the future could look like for communities that depend on extractive industry, if they make the right investments.
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De’Amon Harges uses deep listening and asset-based community development to strengthen neighborhoods and cities.
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A new Strong Towns book, Confessions of a Recovering Engineer, is coming out in September. Do you want to be a stop on our book tour?
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Cities in Wyoming have become dependent on extractive industry. Here’s how and why they need to get out of this impossibly fragile situation.
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When it comes to housing, do aesthetics have to come at the cost of affordability?
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What the debate over a historic building—Wichita’s Century II—can teach us about local democracy and government.
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In the UK, planning systems have created a housing shortage. Here’s how a bottom-up approach could address the problem.
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