Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup

Measures of intelligence, heroes, and the cosmos. These are just some of the stories from around the internet that Strong Towns staff were reading and talking about this week.

Friday Faves, Top StoryStrong TownsOctober 29, 2021friday faves

A Drive Through “the Ugliest Place in Maryland”: Part 2

Our drive continues through the area once called “the ugliest place in Maryland.” When you look around, though, you can find the building blocks for an urban transformation in these suburbs.

A Stroad Called "Wonderland"

This new Not Just Bikes video features an Ontario stroad that’s anything but wonderful.

A Drive Through “the Ugliest Place in Maryland”: Part 1

Let’s take a drive down Rockville Pike, a major thoroughfare near DC. What kinds of development patterns will we find as we pass through each ring of suburbia?

Regulating by Use

What kind of zoning reform do we need in order to build strong towns?

Upzoned, Podcast, Zoning, Top StoryStrong TownsOctober 27, 2021Podcast, podcast, Upzoned, zoning, local regulation, housing, Housing, amazon, Amazon

Small Town. Big Housing Crisis.

The housing crisis is hitting small, rural towns—often in even more stark and dire ways than in urban areas.

Herriges, Housing, Rural, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesOctober 27, 2021Housing, colorado, rural, Small Towns, small towns, housing crisis, Housing Crisis, housing cost

Sorry, but a $10 Million Sewer System Won't Fix Your Economy

This small town in Maine is hoping to breathe life back into its Main Street…but is looking for solutions in all the wrong places.

10 Reasons to Not Trust ODOT's Environmental Claims

Oregon’s Department of Transportation is making phony claims that widening highways reduces pollution. Here’s why they’re wrong.

My Journey from Free Market Ideologue to Strong Towns Advocate, Revisited

I’ve had to reconcile my foundational belief in markets with my experiences working with cities. This has been a painful process.

Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup

Stolpersteine, human history, and crypto technologies. These are just some of the stories from around the internet that Strong Towns staff were reading and talking about this week.

Friday Faves, Top StoryStrong TownsOctober 22, 2021friday faves

Love, Money, or Desperation

Who is actually going to do the work of incremental development, and what will their motivations be?

Fixing Finance for Small-Scale Development

For most small-scale developers, capital is a significant barrier to doing small infill projects. But that isn't because the money isn't there to be had.

The "Great Supply Chain Disruption"

You can’t just turn off the world supply chain, then turn it back on again and expect it to work properly.

Upzoned, Podcast, Coronavirus, Top StoryStrong TownsOctober 20, 2021Podcast, podcast, Upzoned, Savannah, coronavirus, economics, Economy

A New Generation of Town Makers

A cohort of small developers representing over 100 properties in poor, disinvested neighborhoods are, together, the largest developer in South Bend, IN. Can their success be replicated?

The Strong Towns Action Lab Is Growing

It’s 12 years of the best, most actionable content for Strong Towns advocates.

Action Lab, Taking Action, Top StoryStrong TownsOctober 19, 2021Action Lab, taking action

Paths of Greater Resistance

Incremental development today is far from the path of least resistance. To do it, you'll need the ability to navigate dozens of regulatory barriers.

Where Did All the Small Developers Go?

We need people who will build in the places where big, corporate developers won’t. But how do we get enough small-scale developers back to make a difference?

Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup

Automania, Zillow, and Bunch bikes. These are just some of the stories from around the internet that Strong Towns staff were reading and talking about this week.

Friday Faves, Top StoryStrong TownsOctober 15, 2021friday faves