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Top Articles This Week (Dec. 12-16)
Top Articles This Week (Dec. 12-16)

Today, we're closing out week two of our Best of 2016 content and heading out on our annual break. 

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Strong TownsDecember 17, 2016
Happy Holidays and See You in 2017
Happy Holidays and See You in 2017

We're signing off until next year.

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Strong TownsDecember 16, 2016
Best of 2016: It's Time to End the Routine Traffic Stop
Best of 2016: It's Time to End the Routine Traffic Stop

Routine traffic stops are dangerous for all involved and do little to improve safety. It's time to end the practice.

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Top Story, MarohnCharles MarohnDecember 16, 2016
Best of 2016: Cultivating Understanding
Best of 2016: Cultivating Understanding

We must build places that enable us to see the lives of others with knowledge, love, and compassion. This means getting our hands dirty in the soil of our community.

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Top StorySara Joy ProppeDecember 16, 2016gardening
2016 Recommended Reading
2016 Recommended Reading

Here are the five best books I read in 2016.

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Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnDecember 15, 2016books
The Post-Election Therapy Podcast
The Post-Election Therapy Podcast

In this final podcast of 2016, founding member of Strong Towns, Seth Zeren, and Chuck Marohn talk about the results of the election and its impact on the national dialogue.

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Top Story, PodcastStrong TownsDecember 15, 2016federal government
Affordable Urban Lifestyles for Millennials with Children
Affordable Urban Lifestyles for Millennials with Children

We figured out how to live in an exciting kid-friendly city on the cheap.

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Top StoryJennifer GriffinDecember 15, 2016children, family, affordable housing
Best of 2016: Sprawl is not the problem
Best of 2016: Sprawl is not the problem

I encourage you all to stop using the word "sprawl." It doesn't accurately describe the problem, it prevents us from getting to real responses and it unnecessarily divides the national dialog in ways that are unhelpful.

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Top Story, MarohnCharles MarohnDecember 15, 2016sprawl, suburban experiment
The Strong Towns Message Makes a Lasting Impact in Grand Forks
The Strong Towns Message Makes a Lasting Impact in Grand Forks

Strong Towns visited Grand Forks, ND in the spring of 2015 and the impacts of that visit—and the conversation it sparked—are still being felt today.

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Top StoryRachel QuednauDecember 14, 2016north dakota
Best Strong Towns Podcasts of 2016
Best Strong Towns Podcasts of 2016

We produced over 100 podcasts in 2016. Here's our 7 best podcasts from the year.

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Podcast, Top StoryRachel QuednauDecember 14, 2016
Best of 2016: Pre-Election Thoughts
Best of 2016: Pre-Election Thoughts

Scale our economy to those working at the ground level and we will see a true prosperity emerge from the fear and acrimony that is our national dialog.

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Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnDecember 14, 2016federal government
About those pesky pedestrian crossing buttons...
About those pesky pedestrian crossing buttons...

Do car drivers have to pull up to each intersection, lean out their window and push a button in order to get a green light? No.

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Top StoryRachel QuednauDecember 14, 2016pedestrians
The Week Ahead: A Spirited Panel and Cookie Baking
The Week Ahead: A Spirited Panel and Cookie Baking

In the final Week Ahead podcast of 2016, Chuck and Rachel discuss recent events, the Strong Towns Summit, and Chuck's annual cookie baking.

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PodcastStrong TownsDecember 13, 2016the week ahead
Best of 2016: Balloon Economics
Best of 2016: Balloon Economics

If the global economy is like a hot air balloon, we're only given the option to continually go higher -- despite the risk -- or cut all the air and crash. Those options aren't good enough.

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Top Story, MarohnCharles MarohnDecember 13, 2016economics, economic growth
Best of 2016: Suburban Poverty Meets Homeowners Associations
Best of 2016: Suburban Poverty Meets Homeowners Associations

What will happen to homeowner's associations in an America with increasing suburban poverty? It will be messy.

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Top StoryNathaniel M. HoodDecember 13, 2016
Best of 2016: The Future of Big Box
Best of 2016: The Future of Big Box

Building after massive building now sit empty in towns across America. Yours is up next.

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Top StoryJohnny SanphillippoDecember 13, 2016
Best of 2016: Portland Housing Series
Best of 2016: Portland Housing Series

This fall, five articles explored important questions about the cost of housing and the need for "growth" and development in Portland, OR.

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Top Story, MarohnCharles MarohnDecember 12, 2016affordable housing, growth, oregon
Best of 2016: Is your city pedestrian-unfriendly?
Best of 2016: Is your city pedestrian-unfriendly?

We’ve spent the better part of 70 years building our cities for cars, not people, and it shows.  It’s time to make walkability a priority, not just a feel-good buzzword. 

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Top StorySarah KobosDecember 12, 2016pedestrians
Our shared journey
Our shared journey

As I was thinking about what to write today, I kept coming back to the same thing: how deeply grateful I am to all of you.

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MarohnCharles MarohnDecember 12, 2016
Top Articles This Week (Dec. 5-9)
Top Articles This Week (Dec. 5-9)

This week kicks off our annual "Best of" articles.

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Strong TownsDecember 10, 2016
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