Posts in Field Notes
What happens when your cheap city is still unaffordable?

Last week, I was pulled into a task force conversation on affordable housing by a couple local champions. The situation is this: our government operating subsidies for affordable housing are drying up. I'm putting together a "next-steps" sort of document for this task force and my brain keeps running in circles. I'd love to crowdsource from the best. Please fill me in on your Strong Towns approach to affordable housing in the comments. What would you do?

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Field Notes on Strong Citizenship

In the spirit of moving from an awareness-building organization to a movement-building organization, Strong Towns has a fun new corner of the website for me. This year, I'll be sharing field notes on my journey/research into Strong Citizenship. In this regular column, you'll get pieces of my life as a friendly neighbour in a quintessential Little City that Feels Like a Big Town.

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