"Tradition is to the community what memory is to the individual"

Tradition can help make strong citizenship habitual, but first we need to come to terms with how we got here, who we want to be, and what traditions support the society we want.

Field Notes, Top StoryGracen JohnsonDecember 2, 2015Traditional Main Street, Social Isolation, social capital

Some Key City Questions

Local leaders in Mankato seem committed to trying every failed strategy of the past regardless of what it costs them.

Marohn, #NoNewRoadsCharles MarohnDecember 2, 2015Mankato MN

So Many Shoppers, So Much Unused Parking

We’re told that Black Friday is the “biggest shopping day of the year”—yet parking lots across the country tell a different story. Last year, I set out to explore #BlackFridayParking at commercial shopping centers across Tulsa to see for myself.

#BlackFridayParking, Top Story, Parking, Big Box StoresSarah KobosDecember 2, 2015parking minimums, big box stores, page highlight

The Week Ahead

Chuck and Rachel discuss new members, an upcoming Strong Towns trip to Pennsylvania, recent snowfall and the Syrian refugee crisis.

PodcastRachel QuednauDecember 1, 2015Pennsylvania

Washington, D.C. parking becomes demand-responsive

Washington, D.C. parking has been on the media radar for a number of reasons, perhaps most prominently among them a pilot initiative called ParkDC, which will adjust the prices of 1,300 parking meters via a demand-based system that will bounce time of day, location and other factors to calculate pricing.

Top Story, Member PostKaty Burns OlsonDecember 1, 2015parking