What will happen to stagnant, poorly aging neighborhoods that are neither verdant and exclusive like the most desirable suburbs, nor vibrant and urbane like rapidly gentrifying city centers? They might actually be a sweet spot at an affordable price.
Read MoreHere are four different features of a productive place.
Read MoreSanta Rosa, CA faces the reality of unfunded infrastructure maintenance needs and a shortage of affordable housing. Strong Towns is headed there next week.
Read MoreFour tips for making winter biking doable and fun. Hint: You don't need to spend thousands of dollars on special gear to do it.
Read MoreA sophisticated set of questions a city should be asking when they are looking at doing a major project.
Read MoreThis week's featured member post comes from Bruce Nesmith's blog. Bruce discusses a proposed road widening project on I-380 between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. This provides a good preview to our #nonewroads campaign which will be featured the week of January 25th.
Read MoreStrong Towns is having a board meeting this weekend and Chuck's thoughts are on the changes the organization has made over the past year and what we face in the future.
Read MoreJust before the holidays, a city attorney in Carmel, Indiana submitted a reimbursement claim for $1.15 because he drove half a mile to a meeting. That says a lot about suburban car culture.
Read MoreI recall listening to a conversation about technical debt a few short weeks ago and nodding my head at the metaphor. So I asked my partner Ryan, and our friend Brendan, both of whom work in software, to explain technical debt a little further.
Read MoreWhy old ways of building are good for both the body and the bottom line.
Read MoreThis week, we welcome Yuri Artibise to the Strong Towns team.
Read MoreWe're honored to have been selected by Planetizen as one of the Top 10 Websites of 2015.
Read MoreChuck Marohn was recently invited to participate in a tweetchat hosted by the Institute for Health Promotion Research which has a social media campaign called Salud Today, focused on promoting healthy outcomes for Latin@s.
Read MoreWhen it comes to drunk driving, America may have a bigger driving problem than a drinking problem.
Read MoreChuck and Rachel discuss a recent trip to Olympia, WA for a Curbside Chat, plus diversity (or lack of it) in local government.
Read MoreScranton, Pennsylvania is not a wealthy place, but it is a place with underappreciated intrinsic wealth. Bet on older mid-size cities like Scranton, whose built-in advantages leave them well-positioned to weather future economic disruption.
Read MoreGreat leaders surround themselves with as many ideas as possible. They seek out conflicting views. They consider all sides of an issue, not superficially for appearances but because they fear not knowing more than they fear appearing to not know.
Read MoreAfter listening to the lecture series Redefining Reality: The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science, Chuck has some questions about whether or not modern economics, with it's Keynesian paradigm, is stuck at the Newtonian phase and is in need of an Einstein.
Read MoreCity-owned golf courses are no better than big box stores when it comes to tax revenue.
Read MoreWe're hosting a monthly photo contest and you're invited to submit.
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