Vote for the Strongest Town - Championship Round

Watch our Strongest Town championship broadcast with representatives from Hoboken, NJ and Carlisle, PA. Then cast your votes!

Strongest Town Contest, PodcastStrong TownsMarch 31, 2016Carlisle PA

Local Land Ownership and the American Dream

This week's Featured Member Post comes from Justin Golbabai's blog, The New Localization. He explores the differences between generative economies and extractive ones.

Member Post, Top StoryJustin GolbabaiMarch 31, 2016local economy

Reminder: Strongest Town Web Broadcast Today

Which towns made it to the championship round of the Strongest Town Contest? Find out today at 12pm.

Strongest Town ContestStrong TownsMarch 31, 2016Updates

A Strong Towns Comp Plan

What’s one way to make it clear that your town is committed to Strong Towns principles? Put them right into your comprehensive plan.

The Cost of Commuting vs. Living Close

Using visualized data to map affordability in a local community.

Quednau, Top Story, TransportationRachel QuednauMarch 30, 2016data, mapping, commuting

Autonomous Vehicles: Expect the Unexpected

For those of you who expect to be sitting in your own personal car being whisked around in effortless comfort and privacy as you commute to distant suburban locations… Not quite.

Live Web Broadcast will Announce the Final Towns in Strongest Town Contest

This Thursday (March 31) at 12pm Central, we'll host a live web broadcast where the two finalist towns will compete for the title of Strongest.

Top Story, Strongest Town ContestStrong TownsMarch 29, 2016Updates

Incremental Development Projects are Simple, but not Necessarily Easy

Here are the four critical tasks for a small developer trying to get their first project off the ground.

IDA, Housing, Small Scale Developers, Top StoryR. John AndersonMarch 29, 2016tips, Incremental Development Alliance

Influences: Jared Diamond

If you want to understand Strong Towns thinking, Jared Diamond is a good place to start.

Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnMarch 29, 2016Jared Diamond, Influencers

When Crossing the Street Means "Assuming Risk"

A New York City Spanish teacher crossing an intersection on a green light was struck and killed by a policewoman driving an NYPD van. And the NYPD wants to blame the pedestrian.

#SlowtheCars, Quednau, TransportationRachel QuednauMarch 29, 2016New York

This Week's SlackChat

Once a week, we're inviting readers to join us for a conversation with one of our staff, writers or members on Slack. This week's SlackChat will be hosted by Yuri Artibise, who serves as Community Builder at Strong Towns.

Artibise, Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 28, 2016slackchat

Holland, MI vs. Carlisle, PA

Representatives from Holland, MI and Carlisle, PA speak about their towns' strengths and challenges in this Final Four round of the Strongest Town contest.

Strongest Town Contest, Top Story, PodcastStrong TownsMarch 28, 2016final 4, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Carlisle PA

Hoboken, NJ vs. Sandusky, OH

Representatives from Hoboken and Sandusky discuss their strengths (and even open up about some of their challenges) in this Final Four showdown in the Strongest Town contest.

Top Story, Strongest Town Contest, PodcastStrong TownsMarch 28, 2016final 4, New Jersey, Ohio

A wrap (for now) on Sedlacek

A system where growth is the main objective will fail, but only after it has exhausted every means to expand consumption.

MarohnCharles MarohnMarch 28, 2016Tomas Sedlacek, economics, Nassim Taleb, John Dominic Crossan, Jared Diamond

Our Top 5 Articles This Week

Trader Joes, the Strongest Town Contest and pedestrian crosswalks were among the most read topics this week.

Strong TownsMarch 26, 2016post roundup

6 Mapping Tools to Help Understand Your City

Want to you calculate your state's transportation spending? How about identify distressed communities in your area? These mapping tools will help you do the job.

Top Story, Urban Design, Transportation, #NoNewRoadsRachel QuednauMarch 25, 2016mapping, maps, page highlight

Today's SlackChats: Rachel Quednau and Matthias Leyrer

Today's SlackChats will be hosted by Rachel Quednau at 10am CT and Matthias Leyrer at 2pm CT.

Leyrer, QuednauStrong TownsMarch 25, 2016slackchat

Understanding Growth, Part 5

Can we only satisfy our needs by increasing our neediness?

Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnMarch 25, 2016Tomas Sedlacek, economics, antifragile, Understanding Growth, ecosystems

Jekyll & Hyde

50.3% to 49.7%. That was the result of the matchup between Holland, MI and Fargo, ND - the closest first round matchup in our Strongest Town competition. Here's a comparison of these two strong towns.

Top Story, SchaeferJason SchaeferMarch 24, 2016Strongest Town Competition