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The perfect holiday gift for your friends and family
The perfect holiday gift for your friends and family

Searching for the perfect holiday gift for that hard-to-shop-for friend or family member? Strong Towns has you covered! 

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Top StoryStrong TownsNovember 30, 2016
Submit your proposal for the Strong Towns Summit
Submit your proposal for the Strong Towns Summit

You're invited to submit a proposal to lead a workshop or a short-form presentation at the Strong Towns summit.

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summit, Top StoryStrong TownsNovember 30, 2016
Localizing Affordable Housing
Localizing Affordable Housing

A reliance on federal funding for housing puts local entities at the mercy of distant decision makers whose priorities may or may not be aligned with theirs. Cities and advocacy groups should be thinking about how to re-localize and claim more control over the way we tackle these problems.

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Housing, HerrigesDaniel HerrigesNovember 30, 2016affordable housing, HUD
4 Stories to Help you See Jane Jacobs in a New Light
4 Stories to Help you See Jane Jacobs in a New Light

There's more than meets the eye when it comes to Jane Jacobs.

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Jane Jacobs, Top StoryStrong TownsNovember 29, 2016
An Unlikely Success Story: The Failure of the North Minneapolis Greenway
An Unlikely Success Story: The Failure of the North Minneapolis Greenway

This is the beauty of tactical urbanism: even in its failures, you find success.

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Hood, Tactical Urbanism, Top Story, Transportation, Urban DesignNathaniel M. HoodNovember 29, 2016Minneapolis, Minnesota, bike lanes
How to Win Over Merchants
How to Win Over Merchants

Here are 5 key ways to get local business owners on your side--whether you're putting together a neighborhood event or advocating for a change in street design.

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Top Story, Member PostAdam GreenfieldNovember 29, 2016local business, community engagement, resource
Black Friday Parking 2016 Recap
Black Friday Parking 2016 Recap

This year's #BlackFridayParking event was a success! Here are some stats and favorite posts from the event.

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#BlackFridayParking, Quednau, Top StoryRachel QuednauNovember 28, 2016page highlight
Tweaks to the existing machinery or newer, better machines?
Tweaks to the existing machinery or newer, better machines?

The task of moving from our bloated, modern zoning codes to ones that create Strong Towns is different from starting with a blank slate.

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Housing, Member Post, Top Story, GardnerSpencer GardnerNovember 28, 2016affordable housing, Portland OR
Affirmative Action for Conservatives
Affirmative Action for Conservatives

Our cities have become moral monocultures, as has our countryside. They each reflect one set of moral tuning, a reality each side considers exclusively correct. This is dangerous for the future of our cities.

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MarohnCharles MarohnNovember 28, 2016suburban experiment
Happy Thanksgiving from Strong Towns
Happy Thanksgiving from Strong Towns

Enjoy the turkey today, then tomorrow, head out to your nearest parking lot to take a photo for #BlackFridayParking.

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Strong TownsNovember 24, 2016
Our Parking Minimums Map - Updated
Our Parking Minimums Map - Updated

One year ago, we released a crowdsourced map tracking decreases in parking minimums across the country as part of #BlackFridayParking. Today we're sharing an update.

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#BlackFridayParking, Parking, Quednau, Top StoryRachel QuednauNovember 23, 2016maps, mapping, page highlight
SNL Nails This Target Parody Ad
SNL Nails This Target Parody Ad

A recent Saturday Night Live parody begins just like a standard big box store advertisement would. Then it gets way better.

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Video, ParkingRachel QuednauNovember 23, 2016
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Parking!
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Parking!

We are raising a generation of consumers to which even our zoning codes cater. We want unlimited options. We want the cheapest prices. And, we want convenient access to all of it.

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Faith, Proppe, Parking, Top StorySara Joy ProppeNovember 23, 2016
How Parking Minimums Limit Housing Options
How Parking Minimums Limit Housing Options

Urban planning consultant, Kyle Smith, talks about the findings of a recent report he co-wrote: “Stalled Out: How Empty Parking Spaces Diminish Neighborhood Affordability.”

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Parking, Housing, Top Story, PodcastStrong TownsNovember 22, 2016Chicago
Join us for Black Friday Parking
Join us for Black Friday Parking

Here's how to participate in our annual #BlackFridayParking event.

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#BlackFridayParking, Top StoryStrong TownsNovember 22, 2016
Two Stories of Towns Making Progress on Parking Minimum Removals
Two Stories of Towns Making Progress on Parking Minimum Removals

Two stories from Canada and Indiana show how decreases in parking minimums can be achieved and give us an idea of the results these decreases have.

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Success Story, Top Story, Urban Design, Zoning, Walkability, Roads and Streets, Parking, Quednau, #BlackFridayParkingRachel QuednauNovember 22, 2016Canada, parking minimums
The Annoyed League of Resistant Parkers
The Annoyed League of Resistant Parkers

3 annoying reasons I park at the commuter rail station (and what city planners can do about it).

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Walkability, Bikeability, Parking, Member Post, Top StoryJamie LittlefieldNovember 22, 2016public transportation
5 Resources for Ending Parking Minimums
5 Resources for Ending Parking Minimums

Whether you're a city staffer, nonprofit leader or just a strong citizen who cares, there's something you can do to advocate for an end to parking minimums in your town.

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#BlackFridayParking, Parking, Top Story, QuednauRachel QuednauNovember 22, 2016parking minimums, resource, page highlight
The Week Ahead
The Week Ahead

Chuck and Rachel discuss last week's member drive and an event in St. Mary's, PA, plus this week's Black Friday Parking event.

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PodcastStrong TownsNovember 21, 2016the week ahead
This Week: Black Friday Parking
This Week: Black Friday Parking

We are throwing our money away on parking that is simply not needed.

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#BlackFridayParking, Marohn, ParkingCharles MarohnNovember 21, 2016
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