Today, we're closing out week two of our Best of 2016 content and heading out on our annual break.
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We're signing off until next year.
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Routine traffic stops are dangerous for all involved and do little to improve safety. It's time to end the practice.
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We must build places that enable us to see the lives of others with knowledge, love, and compassion. This means getting our hands dirty in the soil of our community.
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Here are the five best books I read in 2016.
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In this final podcast of 2016, founding member of Strong Towns, Seth Zeren, and Chuck Marohn talk about the results of the election and its impact on the national dialogue.
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We figured out how to live in an exciting kid-friendly city on the cheap.
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I encourage you all to stop using the word "sprawl." It doesn't accurately describe the problem, it prevents us from getting to real responses and it unnecessarily divides the national dialog in ways that are unhelpful.
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Strong Towns visited Grand Forks, ND in the spring of 2015 and the impacts of that visit—and the conversation it sparked—are still being felt today.
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We produced over 100 podcasts in 2016. Here's our 7 best podcasts from the year.
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Scale our economy to those working at the ground level and we will see a true prosperity emerge from the fear and acrimony that is our national dialog.
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Do car drivers have to pull up to each intersection, lean out their window and push a button in order to get a green light? No.
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In the final Week Ahead podcast of 2016, Chuck and Rachel discuss recent events, the Strong Towns Summit, and Chuck's annual cookie baking.
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If the global economy is like a hot air balloon, we're only given the option to continually go higher -- despite the risk -- or cut all the air and crash. Those options aren't good enough.
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What will happen to homeowner's associations in an America with increasing suburban poverty? It will be messy.
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Building after massive building now
This fall, five articles explored important questions about the cost of housing and the need for "growth" and development in Portland, OR.
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We’ve spent the better part of 70 years building our cities for cars, not people, and it shows. It’s time to make walkability a priority, not just a feel-good buzzword.
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As I was thinking about what to write today, I kept coming back to the same thing: how deeply grateful I am to all of you.
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This week kicks off our annual "Best of" articles.
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