Holiday Decorations from around the Country

Here's how people across America are brightening their communities this winter.

Top StoryStrong TownsDecember 9, 2016

Best of 2016: What Clearly Makes us Richer

Can we have cities that work with economics that don't?

Best of Blog, Marohn, Top Story, #InfrastructureCrisisCharles MarohnDecember 9, 2016Paul Krugman, page highlight

Best of 2016: Small Bets

Every city should be looking at the low hanging fruit they can use to continually improve themselves.

Tactical Urbanism, Top Story, Walkability, Andrew PriceAndrew PriceDecember 9, 2016

Heyden Walker on Building Accountability into Federal Transportation Spending

Today, Heyden Walker and Chuck Marohn discuss the highway I-35 project in Austin and the need for better transparency in transportation spending.

Podcast, Top Story, #InfrastructureCrisisStrong TownsDecember 8, 2016Austin, infrastructure interview

Best of 2016: Understanding Growth Series

We've traded stability for growth, but now we find that we have neither.

Best of Blog, Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnDecember 8, 2016Understanding Growth, growth

Best of 2016: Suburban Poverty

There is arguably no place where half a century of suburban growth has more resembled a giant Ponzi scheme than in Florida.

Herriges, Suburban Poverty, Best of Blog, HousingDaniel HerrigesDecember 8, 2016Florida

Staff Favorite Podcasts of 2016

The Strong Towns podcast wasn't the only radio show coming through our headphones this year.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsDecember 7, 2016

Best of 2016: Please, I'm not a Smart Growth Advocate

We don't have a checklist of things we are trying to accomplish that includes, as one aspiration, public investments that make financial sense. As we say in our core principles: Financial solvency is a prerequisite.

Best of Blog, MarohnCharles MarohnDecember 7, 2016Smart Growth

Best of 2016: How to Encourage Entrepreneurship in Your Town

Entrepreneurship is a hot word these days. Lots of towns say they would like to attract more entrepreneurs and grow their small business communities. But how do you do it?

Best of Blog, Top Story, QuednauRachel QuednauDecember 7, 2016Entrepreneurship, small business

Best of 2016: What are you doing, Maine?

Maine lacks the money it needs to do basic maintenance on its transportation system. Their institutional response to this emergency is to cling to an archaic code book while projecting a value system of improve, Improve, IMPROVE.

Best of Blog, Top Story, MarohnCharles MarohnDecember 6, 2016Maine

Shortening the Supply Chain

By buying wholesome food in bulk directly from small family farms I’ve radically shortened the supply chain.

Top Story, Sanphillippo, Local FoodJohnny SanphillippoDecember 6, 2016Farming, resilient, local food

Best of 2016: Please, do not build that crosswalk

A signalized crossing is an unnecessary expense for what a few traffic cones could easily accomplish. Humanizing Brunswick Street, on the other hand, would be in the best interests of the province and city.

Field Notes, Top Story, Walkability, #SlowtheCarsGracen JohnsonDecember 6, 2016pedestrian crossing, Crosswalk, page highlight

The Week Ahead: Traffic and 2016 Highlights

Chuck and Rachel discuss a recent event in Washington state, which inspired today's article: "The Ideology of Traffic." They also chat about an upcoming meeting in Chicago and Best of 2016 content.

PodcastStrong TownsDecember 5, 2016the week ahead