What if we moved beyond temporary "open streets" events and used what we learned there to make lasting changes to our street design?
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In the final match-up for the first round of our #StrongestTown contest, it's time for you to help us choose which of these Massachusetts towns is the strongest.
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Texas and Louisiana towns face off in this round of our Strongest Town Contest. Cast your votes.
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This Strongest Town Contest match-up is our Canadian edition, featuring two Ontario towns. We need your votes to decide which is the strongest.
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Two Wisconsin towns compete in the Sweet 16 round of our Strongest Town Contest. Vote for the strongest!
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Rachel and Chuck discuss last week's campaign against an inner-city highway in Shreveport, plus the beginning of the 2017 #StrongestTown Contest.
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We've selected 16 initial towns to compete in our Second Annual Strongest Town Contest. Now we need your votes to determine the winners.
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Two Indiana towns face off in this Sweet 16 match up for our Strongest Town Contest. Which is the strongest?
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It's a west coast showdown in the Sweet 16 round of our Strongest Town Contest. Vote to help choose the winner.
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We're going international with this one: Wollongong, Australia goes head to head with Ellsworth, Maine. Who will come out on top?
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The first match-up in our Strongest Town Contest (Sweet 16 round) pits a Michigan town against a Pennsylvania town. Your votes will determine the strongest!
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We spent the week discussing a proposed inner-city highway in Shreveport, LA. Here are the highlights.
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In this episode, we chat with two Shreveport residents about what they've done to oppose the I-49 highway highway and why the love the Allendale neighborhood it would destroy.
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Here's a recap of our work on the proposed I-49 inner city connector in Shreveport, LA, plus ways you can help fight this project.
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The Strong Towns' community shows what Allendale has in common with their own towns.
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Here's what Shreveport residents are saying in support of the I-49 inner city highway and why their arguments are flawed.
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The Fuller Center for Housing has helped dozens of Allendale families build and own their own homes and they have high hopes for the neighborhood. But until the I-49 connector is put to rest, investment in the area will be stifled.
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To lose this garden because of an unnecessary inner city highway would not just be a loss of beauty and fresh food, it would also be a loss of neighborhood history, positivity and fellowship.
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The Allendale neighborhood of Shreveport, LA has a rich history of both good times and hardship. Today, the area is on the rise with low crime and new investment. But an expensive highway project threatens to shut all that down.
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The probability of the I-49 Inner City Connector creating 30,600 new jobs that would not have simply occurred somewhere else or are just being shifted from one now blighted place to the study area is precisely zero.
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