Cities need to be given the responsibility -- and the ability -- to fund their own local transportation improvements.
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This Public Art Week, we discussed big questions about the value and role of public art in our towns. Here's what got the most reads this week.
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Is public art doomed to only be invited and placed in locations that are lacking and empty—a band-aid to cover up our cities' design failures?
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This park has served its purpose and now it's time to move on to the next phase of its life: as a mixed-use development that will support local businesses and bring more people downtown—to stay.
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For one day in June, hundreds of artists, dozens of venues and tens of thousands of residents take part in a free, all-night art festival in the Twin Cities. Here's the story of Northern Spark.
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A unique program in Cook County, MN gives local organizations and businesses grants of up to just $1,000 to take on small projects that improve their town. And it's making a big impact.
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Art that invites interaction and play can help us build more social and active towns.
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A "museum without walls" draws visitors and residents to Asheville's downtown, providing an opportunity to learn about the city's history and culture, as well as encouraging patronage at local businesses.
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We challenge you to use public art to encourage positive, concrete change in your town.
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Strong Towns members are invited to view a webcast hosted by leaders from Fate, TX on May 31 at 12pm CT.
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How can towns support artists in a way that benefits the community as a whole? Several unique art spaces and programs offer examples of this across the country.
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Muralist and community advocate, Pasqualina Azzarello, discusses her experience creating murals across the country and working with neighborhoods to use art for social change.
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We’ve become so used to decline in our cities. Buildings are demolished and lots sit open. We walk by and, at most, we call it a shame. We don’t stop to look.
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Public art invites us to ask questions and imagine new possibilities.
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Just as we at Strong Towns do not have a formula or solution for productive growth, but rather an approach to development, I believe that effective art is more about process, than project.
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Thomasville, GA took full advantage of a pivotal community moment to ask what its residents wanted and build on their ideas, strengthening its arts and local economy as a result.
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This week, we discussed local food, infrastructure spending and practical steps for building strong towns.
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Chuck Marohn was recently featured on the Tropical MBA Podcast, which is dedicated to "the growing movement of location independent entrepreneurs worldwide."
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Today at 1:30pm CT, join Strong Towns members and experts for a discussion about how the biking community can better include and represent everyone who bikes.
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Richard Florida discusses his newest book, gentrification, economic segregation and the future of the suburbs in this interview on the Strong Towns Podcast.
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