Forget about the superstar neighborhoods—even most run-of-the-mill inner suburban neighborhoods would be next to impossible to build today.
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It's the incremental nature of both the private and the public investments that made traditional cities strong, resilient and financially productive.
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Chuck and Rachel discuss several recent events in Traverse City and Chicago, as well as upcoming events in Brainerd, MN, Atlanta, GA and Calgary, AB.
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Refuting 4 myths about why housing in Portland (and cities like it) is so expensive.
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It is incrementally rising land values, combined with the ability to redevelop to something more intense, that naturally prompts the redevelopment of property in decline. Take away one of those two factors and redevelopment breaks down.
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This week, we talked about the high cost of infrastructure, choosing a first home, and bike commuting's worst enemy.
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As new residents move in, will the arts be pushed out?
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The standard American approach to development is bankrupting towns across the country. It's time to think differently.
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In this wide-reaching dialogue, Grace Potts, Elias Crim and Chuck Marohn contemplate how to build truly resilient communities where power rests in the hands of neighbors, and where economic prosperity is not the realm of the few, but shared by all.
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We need to leave the door open for the people who come after us.
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Celebration of the Sabbath and a desire to live near people and institutions that support your religious practices has shaped the urban fabric of Orthodox Jewish communities.
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Inspired by a Strong Towns presentation, Pelham, Ontario is reexamining its development practices and making plans for a more financially stable future.
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When affordability meets flexibility, the result tends to be the democratization of a local real estate market.
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I want to buy a home, but I don't want to give up living in this neighborhood that I love.
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So-called smart cities have an achilles heel: data is biased by the status quo.
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Here in Shreveport, we took a small bet to make our city stronger and learn a little bit in the process.
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Last week, three government staffers from Fate, TX led an excellent, educational webcast for Strong Towns members about how to do the math on proposed developments in your town. The recording is now available to watch.
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Rachel and Chuck discuss a recent webcast, upcoming events in Michigan and Illinois (including a member meetup with Strong Towns staff), and why our approaches to health care and infrastructure spending are remarkably similar and similarly messed up.
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The biggest barrier we may have to tackle—the one that gives people a license to dismiss bikes as a transit outlier—is the misconception that bikes are a means of recreation instead of a tool for empowerment.
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If we can align the incentives of the players involved, we can build infrastructure that is actually necessary and while doing it quicker and at lower prices than we do now.
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