The Week Ahead: A Chat with Strong Towns' Resident Nomad

This week’s episode features Strong Towns Growth Manager, Max Azzarello.

PodcastStrong TownsApril 30, 2018the week ahead

Would you live in a 400 square foot apartment?

Consider your answer. Then ask yourself, have you ever lived in a 400 square foot apartment?

Housing, Small Scale DevelopersRachel QuednauApril 30, 2018affordable housing

Transit’s Chicken & Egg Fallacy

Transit is an essential part of a Strong Towns approach. So is financial solvency. It’s time for public transit advocacy to move past build-it-and-they-will-come.

Marohn, Top Story, Transportation, Public TransitCharles MarohnApril 30, 2018public transportation, page highlight

Our Top 5 Stories This Week (April 23-27, 2018)

This week’s top stories addressed a number of housing issues — from the co-housing movement to why more people don’t move to cheaper cities.

Strong TownsApril 28, 2018post roundup

Changing the World One Pitch at a Time

A unique competition at the University of Akron enables students to realize their entrepreneurship dreams.

Akron, Top Story, Danckaert-SkoviraAlissa Danckaert-SkoviraApril 27, 2018Entrepreneurship, small business

No Excuses

Local leaders should stop lamenting the fact that people don’t get how hard their jobs are or that they have little funding to work with and start figuring out different solutions to their cities’ challenges.

PodcastRachel QuednauApril 26, 2018local government

What Housing Vouchers Can And Can't Do

This government housing subsidy is more cost-effective and market-based than many programs, but its impacts are limited.

Housing, Herriges, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesApril 26, 2018affordable housing, federal housing policy

Ann Arbor Residents are Saying "Yes" to New Development

And they’re getting noticed for it.

Success Story, Top StoryRachel QuednauApril 26, 2018inspired, media feature

Why Development-Oriented Transit is better than Transit-Oriented Development

Great places need a train less than a train needs a great place.

Top Story, Transportation, Public TransitRachel QuednauApril 25, 2018public transportation

Stuck: Why rent and mortgage-burdened Americans don’t always move to cheaper pastures

It’s about so much more than just the cost of housing.

Housing, WIlsonKea WilsonApril 25, 2018Millennials, page highlight

Gerontopoly: Homeownership, wealth, and age

Is the “dream” of homeownership really just a massive, intergenerational wealth transfer? Recently, that’s just how it has worked out.

Top Story, HousingJoe CortrightApril 25, 2018Millennials

An Unlikely Meeting at the Little Pink House

What two very different reviews of the same movie can tell us about the state of the American political divide.

Top Story, QuednauRachel QuednauApril 24, 2018politics, neighborhood

As Americans Age, the Need for Greater Housing Options Grows

For the last seven decades, the dominant development pattern has focused on meeting the perceived needs of families with children. It’s time for a change.

Top Story, Urban DesignDanielle ArigoniApril 24, 2018seniors

Sign up to be a Debater at our Annual CNU Debates

On May 18, Strong Towns will host the Congress for the New Urbanism debates, discussing some of the most pressing issues in the world of urbanism today.

CNU, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 24, 2018cnu26