2010 was a pivotal year for Strong Towns. It’s when we connected with many of the leaders who would inspire this movement deeply.
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On April 9th, I left my home near Kansas City with my bandmates and embarked on a month-and-a-half long tour across the United States…
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These steps will make it a whole lot easier for people to age in place.
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Our biggest financial problems are not line items in a budget. They are far more systemic.
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In Minnesota, two cities made entirely of trailer homes show us a different model for affordable housing — one that’s been successfully operating for decades.
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If your city spends $30 million on new parks, then closes other parks due to a $30 million budget shortfall, something is very, very wrong.
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A pop-up music venue is making a big impact in Akron, Ohio.
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Strong Towns Pathfinder, Michelle Erfurt, shares insight on upcoming events, plus recent favorite movies and books.
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Hartford got rid of parking minimums. So can your city.
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Run your city with business principles, just don’t run it with business values.
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This week, we contemplated questions like, “What will help declining cities come back to life?” and “When is it okay to annex property?”
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Is there life for vacant downtown office towers beyond the cubicle?
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The city's loss decades ago was the suburb's gain. Today's city gain is coming at the expense of the suburbs.
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Why does Charleston’s quaint downtown have such astronomically high property values?
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Architects and CNU leaders, Andres Duany and Kevin Klinkenberg pull back the curtain on Savannah, GA.
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Most of the land in our cities sits vacant for large parts of the day. Is this the best use of our resources?
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The worst thing a business of any size can do is alienate their regular patrons by showing favor to new ones. This applies in cities too.
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5 lessons I learned from conducting a tactical urbanism demonstration in my city.
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Here’s one key reason people like me are leaving small towns for big cities.
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For a struggling city, negative perceptions from with the community can send it into a spiral of decline. It takes a major shift in perspective to get the city back on track.
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