Why does Charleston’s quaint downtown have such astronomically high property values?
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Is anyone doing the math on the real costs of development in your city?
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Today we've got the video and audio from a recent Ask Strong Towns webcast conversation featuring friend of Strong Towns and Principal at Urban3, Joe Minicozzi
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The closing of the mall’s anchor store exposes how fragile the community’s business model is, providing an opening to shift approach.
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Combining tax value per acre with data from Walk Score definitively shows that walkable places are more financially productive.
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No, that mall out on the edge of town is not producing enough sales tax value to outweigh its terrible return on investment in terms of property tax value.
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3 dollars and cents arguments that definitively prove the need for people-oriented, walk-friendly places.
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Municipalities for whom property taxes are lifeblood should treat parking for what it is: dead weight.
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Big box developments are not paying their fair share.
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Earlier this year, our friends at Urban3 showed us something so ridiculous and so indicative of our current land use problems that we had to share it with you...
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Numbers don’t lie, but people sure use numbers to do it.
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Traverse City, MI was just crowned the winner of our 2017 Strongest Town Contest so we're sharing a collection of insightful maps and charts that illustrate Traverse City's financial strength (as well as areas for improvement), created by our friends at Urban3.
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I remain curious as to why a casino plays such a central role in our city's discussions of economic development.
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We can make low risk, high returning investments in our cities while improving the quality of life for people, particularly those who are not benefiting from the current approach.
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Problems have solutions. Predicaments have outcomes. We're in a predicament.
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An engineering firm wakes up to the reality of the unsustainable suburban development pattern.
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How does a store with a small footprint, few choices and well-paid employees attract so many enthusiastic customers and sell twice as much per square foot as Whole Foods?
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We're releasing several of our recent webcast recordings. Become a member and you'll get to participate in our upcoming live webcasts.
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A basic look at financial productivity applied to the Iron Range community of Grand Rapids.
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We’re incredibly excited to announce the latest addition to our 2016 Member Webinar Series: Performing a Value Per Acre Analysis with Joshua McCarty at Urban3. Mark your calendars!
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