5 lessons I learned from conducting a tactical urbanism demonstration in my city.
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Your daily actions might feel small and unimportant, but when they’re part of a movement, they add up to something much bigger.
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After exhausting what seemed like every option in our quest to buy a rental property in a poor neighborhood, it was time to change course.
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Kea Wilson shares the highs, the lows and everything in between about her new experiences as a small scale developer.
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After finding an ideal property in a neighborhood we wanted to invest in, getting a bank to finance our purchase turned out to be a huge hurdle.
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6 months ago, my partner and I tried to buy an ailing property in a poor neighborhood and transform it into quality affordable housing. Here’s what happened instead.
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It’s about so much more than just the cost of housing.
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"Affordability" is about far more than just the price of rent.
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Can we put a dollar value on parks, even though they don't pay taxes?
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If we want a city that’s financially healthy, we need to cultivate human disorder, rather than do whatever we can to minimize it.
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The Strong Towns message is taking hold in St. Louis, MO.
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I asked four different neighbors how they would redesign a dangerous intersection in my town. Here's what they said.
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You don't need an advanced degree or an elected position to make streets safer in your community.
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Here are 5 ways to make the case for traffic calming, even to those drivers who really hate being slowed down.
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These 7 steps will take you from a nebulous idea to successfully addressing an issue that matters in your town.
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I don't need to be an expert to tell you that our streets are not bike-friendly.
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An intentional, incrementally built village blossoms in northern Missouri. Strong Towns advocates can learn a lot from its example.
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Kea Wilson paid off $25k in college debt in a year and has continued to live a simple, frugal life ever since. Here's why it made her a happier person.
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So much of our road education is about fear. A shift in mindset and approach could change that.
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A survey issued by the Missouri Dept. of Transportation shows just how messed up our transportation funding system is and why the binary choices we're presented with aren't the whole picture.
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