If you had five minutes to plant a seed in the mind of an influential leader in your community, what would you tell them? Or give them to read? What article do you wish Strong Towns would publish that would help you make a concrete, needed change in your own community?
Read MoreA recently-elected Strong Towns member on why she ran for office and how Strong Towns has influenced her leadership.
Read MoreLA City Council candidate Josef Bray-Ali discusses his experience as a small business owner and a community organizer.
Read MoreJoe Bray-Ali shows how to view your town through the Strong Towns lens.
Read MoreThe perspective of renters is often ignored in neighborhood decision-making. Here are some ideas for how to change that.
Read MoreNevada Littlewolf is the youngest member of the Virginia city councilor and first American Indian to sit on the council. She is shaping a new path for the Iron Range.
Read MoreMary McReynolds-Pellinen is an environmental planner, a city councilor and a champion for a renovated historic art center in Virginia, MN. She's doing her part to make the Iron Range a better place.
Read MoreStrong Towns member, Beth Gehred, talks about her recent city council win, her commitment to ensuring that all community voices are heard, and the way that Strong Towns has influenced her campaign.
Read MoreMichael Kovacs is a Strong Citizen spreading the message of financial resilience with his town.
Read MoreA sophisticated set of questions a city should be asking when they are looking at doing a major project.
Read MoreI first became a member of Small Towns thanks to a gift membership. Initially I found the posts, blogs and chats interesting but over the past year they have become invaluable to the volunteer work I do with my community.
Read MoreRegardless of what my city does -- hold taxes steady or increase them by 50% -- next year's budget will be a transaction of decline, an attempt to hold on, just a little while longer, to what we perceive that we have. We have to do better if we want a country full of Strong Towns.
Read MoreGreat cities are chaotic. It's what makes them interesting. Regulating out things like Little Free Libraries does nothing but hurt your city.
Read MoreThe council president of Chuck's hometown of Brainerd, MN, Gary Scheeler, stops in the studio to talk about the future of the city. The conversation gets heated in the way you would expect with two passionate Minnesotans.
Read MoreWouldn't it be nice if we didn't have to fight the DOT anymore?
Read MoreDon’t be intimidated by haters. Keep doing what you can to build a strong town.
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