There is no justification for a city to maintain minimum parking requirements, to force others to build parking, or to build parking for others to use at no charge.
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I keep thinking about the efficiency of the human body. Each model year comes equipped with space-saving design, lots of leg-room, built-in entertainment features, and is bio-fuel-compatible with generally limited emissions. On foot, we are nimble, responsive, and shaped to maximize the utilization of space. A crowd of people is not a traffic jam, it’s a party!
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In the past week alone, we added more than 150 brand new names to our roster of Strong Citizens.
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It’s the final day of the Fall member drive at Strong Towns. Give us a call and let’s chat about what it’ll take to get you on board.
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In 2018, we presented the Strong Towns message in person to over 8,000 people from diverse backgrounds and professions. We want to keep that number growing. Your membership will make it possible.
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Every Strong Towns member knows at least one person who would love, or does love, our work and ought to be a member themselves. Will you take a couple minutes and talk with that person today?
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Our members are out there turning good ideas into reality in their own communities. They’re doing it by connecting with fellow strong citizens—and we want to help you do the same.
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There are a lot of worthy movements and organizations that want your time, energy, and money. Here are some things that set Strong Towns apart.
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Sometimes the smallest things we can do for our towns deliver the biggest return on investment. And the best part: you don’t even have to wait to get started.
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We seek to expose as many people as possible to Strong Towns ideas, and nudge them to act. This is how we aim to change the continent-wide conversation about growth, development, and governance.
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We want to equip Strong Towns members with the tools to promote real, substantive public conversations about their towns’ financial futures. Here’s how one member is using those tools.
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Making your city, town, or region more resilient and prosperous isn’t something that starts with us. It starts with you. We’re here to give you the tools.
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If America is going to be a strong country, it must first have strong cities, towns and neighborhoods.
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It's our Fall Member Drive, and we bet you know someone—maybe a lot of someones—who should be part of the Strong Towns movement. Let them know, and enter the running for a special prize!
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…and get your questions answered.
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It’s always a small handful of people that change the world. Today, let it be you.
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This week, we revisited a city in Indiana building an urbanist paradise… through the antithesis of a Strong Towns approach. We examined public safety issues as they affect schoolchildren and bicyclists; discussed how to make cities friendlier to small businesses; and featured economic research on the complex social feedback loops that drive neighborhood change.
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Big boxes arguably helped to kill the classic main street. Can they also bring it back?
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We are in the midst of an ongoing transformation of the traditional top-down, mass producer-to-consumer relationship into a relationship that is more harmonious and intimate between smaller-scale producers and smaller sets of consumers.
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Off-grid living appeals to many. But often, the lifestyle as practiced doesn’t amount to a strong or sustainable community.
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