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Welcome Our Newest Staff Members!
Welcome Our Newest Staff Members!

Strong Towns is growing! Would you help us welcome our three newest staff members?

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Top StoryStrong TownsApril 8, 2020Strong Towns
We all Work for Debt Now
We all Work for Debt Now

We created debt to serve us. Now we serve debt.

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Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnApril 8, 2020Understanding Growth, fieldsteadccfeatured, fieldsteadcc3
The Case for Tactical Urbanism in the Age of Coronavirus
The Case for Tactical Urbanism in the Age of Coronavirus

A challenge like coronavirus demands interventions that are quick, tangible, measurable, and scalable. Tactical urbanism can guide the way.

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Tactical UrbanismJoshua PineApril 7, 2020tactical urbanism, South Bend, Indiana, transportation, design thinking
The Real Economic Threat: Contentedness
The Real Economic Threat: Contentedness

The greatest threat to our economic model isn’t recession or even depression. It’s that we become content with our lives.

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Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnApril 7, 2020Understanding Growth, fieldsteadccfeatured, fieldsteadcc2
Trading Stability for Growth
Trading Stability for Growth

We've traded stability for growth, but now we find that we have neither.

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Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnApril 6, 2020Tomas Sedlacek, behavioral economics, Understanding Growth, Brainerd MN, antifragile, fieldsteadccfeatured, fieldsteadcc1
Announcing the Winner of the 2020 Strongest Town Contest
Announcing the Winner of the 2020 Strongest Town Contest

After four rounds and thousands of votes cast, the winner is…

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Strongest Town Contest, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 3, 20202020championship, Strongest Town 2020, Strongest Town Competition, Strongest Town Winner
In Praise of the Barn Raisers: Community Heroes Who Are Stepping Up
In Praise of the Barn Raisers: Community Heroes Who Are Stepping Up

In these challenging times, we’re re-learning how much we need each other. Here are some folks stepping up in a big way.

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Studer, Top StoryQuint StuderApril 3, 2020coronavirus, public health, community, neighborliness, Quint Studer
How to Rebuild Resort Economies, Post-Coronavirus
How to Rebuild Resort Economies, Post-Coronavirus

Five bold strategies to prioritize and jumpstart economies in resort communities.

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Top Story, Economic DevelopmentMark RiversApril 2, 2020Traditional Main Street, main street, coronavirus, small business, tourism
Bicycles Shine During a Pandemic
Bicycles Shine During a Pandemic

The pandemic has revealed things that were always true but were frequently obscured...or ignored.

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Bikeability, Upzoned, Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 1, 2020coronavirus, bikeability, bike infrastructure, Podcast, podcast
Americans may not wear face masks, even with survival at stake. Here's why.
Americans may not wear face masks, even with survival at stake. Here's why.

What the use of face masks to slow coronavirus — or the lack of use — teaches us about why change is so hard.

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Top Story, Marohn, PodcastStrong TownsApril 1, 2020coronavirus, public health, Podcast, podcast
Defusing an Economy "Rigged to Blow"
Defusing an Economy "Rigged to Blow"

What technological disasters — like the Deepwater Horizon explosion — can tell us about why our economy seems to lurch from crisis to crisis.

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FinanceTony DutzikApril 1, 2020coronavirus, markets, disasters, crisis, economics, Economy
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