A Question Every City Must Answer: Who Gets to Help Plan the "Party?"

To make your community a magnet for people, talent, and new investments, make this a priority.

Race, Studer, Top StoryQuint StuderSeptember 4, 2020race, diversity, business, Quint Studer

What if They Passed Zoning Reform and Nobody Came?

Last November, Minneapolis made duplexes and triplexes legal on any residential lot—an achievement that became a model for other towns and cities. Let’s check in.

Herriges, Zoning, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesSeptember 3, 2020Minneapolis, zoning, single-family

Can the Right and Left Come Together on Zoning Reform?

Zoning reform is an opportunity for common ground for those on the political Right and Left. What will it take to get there?

Podcast, Zoning, Upzoned, Top StoryStrong TownsSeptember 2, 2020Podcast, Upzoned, single-family, zoning, politics

Strong Towns is Hiring!

Strong Towns has an open position. If you want to be part of the Strong Towns Team, this is your opportunity!

Top StoryStrong TownsSeptember 2, 2020Strong Towns, jobs

In Praise of Streetcar Suburbs

The streetcar suburb was the dominant development type in American cities between about 1890-1930. What lessons can we learn about how to build our cities today?

Planning Profession, Top StoryPete SaundersSeptember 2, 2020suburbs, Streetcars, development pattern, planning profession

When Streets Were For Everyone

An incredible video from 1906 San Francisco—colorized and digitally remastered—depicts a time when streets were truly available for every type of user.