How local leaders should respond to the pandemic, the movement to end parking minimums, and the power of incremental development. Here are replays of our top webcasts of 2020.
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Rural places can be walkable. But we shouldn’t have to go on vacation to find a walkable town.
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This college town took steps to increase outside space for retail and dining. But the work didn’t stop there: Lawrence continued to learn and adapt.
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How churches are pushing back against the “cult of speed” and working with neighbors to weave a fabric of care in their communities.
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I considered breaking a multi-year tradition and not releasing a top book list this year. But then I looked back and realized how many great books I had actually read in this crazy year…
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Extend the "open streets" and sidewalk dining revolution to include a fair shake for the smallest of small entrepreneurs.
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Here are the immediate steps every community should be taking to respond to the pandemic.
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The myth of capitalism, social alienation and the rise of populism, a young entrepreneur creating opportunities for other entrepreneurs, and more. Here are 7 of our favorite podcasts of 2020.
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Here’s why everyone benefits when faith communities connect their mission and story to their physical place in the neighborhood.
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People are running the numbers in their cities and confronting head-on the absurd un-affordability of the Suburban Experiment.
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A lot of bad public engagement sets the impossible goal of identifying the community’s “vision” for a place by asking people about their preferences—usually with questions they’re ill-equipped to answer. There’s a better way.
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An unproductive intersection looks different to different people: engineers, departments of transportation, tax assessors, etc. But bringing it to life starts with seeing it through still someone else’s eyes.
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Cities that offered few options for teenagers before the pandemic have even fewer options today.
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Wise insights and advice for anyone who wants to make their town stronger in the coming year.
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Accessory Commercial Units spur entrepreneurship and build a city’s prosperity. The problem? Many zoning laws make them functionally illegal.
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Centralized systems are good at getting us cheap food, cars, and toilet paper—until they’re not. They’re also really bad at isolating deadly outbreaks.
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Here’s a pragmatic way to close the gap between what businesses know they need to thrive and what their cash-strapped cities can actually provide.
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This could be the most transformative gift you give this holiday season.
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The Christmas Cookie Inflation Index has risen 4.3% in the last year. This is compared to the official inflation rate of 1.2%.
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A trip down the “Road of Bones” in Russia, the benefits of not fixing a fence, a town’s decision to ban backyard chickens, and the secret(s) to keeping an angel food cake from collapsing. Here are stories from around the web that Strong Towns staffers were reading and talking about this week.
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