Trying to please everyone will grind your project to a halt. Use these strategies instead to build consent and get things done.
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House hunting—even online—puts the effects of the suburban development pattern on full display.
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Incremental development doesn’t just look better—it’s the only path to long-term solvency.
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Critics say YIMBYs have an “induced demand” problem.
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The grim truths hidden in the daily traffic reports.
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How one West Virginia town is giving the City, developers, and residents the flexibility to build a stronger place.
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Innovations promising safety and certainty often make us more fragile and vulnerable instead.
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You’ve always said more people should know how great your town or city is. Now they will.
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In an era of remote work, which cities are more likely than others to attract talent?
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What’s the cost of wasting 12 years?
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The global crisis of aging dams, a creative way to deal with garden-looting groundhogs, and an amazing 104-year-old ice festival in Alaska. These are a few of the stories from around the web (and around the world) that Strong Towns staffers were talking about this week.
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In town after town, city after city, all across America, people are making their communities better for the next generation.
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These two dilemmas—how to evaluate a new project, and how to talk with a NIMBY—are challenges Strong Towns advocates like you will face. But they don’t have to be barriers. In fact, they could be opportunities.
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Interested in working for Strong Towns? This Q&A webcast with Strong Towns staff will help you learn about the position we’re currently hiring for.
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To build Strong Towns, our communities will need to push past the Red/Blue dichotomy.
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If broad upzoning often fails due to political resistance, the solution may be to allow for more localized decision making.
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What if we had a class of semi-amateur developers 10 or 100 times larger than it is today?
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We were encouraged by what Pete Buttigieg was able to do as mayor of South Bend: slowing the cars, revitalizing downtown, and more. What can we hope for as Mayor Pete heads to the federal D.O.T.?
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Si bien se necesitan nuevos fondos para el transporte, más dinero sin una reforma significativa es peor que ningún financiamiento. Tenemos que seguir oponiéndonos a todos estos esfuerzos de financiación hasta que se ponga sobre la mesa una reforma seria.
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Want to better inform yourself — or your neighbors — on why we need more “middle housing”? Start with these 4 resources.
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