Strong Towns member Michael Smith and colleague Aaron Holverson are working to make Rockford, IL a more economically resilient place.
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At the West Virginia Community Development Hub, these two women are helping local leaders grow and thrive, building a better future for their communities.
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Alex Rodriguez and Danny Lapin are incrementally revitalizing a historic space for entrepreneurs, artists and community members in rural Lexington, NY.
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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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We can’t simply delay good public engagement until after this prolonged pandemic. Here are four strategies for connecting in a safe, meaningful way.
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Eating together can subvert partisanship, restore trust, and build stronger cities.
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Here are incremental steps communities have taken to get stronger—steps that create a lot of impact while being easy to replicate.
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Gleaned from a 100,000 mile journey into the heart of America, here are 8 principles the leaders and cities of America’s most successful towns swear by.
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Eating together can subvert partisanship, restore trust, and build stronger cities.
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Taking local action builds resilience and improves a community’s quality of life in deeply meaningful ways. This is never more evident than when disaster strikes.
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Community organizations have an indispensable role to play during a crisis. It starts with asking one deceptively simple question.
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It’s tempting to think the challenges we face in the “unprecedented year” of 2020 require big, top-down, unprecedented solutions. But this may be exactly the right time for the “little way.”
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Most public engagement is “worse than worthless.” But it doesn’t have to be. These 5 basic steps will lay the groundwork for a community where residents truly guide the future of their city.
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When we let leaders make all the decisions behind closed doors, we not only risk a bad outcome—we also miss a chance to learn more about our neighbors’ needs and concerns.
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Messaging shapes action, and action shapes communities. That’s why we need to get serious about talking about all that’s going right in our towns and cities.
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For some, the pandemic is stripping away distractions and connecting them with the simple joys of our ancestors. For others, it’s stripping away their lives and livelihood. We need to convert the lessons of the pandemic into action.
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The work of building a Strong Town can’t be done alone. Here’s how to find (and create) collaborators where you live.
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The pandemic can make it feel like the work of building strong, thriving communities has been put on hold. But that doesn’t have to be the case. Use these two solutions to get unstuck.
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Here are 8 tips for local leaders to keep optimism high as you move your community forward.
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The work of building a Strong Town is ultimately “culture-making” work.
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