A passion for food access and community change led Kelly Rae Kirkpatrick to run for city council in her hometown of Rochester, MN.
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Are cities being preempted almost to the point of irrelevance?
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It’s possible to grow and accumulate wealth…but not without intention. That starts with asking the right question. "How do we get more money for infrastructure?" is the wrong question.
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Here are the immediate steps every community should be taking to respond to the pandemic.
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“I was just a guy, in love with a city, asking it to make better use of my tax dollars.”
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There are hyper-local issues a city must handle. But some issues should be dealt with even closer to home—with neighbor talking to neighbor.
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2020 has thrown one challenge after another at our cities. Here are 5 effective strategies local leaders are using to adapt and respond.
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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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You know what’s sexier than the latest mega-project on the far edges of town? Building a city that is resilient and prosperous, both now and into the future.
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Here are three local leaders you should know. Representing both local government and the nonprofit sector, they are listening to the needs of neighbors, and taking incremental steps to make their communities more financially resilient.
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Strong Towns president Chuck Marohn recommends two podcasts that will inspire and equip you to build stronger, more financially resilient cities.
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Last week we released Nine Things Local Government Needs to Do Right Now in Response to the Pandemic. Here’s the next step for a strong recovery.
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Here are the immediate steps every community should be taking to respond to the pandemic.
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Every city will feel the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis. But which cities are likely to feel it worst and longest?
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Locals call it “the worst planning mistake in Minneapolis history.” Now that it’s going away, what must planners (and the public) do to avoid replacing it with another one?
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A provocative new article suggests visionary mayors get in the way of bottom-up innovation.
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Will digital technology usher in the next evolution of public hearings? Two years into an experiment in Colorado, the technology’s potential impact is coming into focus.
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Copying and pasting lighting codes from other cities seems like a good idea. Why reinvent the wheel? But doing so thoughtlessly can obscure what is unique and valuable about your own community.
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The most successful companies iterate. Before they go “all-in” on a new product, they prototype, test, learn and adapt. If only there was a similar process cities could use before committing massive resources to something that may not work. Oh wait, there is! In defense of the much-maligned pilot project.
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You might think you want your government to be as streamlined as efficient as possible—until a hacker takes down your whole data network in one fell swoop.
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