When communities support small businesses, it helps give them agency over their own economic development.
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The shift to remote work is prompting people to move away from cities. What are the long-term implications of this “urban shuffle”?
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In the postwar era, North American cities bulldozed whole blocks and neighborhoods for freeways, parking, and urban renewal. Old fire insurance maps can help us piece together what happened.
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We’re adding new resources to the Action Lab. Here’s the latest.
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The “Takings Clause” prohibits the government from taking private property without just compensation. But what if it’s interpreted in unexpected ways?
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Ever notice that a lot of houses look like faces? There’s a reason for that, and it’s more important to your brain than you might realize.
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Collective engagement repeated thousands of times starts to ripple outward and upward. With the AJP, we see it can even reach the ears of a President.
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Forest gardens, hummingbird encounters, and Tolstoyan snowstorms. These are just some of the stories from around the web that Strong Towns staffers were reading and talking about this week.
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A friendly guide for making friends and starting Strong Towns conversations in your neighborhood.
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In the history of urban planning and zoning, pretext has often been used to achieve unstated goals, with (at best) questionable public purposes.
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Mayor Chris Frye is bringing optimism and economic resilience to New Castle, PA.
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Amazon has been turning malls into fulfillment centers. What does this expansion look like, viewed through a Strong Towns perspective?
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A controversy-courting Atlantic article makes a full-throated defense of “luxury” development—and argues that more, not less, of it is what the doctor ordered for our unaffordable housing markets. Does this prescription hit the mark?
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These 4 steps will put your city or town on the path toward greater resilience and sovereignty.
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The “futon of transportation” is dangerous, unproductive, and ubiquitous across North America. A program in the Netherlands might provide lessons on how to fix the “stroad.”
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Detroit today, your town tomorrow. Here’s how we can help keep homes out of foreclosure and residents from being evicted.
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A guide for making your urban spaces more fine-grained.
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A great credit rating is not a blessing for a young community if it is interpreted as a license to borrow without discipline.
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Accessible playgrounds, frostbitten flora, and paying homage to a former VP's passing. These are just some of the stories from around the web that Strong Towns staffers were reading and talking about this week.
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A malignant legacy lives on through a recent bill proposed in Oregon.
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