You're surrounded by more Strong Towns advocates than you might realize. Here's a simple, 3-step plan for how to connect with them.
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A friendly guide for making friends and starting Strong Towns conversations in your neighborhood.
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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 work of building a Strong Town is ultimately “culture-making” work.
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Fifteen people joined the Strong Towns Movement this week, and our community shared some great resources for people who want to get connected with their local farmers.
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Our Strong Towns Canada Community Group leads some thoughtful discussion, and we explore Daytona Beach with our Member of the Week.
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Our first Member of the Week, Karl Fundenberger, tells us about Topeka, Kansas, and some of our advocates get heated about cycling.
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Beg buttons, ordering takeout, and a Strong Towns success story—who could ask for a better week? And you made it happen.
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Within one week, three of my friends were hit by intoxicated drivers. Yet in the midst of the pain, uncertainty and darkness, the power of community shone through.
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When its only supermarket pulled out, a neighborhood suddenly found themselves living in a “food desert.” Could it end up being a blessing in disguise?
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Join the Strong Towns Facebook group to discover how Strong Towns has inspired a bottom-up revolution, led by members of the Strong Towns movement in communities of all sizes across North America.
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Using innovative storytelling events, an Oregon-based nonprofit is helping communities throughout the US and UK transform residents into neighbors, enemies into friends, and towns into communities.
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The executive director of The Hearth talks about the power of community storytelling to connect us to one another, make us more compassionate, and deepen our attachment to our towns and cities.
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Designing a traffic intervention after the tragic death of a pedestrian. Pitching the Strong Towns approach to a local service club. Developing missing middle housing. These are just some of the conversations happening on the Strong Towns Community site, where members offer each other encouragement and practical guidance on how to build the block-by-block revolution.
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Patrick Deneen, author of the bestselling Why Liberalism Failed (hint: he doesn’t mean the political left), talks with our own Chuck Marohn about the political crisis facing Western societies, and how rediscovering a sense of rootedness in community—defaulting to loyalty over “looking for the exits”—might be the answer.
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Reclaiming the art of neighboring may be the closest thing we have to a solution for the social isolation, the political polarization, and the superficial relationships that plague our neighborhoods. To make our communities stronger and more connected, here are three shifts we all need to make.
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Greg Wright—Executive Director at CREATE Portage County—shares how you can foster creative (and financially resilient) communities where you live, including how to inspire creative residents, how to demonstrate the economic impact of creativity, and why you should root all initiatives in a “small and smart” way.
Strong Towns member Ben Harrison shares his experience serving on a citizen advisory committee and why you should run for something in your own community, including how to pitch your vision to city staff, how to introduce Strong Towns principles, and, how serving on these committees can help you feel closer to your community.
Regina Portillo—Executive Director at City Makery in Laredo, Texas—shares how you can partner with local government to create and foster ideas for your community, including how to encourage people to share their ideas, how to encourage people to act on those ideas, and how to get local government involved in the process.
Chris Arnade’s Dignity is a striking look into the faces of “back row” America—the poor, the homeless, the addicted, the forgotten. And it’s a challenge to us as a society to design policies that respond to their needs and values.
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