Closing Out Member Week with Some Awesome Messages

It’s the last day of our member drive, so let’s read some “FU” comments from our members. …What are “FU” comments? “Fundraise Up,” of course!

Membership, Top StoryCharles MarohnJune 11, 2021member drive, membership

The Bottom-Up Revolution is... Improving Food Access Through Mobile Markets

Strong Towns member Nathan Chung and farmer Ryan Karb are helping bring fresh local food for sale to neighborhoods that don’t have much access to it.

What Does It Mean to Be a Strong Towns Member?

What exactly is a Strong Towns membership? That’s a question we often hear from our audience, so here’s our response!

Membership, Top StoryAlexa MendietaJune 10, 2021member drive, membership

What Is Wealth? How Do We Make It?

Today, prosperity isn’t gold, land, or natural resources; it’s know-how.

Are Self-Driving Cars a Solution Looking for a Problem?

Are automated vehicles a solution looking for a problem—or perhaps the wrong solution for problems (traffic deaths, traffic congestion, etc.) that could be solved in better, easier ways?

Articles and Podcasts Are Just The Beginning

Producing great media content is a major part of how we advance the Strong Towns mission, but check out all the other valuable resources we also provide.

Membership, Top StoryStrong TownsJune 9, 2021membership, member drive

Put Yourself and Your Community on the Map

The Strong Towns movement is growing across the globe. Are you ready to join this movement and put your dot on the map, too?

Membership, Announcement, Top StoryRachel QuednauJune 9, 2021announcement, membership, member drive

Our New E-book is a Blueprint for a Community Your Kids Won't Have to Leave

How can we build the kind of community where our kids won't feel they have to go elsewhere to prosper? Check out our new e-book to find out.

This Week Only: Get Free Access to the Strong Towns Training of Your Choice

Whether you’re dreaming of safer streets, more small business opportunities, or a chance to connect with your neighbors, these trainings will help.

Announcement, Membership, Top StoryStrong TownsJune 8, 2021announcement, member drive, membership, Local-Motive Tour

This is "The Year of Action." What Does Action Even Look Like?

Putting the Strong Towns approach into action in your community can seem intimidating, but it doesn't have to be. Here's some examples that show the power of little bets and small steps.

Membership, Taking Action, Top StoryStrong TownsJune 8, 2021membership, member drive, taking action

An Empty Big-Box Store Is a Lesson In "Commercial Density"

What can be done about retail structures when they’re abandoned by their big-box tenants? One solution: break them down into smaller, much more dynamic spaces.

Jason Slaughter: The Goal Isn't to Build a Cycling City

The creator of Not Just Bikes, a popular YouTube channel on urban planning, talks about what makes Amsterdam such a great biking city…but why building a biking city isn’t the goal.

Podcast, Bikeability, Membership, Top StoryStrong TownsJune 7, 2021Not Just Bikes, Podcast, bikes, urban planning, Safety

Join us for a Free Webcast Tomorrow on Building Resilient Local Economies

Charles Marohn is delivering an in-depth presentation and Q&A on strengthening local economies, with five key action steps.

Announcement, Top StoryStrong TownsJune 7, 2021announcement, member drive

Here's How *You* Can Help Heroes in Your Community

This is the Year of Action, twelve months where we are focusing on what it takes to help our millions of site visitors make theirs a Strong Town. Here’s how you can help in this mission.

Membership, Top StoryCharles MarohnJune 7, 2021membership, member drive

Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup

Wildlife crossings, the scientific process, and immigrant perspectives. These are just some of the stories from around the web that Strong Towns staffers were reading and talking about this week.

Friday Faves, Top StoryStrong TownsJune 4, 2021Friday Faves

Cognitive Comfort and Visual Clutter: Is it Time we Started Regulating Style?

We must start adapting our architectural designs to the instincts of our species, rather than the other way around.

Pre-order the New Strong Towns Book. Get These Great Bonuses.

We’d like to say thank you to folks preordering the new Strong Towns book.

The Bottom-Up Revolution is... Composting for Community

Sophia Hosain leads community composting programs to help strengthen local economies and food systems.

Musselshell Watershed: Centered on the Next Generation

The generational ranch model has been wobbling since WWII, but here's how one small community in Montana is keeping grazing land as working lands, as well as bolstering opportunities for young producers.