Your City Is Facing a Housing Crisis. Here's How You Can Help.

Our cities need to be shaped by many hands, not few. Whether you’re a professional or not, you have an important role to play in this process.

The Electric F-150 and the Lifestyle Truck Virus

Will switching away from internal combustion engines actually mitigate the the environmental and social costs imposed by large vehicles, like the pickup truck?

Transportation, Top StoryJordan McGillisJuly 20, 2021cars, car dependency, environment, Electric Vehicles

Johnny Sanphillippo: The Trajectory of Suburbia

This week on the Strong Towns Podcast, we’ve invited back a popular past guest and regular Strong Towns contributor: Johnny Sanphillippo.

A Plan for Parking That You Can Use in Your Place

Today I’m sharing a plan I offered to my colleagues on our local parking committee. My hope is that it'll benefit those who are thinking through similar issues in their places.

We'd Rather Have the Iceberg than the Ship

Exploring the property market in Appleton, WI, reveals the ephemeral nature of the North American development pattern.

Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup

The 85th percentile, protective grazing, and de-anthropomorphizing cities. 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 TownsJuly 16, 2021Friday Faves

Small-Scale Manufacturing: A Key to Revitalizing Your Downtown

Check out this preview of Ilana Preuss’s Recast Your City to find out how small-scale manufacturing can help bring struggling neighborhoods back to life.

Welcoming our 2021 Summer Intern

Give a warm welcome to Sarah Davis, our summer Urban3/Strong Towns intern.

Announcement, Top StoryStrong TownsJuly 16, 2021announcement

Anywhere Can Be Somewhere (and Other Walking Lessons)

When it comes to creating strong neighborhoods, there are some valuable lessons to be had from slowing down the pace and seeking novelty in the ordinary.

Sign up for Next Week's Webcast on Fighting an Urban Highway Expansion in Shreveport

Learn from local advocates who are fighting a damanging road project in Louisiana.

#NoNewRoads, Announcement, Top StoryStrong TownsJuly 15, 2021Shreveport, event, announcement

The Bottom-Up Revolution is... Saving Your Downtown with Small-Scale Manufacturing

Ilana Preuss is an urban planner, consultant, and author of a new book called Recast Your City.

Condos: American Local Governance in a Nutshell

The recent tragedy in Surfside, Florida, is both a harbinger of things to come and emblematic of the nation’s larger problem with maintaining our built environment.

Miyazaki's Urbanism

Globally beloved animator Hayao Miyazaki has a secret he’s been hiding in plain sight for years: he’s one of the best urban designers and thinkers of our time.

Urban Design, Top StoryMatthew RobareJuly 14, 2021urbanism, urban design, human scale

Housing Scarcity is a Force Multiplier for Other Problems

Not every problem associated with housing is directly a supply or scarcity issue, but housing scarcity is real, and it tends to make just about all the other problems associated with housing worse.

Herriges, Housing, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesJuly 14, 2021housing, housing crisis, rent, landlords, gentrification

If "We Are All Detroit," then Woodward Avenue Is Everyroad

Woodward Avenue in Michigan is as good a spot as any to think of as the birthplace of the auto-oriented development pattern. But if we can see our past there, we can also glimpse our future.

Roads and Streets, Top StoryJohn PattisonJuly 13, 2021Detroit, Michigan, STROADS

One Centuries-Old Trick Can Solve Your City’s Problems

Does YOUR city have problems? Learn how to solve them with one WEIRD, simple trick!

Transportation, Walkability, Top StoryBill LindekeJuly 13, 2021walkability, biking, Streets.MN, pedestrians, transportation

Pete Davis: The Case for Commitment in an Age of “Infinite Browsing”

The advice to “keep your options open” is having a negative impact on our cities. Here’s why.

Podcast, Community, Top Story, ST PodcastStrong TownsJuly 12, 2021Podcast, Pete Davis, Harvard, books, local politics

Update on the Strong Towns Lawsuit

We’ve been asked for news on the federal lawsuit we filed against the Minnesota Board of Engineering Licensure. Here’s some more info on the case and how it’s proceeding.

The Suburbs Will Thrive or Fail on Their Own Terms

The society that built Main Street is long gone. Is it time to move on to Plan B?

Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup

Mini-gardens, competitive speed chuting, and community elders. 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 TownsJuly 9, 2021Friday Faves

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