Fixing Finance for Small-Scale Development

For most small-scale developers, capital is a significant barrier to doing small infill projects. But that isn't because the money isn't there to be had.

The "Great Supply Chain Disruption"

You can’t just turn off the world supply chain, then turn it back on again and expect it to work properly.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsOctober 20, 2021podcast, economics, Economy, upzoned, georgia, covid

A New Generation of Town Makers

A cohort of small developers representing over 100 properties in poor, disinvested neighborhoods are, together, the largest developer in South Bend, IN. Can their success be replicated?

The Strong Towns Action Lab Is Growing

It’s 12 years of the best, most actionable content for Strong Towns advocates.

Top StoryStrong TownsOctober 19, 2021Action Lab, taking action

Paths of Greater Resistance

Incremental development today is far from the path of least resistance. To do it, you'll need the ability to navigate dozens of regulatory barriers.

Where Did All the Small Developers Go?

We need people who will build in the places where big, corporate developers won’t. But how do we get enough small-scale developers back to make a difference?

Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup

Automania, Zillow, and Bunch bikes. These are just some of the stories from around the internet that Strong Towns staff were reading and talking about this week.

Top StoryStrong TownsOctober 15, 2021friday faves

Sharing the Pie: How Farmers Are Using Cooperatives to Stay Profitable and Grow Local Economies

This excerpt from Beth Hoffman’s Bet the Farm tells how both local economies and farms can benefit from co-ops.

Top StoryBeth HoffmanOctober 15, 2021Farming, local food, books, rural, local economy, resilience, agriculture

Designing Streets with the Human Mind in Mind

Humans are messy, complicated, and unpredictable: why doesn’t our street design account for that?

Top StoryJohn PattisonOctober 14, 2021pedestrians, risk, traffic engineering, missouri, safe and productive streets, engineers

2 Things Local Leaders Can Do to Fix Their City's Broken Transportation

#1: Stop framing every problem as a transportation problem.

Movie Set Urbanism: Revisited

What do we find when we look behind the "New Urbanist" façade of this master-planned development?

Living Like a Tourist

Perhaps people move so often around the U.S. because it’s hard to get attached to all the “non-places” we have. But setting downs roots is exactly what we need to build stronger towns.

Top StoryJoey HilesOctober 12, 2021community, community engagement, community building, suburbs, tourism

Where We Embrace Socialism in the U.S.: Parking Lots

How we embrace socialism for car storage in the public right of way.

Top StoryJoe CortrightOctober 12, 2021politics, car dependency, car culture, end parking mandates and subsidies

Want More Small-Scale Developers in Your Town? This Guide Will Show You How to Get There.

A how-to guide from Strong Towns.

Bipartisanship Is Dying. Here’s How to Find Common Ground.

We live in an increasingly polarized society, but there’s a role to be played by people who want to be bridge builders.

Top StoryGrace OlmsteadOctober 11, 2021partisan, bipartisanship, politics, collaboration

Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup

Civil wars, trillion-dollar coins, and monomania. These are just some of the stories from around the internet that Strong Towns staff were reading and talking about this week.

Top StoryStrong TownsOctober 8, 2021friday faves