Exhausted from helping her father adjust to life in assisted living, our Neighborhood Storyteller Karla Theilen seeks comfort in a local record store.
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It’s time once again to sit down and answer some of the great questions we’ve gotten over at the Strong Towns Action Lab.
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Nerd out on this YouTube channel as it shows us some of the intended (and unintended) consequences of car-oriented street design.
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This Rhode Island community came together to advocate for parking improvements in their neighborhood—and it worked.
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Narratives in physical form, Taylor Swift parodies, and Youth vs. ODOT. These are just some of the stories from around the internet that Strong Towns staff were reading and talking about this week.
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This week in High Value, Rob Freehet runs into Chris Ekte while answering an unsettling summons from his boss.
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In this follow-up to last week’s piece about Galesburg, IL, we’ll look at what the town needs in order to recover and thrive.
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Gracen Johnson is a dedicated Strong Towns member who’s connecting with her neighbors and working on housing issues in Canada.
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“No neighborhood should be exempt from change. No neighborhood should be subjected to radical change.” Let’s examine what this core Strong Towns principle actually means.
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The effects of winter weather on your town is one way to gauge its resilience.
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Insurers think they have the answer to California’s most wildfire-prone areas: get people to stop living there.
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What do fractals have to do with building strong towns? A lot more than you might assume.
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There’s no large city in America that’s doing a better job of pivoting to a Strong Towns approach than Memphis, TN. Here’s why.
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Our action-focused, online event series kicks off next week. Do you have your tickets yet?
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Let’s step back and evaluate the status of some recent, high-profile zoning reforms.
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Local business owners don’t just bring monetary wealth to a community; they can also bring a wealth of support and kindness to locals during their times of need.
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Special guest Jarrett Walker shares his thoughts on the limitations of prediction.
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Show the world what makes your city or town great in the 2022 Strongest Town Contest!
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Let’s explore the idea of inflation being “good.”
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The Oakland Buddha, interfaith friendships, and old Old Urbanist posts. These are just some of the stories from around the internet that Strong Towns staff were reading and talking about this week.
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