Annamarie Pluhar: Shared Housing Doesn't Have to Be Scary

It’s time we embraced co-housing as a viable solution for both affordable housing and social isolation.

Podcast, Marohn, ST Podcast, Housing, Top StoryStrong TownsFebruary 28, 2022Podcast, housing, Housing, housing crisis, Housing Crisis, co-housing

Strongest Town 2022, Round 1: University Place, WA vs. White Salmon, WA

Cast your vote! Who should advance to Round 2 in the seventh annual Strongest Town Contest?

Strongest Town 2022, Round 1: Chauncey, OH vs. Norwood, OH

Cast your vote! Who should advance to Round 2 in the seventh annual Strongest Town Contest?

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Strongest Town 2022, Round 1: Durango, CO vs. Santa Clara, CA

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Strongest Town 2022, Round 1: Salem, MA vs. Yellow Springs, OH

Cast your vote! Who should advance to Round 2 in the seventh annual Strongest Town Contest?

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Strongest Town 2022, Round 1: Frankfort, KY vs. Middlesboro, KY

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Strongest Town 2022, Round 1: Brighton, MI vs. Jasper, IN

Cast your vote! Who should advance to Round 2 in the seventh annual Strongest Town Contest?

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Strongest Town 2022, Round 1: Navasota, TX vs. Taylor, TX

Cast your vote! Who should advance to Round 2 in the seventh annual Strongest Town Contest?

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Strongest Town 2022, Round 1: Champaign, IL vs. Jersey City, NJ

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2022 Strongest Town Contest SWEET SIXTEEN

The seventh annual Strongest Town Contest kicks off today!

Strongest Town Contest, Top StoryStrong TownsFebruary 28, 2022Strongest Town Competition, Strongest Town 2022

Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup

Pockets, highway TikToks, and reporting on traffic deaths. These are just some of the stories from around the internet that Strong Towns staff were reading and talking about this week.

Friday Faves, Top StoryStrong TownsFebruary 25, 2022friday faves, Friday Faves

High Value, Chapter 8: The Official Notice

This week in High Value, the Chippewa Lakes Journal fails at being journalistic, and Keith Nair struggles at understanding his colleagues.

High Value Serial, Top StoryHamilton LudwigFebruary 25, 2022High Value series, series

The "Lickety Splits": Working Around High Housing Costs in California

Small-scale developer Johnny Sanphillippo shares tales of Californians employing simple, low-cost, high-yield measures to get by amidst the housing crisis.

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Building Bus Stop Benches

The Asheville Bench Project is a grassroots, “small-bet” approach to making Asheville a little more people-friendly.

Why Is New Housing So Expensive? (Part 1)

In the first of this two-part series, Seth Zeren breaks down why modern-day housing is so expensive compared to housing of the mid-20th century.

Housing, Finance, Top StorySeth ZerenFebruary 24, 2022housing cost, housing, housing affordability, Housing, housing finance

Are Electric Bikes a Passing Fad or a Revolutionary Transportation Tool?

And should I get one?

Bikeability, Quednau, Transportation, Top StoryRachel QuednauFebruary 24, 2022biking, bikeability, bike infrastructure, bikes, e-bikes, transportation

Sowing Our Roads with Salt Is No Way to Grow Stronger Towns

Because we depend so heavily on cars, what happens when roads become too icy to drive on? The answer: road salt. But there are serious consequences to relying on salt for road-clearing.

Blaming Drivers for the Mistakes of Traffic Engineers

Since the start of the pandemic, traffic deaths have increased, despite the fact that fewer people are driving. Why do we continue to blame this on drivers, instead of faulty road design?

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Cities, Stop Bending the Rules for Drive-Thru Businesses

Cities should not be afraid to impose design standards that meet the community’s needs and that don’t jeopardize long-term planning for the public realm.