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

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

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Strong TownsFebruary 28, 2022Strongest Town 2022, strongest town contest, colorado, california
Strongest Town 2022, Round 1:  Salem, MA vs. Yellow Springs, OH
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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Strong TownsFebruary 28, 2022Strongest Town 2022, Salem MA, strongest town contest
Strongest Town 2022, Round 1: Frankfort, KY vs. Middlesboro, KY
Strongest Town 2022, Round 1: Frankfort, KY vs. Middlesboro, KY

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

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Strong TownsFebruary 28, 2022Strongest Town 2022, Frankfort KY, Middlesboro KY, strongest town contest
Strongest Town 2022, Round 1: Brighton, MI vs. Jasper, IN
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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Strong TownsFebruary 28, 2022Strongest Town 2022, Brighton MI, strongest town contest, indiana
Strongest Town 2022, Round 1:  Navasota, TX vs. Taylor, TX
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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Strong TownsFebruary 28, 2022Strongest Town 2022, Navasota TX, Taylor TX, strongest town contest
Strongest Town 2022, Round 1: Champaign, IL vs. Jersey City, NJ
Strongest Town 2022, Round 1: Champaign, IL vs. Jersey City, NJ

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

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Strong TownsFebruary 28, 2022Strongest Town 2022, Champaign IL, Jersey City NJ, strongest town contest
2022 Strongest Town Contest SWEET SIXTEEN
2022 Strongest Town Contest SWEET SIXTEEN

The seventh annual Strongest Town Contest kicks off today!

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Top StoryStrong TownsFebruary 28, 2022Strongest Town 2022, strongest town contest
Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup
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.

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Top StoryStrong TownsFebruary 25, 2022friday faves
High Value, Chapter 8: The Official Notice
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.

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High Value Serial, Top StoryHamilton LudwigFebruary 25, 2022High Value series, series
The "Lickety Splits": Working Around High Housing Costs in California
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.

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Top StoryJohnny SanphillippoFebruary 25, 2022housing, housing cost, housing affordability, housing crisis, affordable housing, homeless, california
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Building Bus Stop Benches
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.

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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsFebruary 24, 2022taking action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, seating, bus, public transportation
Why Is New Housing So Expensive? (Part 1)
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.

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Top StorySeth ZerenFebruary 24, 2022housing cost, housing, housing affordability
Are Electric Bikes a Passing Fad or a Revolutionary Transportation Tool?
Are Electric Bikes a Passing Fad or a Revolutionary Transportation Tool?

And should I get one?

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Top StoryRachel QuednauFebruary 24, 2022biking, bikeability, bike infrastructure, bikes, e-bikes, transportation
Sowing Our Roads with Salt Is No Way to Grow Stronger Towns
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.

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Top StorySeairra JonesFebruary 23, 2022car dependency, auto-oriented, car culture, infrastructure, infrastructure maintenance, infrastructure cost, environment, snow, maintenance, transportation, roads, end highway expansion
Blaming Drivers for the Mistakes of Traffic Engineers
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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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsFebruary 23, 2022podcast, upzoned
Cities, Stop Bending the Rules for Drive-Thru Businesses
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.

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Herriges, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesFebruary 23, 2022cars, car culture, urban design, business, urbanism, design, pedestrians
Building Your Engagement Ladder: Five Practices to Start Advocating for Resilience
Building Your Engagement Ladder: Five Practices to Start Advocating for Resilience

Becoming an advocate for creating stronger towns can be a tall order, but thankfully we can build ladders. Here’s your guide on how to do so.

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Top Story, OwensTiffany Owens ReedFebruary 22, 2022taking action, advocacy, how to, strong towns approach
Sometimes the Ending Isn't the Part That Matters
Sometimes the Ending Isn't the Part That Matters

Building a Strong Town is not a tidy project with a clear conclusion. It's an ongoing practice made up of thousands of small actions—such as this Valentine’s Day tradition.

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Neighborhood Storyteller, Top StoryKarla TheilenFebruary 22, 2022alaska, neighborhood storyteller, community, arts
The Latest Update on the Strong Towns Lawsuit
The Latest Update on the Strong Towns Lawsuit

Recent documentation casts a disturbing new light on the Minnesota Board of Licensure’s attempts to discredit the Strong Towns movement.

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Podcast, Marohn, Engineering Reform, Top StoryStrong TownsFebruary 21, 2022engineering ethics, podcast
Native American New Urbanism: How America's Poorest County Created a Vision for the Future of Cities
Native American New Urbanism: How America's Poorest County Created a Vision for the Future of Cities

This nonprofit has created a template for what a 21st-century, regenerative community could look like; one that asks us what we really want for our future—and means it.

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Top StoryTrevor Decker CohenFebruary 21, 2022native american, community, urbanism, New Urbanism, placemaking, nonprofit sector, poverty, success stories, home buyer, south dakota
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