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Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind

This week, our Neighborhood Storyteller is doing what she can to improve her neighborhood—even if Montana’s weather doesn’t want to cooperate.

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Neighborhood Storyteller, Top StoryKarla TheilenMarch 15, 2022neighborhood storyteller, montana, placemaking, creative placemaking, neighborliness
Triple Threat: National Experts Destroy “Reckless Driving” Narrative
Triple Threat: National Experts Destroy “Reckless Driving” Narrative

Jessie Singer, Jason Slaughter, and Chuck Marohn join together in this must-listen episode of The Politics of Everything to explain why people keep dying on our roads.

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Podcast, Top StoryLauren RonnanderMarch 14, 2022podcast, guest podcast, traffic engineering, safety, transportation, pedestrians, safe and productive streets
Strongest Town 2022, Round 2: Taylor, TX vs. Norwood, OH
Strongest Town 2022, Round 2: Taylor, TX vs. Norwood, OH

Cast your vote! Who should advance to Round 3 in the seventh annual Strongest Town Contest?

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Strong TownsMarch 14, 2022Strongest Town 2022, strongest town contest
Strongest Town 2022, Round 2: Jasper, IN vs. Champaign, IL
Strongest Town 2022, Round 2: Jasper, IN vs. Champaign, IL

Cast your vote! Who should advance to Round 3 in the seventh annual Strongest Town Contest?

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Strong TownsMarch 14, 2022Strongest Town 2022, strongest town contest
Strongest Town 2022, Round 2: Durango, CO vs. White Salmon, WA
Strongest Town 2022, Round 2: Durango, CO vs. White Salmon, WA

Cast your vote! Who should advance to Round 3 in the seventh annual Strongest Town Contest?

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Strong TownsMarch 14, 2022Strongest Town 2022, strongest town contest
Strongest Town 2022, Round 2: Frankfort, KY vs. Yellow Springs, OH
Strongest Town 2022, Round 2: Frankfort, KY vs. Yellow Springs, OH

Cast your vote! Who should advance to Round 3 in the seventh annual Strongest Town Contest?

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Strong TownsMarch 14, 2022Strongest Town 2022, strongest town contest
Polls Are Open: Let’s Choose Our Final Four
Polls Are Open: Let’s Choose Our Final Four

It’s Round 2 of the Strongest Town Contest! Who will advance to the Final Four?

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Strong TownsMarch 14, 2022Strongest Town 2022, strongest town contest
Luke Crosswalker: Tactical Urbanist
Luke Crosswalker: Tactical Urbanist

When people were speeding at a neighborhood crosswalk, this neon hero stepped in to #SlowTheCars and protect local children on their way to school.

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Top StoryDanielle RichardMarch 11, 2022schools, pedestrians, tactical urbanism, children, traffic engineering, safe and productive streets, safety
Recovery Playbook: Back to Downtown & Main Street
Recovery Playbook: Back to Downtown & Main Street

This guide will take you through short-term and long-term strategies for downtown and Main Street recovery in the wake (and midst) of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Top StoryJonathan BerkMarch 11, 2022placemaking, creative placemaking, downtown, main street, urbanism, revitalization, how to, economic development, covid
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is... A Special Update Episode
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is... A Special Update Episode

Wondering what our past podcast guests are up to? We checked in with four of them to hear about their progress.

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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 10, 2022taking action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, incrementalism, success stories, podcast
Copy What You Know Works
Copy What You Know Works

You don’t need to reinvent the wheel to create places that aren’t bad—and that should be the first and foremost goal for a city.

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Herriges, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesMarch 10, 2022placemaking, public space, urban design, design, greenspace, public engagement
Can a Houstonian Approach to Homelessness Work in L.A.?
Can a Houstonian Approach to Homelessness Work in L.A.?

L.A. is facing an increasing problem with homelessness. Can it learn something from the efforts of another large Sunbelt city?

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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 9, 2022podcast, housing, housing crisis, upzoned, texas, homeless, home buyer, california
Freeway Widening for Whomst?
Freeway Widening for Whomst?

Widening freeways is no way to promote equity.

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Top StoryJoe CortrightMarch 9, 2022highways, highway spending, freeway widening, freeways, transportation, race, infrastructure, end highway expansion, oregon
The Pedalling Pastor
The Pedalling Pastor

This bicycling pastor’s new book offers valuable advice for any Strong Towns advocate—religious or otherwise.

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Top StoryJay StangeMarch 9, 2022biking, bikes, bikeability, bicycling, Faith Featured, faith communities, human scale, walkability, transportation, active transportation, car-lite
Taking a Magnifying Glass to Property Tax Inequities
Taking a Magnifying Glass to Property Tax Inequities

What is the real reason behind our striking property tax disparities?

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Top StorySeairra JonesMarch 8, 2022Just Accounting for Health, property tax, Assessments, finance, public finance, urban3, home buyer
Not Just Bikes: Where We've Been Living This Whole Time (New Video)
Not Just Bikes: Where We've Been Living This Whole Time (New Video)

Two of our favorite storytellers—Urban3 and Not Just Bikes—come together in this awesome video.

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Top StoryJohn PattisonMarch 8, 2022Not Just Bikes, maps, finance, resilience, urban3, value per acre
Sew Much to Learn
Sew Much to Learn

This community ed teacher shares an important lesson about iterating to success: starting with something imperfect now and working your way toward perfection.

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Neighborhood Storyteller, Top StoryKarla TheilenMarch 8, 2022neighborhood storyteller, community, montana, arts, neighborliness
“How Can My Town *Not* Be Wealthy When There’s Been So Much Growth?”
“How Can My Town *Not* Be Wealthy When There’s Been So Much Growth?”

Let's talk about some core Strong Towns concepts: complexity, incrementalism, fragility, and more!

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Podcast, Marohn, Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 7, 2022strong towns approach, incrementalism, fragility, complex systems, incremental growth, incremental, incremental development, podcast
The Reckless Driver Narrative Is Reckless. Stop Spreading It.
The Reckless Driver Narrative Is Reckless. Stop Spreading It.

If we want safe and productive streets, we have to focus on the deadly design of our public spaces and not be distracted by the scapegoating narrative of the “reckless driver.”

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Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnMarch 7, 2022traffic congestion, traffic engineering, pedestrians, safety, public safety, transportation
Red Light, Green Light, No Insight
Red Light, Green Light, No Insight

When we hand our whole transportation system to engineers, we shouldn’t be surprised that the values of their profession override the values of the public. It’s time for a new paradigm.

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Top StoryMichel Durand-WoodMarch 4, 2022transportation, public transportation, engineers, traffic engineering, canada, safe and productive streets, confessions of a recovering engineer
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