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Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup
Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup

M*A*S*H, small footprint design, and chalk art. 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 TownsMarch 18, 2022friday faves
Announcing Your 2022 Strongest Town Contest Final Four
Announcing Your 2022 Strongest Town Contest Final Four

Results of Round 2 of the Strongest Town competition…and a look ahead to Round 3.

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Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 18, 2022Strongest Town 2022, strongest town contest
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Designing Homes that Work for Everyone
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Designing Homes that Work for Everyone

Rosemarie Rossetti is an author, speaker, and leader in the field of universal design.

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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 17, 2022taking action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, incrementalism, success stories, podcast, disability, aging in place
High Gas Prices Are Just One Symptom of a Much Greater Problem
High Gas Prices Are Just One Symptom of a Much Greater Problem

When gas prices spike, the core issue we, as a nation, should be fixating on is car dependency.

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Herriges, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesMarch 17, 2022gas tax, transportation, transit, fragility, cars, car dependency, public transportation
Our Fragile System Runs on Cheap Oil
Our Fragile System Runs on Cheap Oil

Every time gasoline and oil prices spike, Americans panic—but don’t do anything to change the system. This is a cycle that cannot continue.

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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 16, 2022podcast, fragility, cars, car dependency, transportation, upzoned
The Road That Killed a City
The Road That Killed a City

From its one-time status as one of America’s most prosperous cities, Hartford, CT, is now one of the poorest—no thanks to its mid-twentieth-century urban renewal projects.

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Top StoryJay StangeMarch 16, 2022urban design, urban freeways, urban planning, Connecticut, highways, highway spending, suburban experiment, infrastructure, poverty, urban renewal, jane jacobs
Can We Please Stop Fighting About Gardens
Can We Please Stop Fighting About Gardens

In this town where so many people have front-lawn gardens, why is anyone still arguing that they shouldn’t be allowed?

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Top StorySeairra JonesMarch 15, 2022gardening, food deserts, local food, community, city council, small towns, illinois
Does a Thrift Store Really Need a 40-Page Zoning Decision?
Does a Thrift Store Really Need a 40-Page Zoning Decision?

This document shows just how much our arcane land-use regulations prohibit neighborhoods from developing organically and un-self-consciously.

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Top StoryAddison Del MastroMarch 15, 2022NIMBY, zoning, big box stores, business, local business, urban planning, maryland
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
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