Sarasota County, FL, is viewed as a trailblazer in the prevention of unchecked suburbanization. So why has its growth management plan has not resulted in a better pattern of development?
Read MoreThis advocacy group created the first online map to show how an entire state zones for housing. And they want to take the effort nationwide.
Read MoreWhen gas prices spike, the core issue we, as a nation, should be fixating on is car dependency.
Read MoreYou 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.
Read MoreCities 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.
Read MoreThese brothers are pushing for incremental infill development in Memphis, Tennessee, with a community they’re building just north of downtown.
Read MoreEven people who know the historic benefits of duplexes (and the like) can be wary of re-legalizing them. We need to understand why if we want to effectively promote missing middle housing.
Read MoreIdahoan advocates had to get desperate to fund basic pedestrian safety features—all while the state DOT is budgeting $100 million to overhaul a single freeway interchange.
Read More“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.
Read MoreThere’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.
Read MoreA common objection to broad upzonings is, “Won't allowing more development everywhere set off speculative feeding frenzies?” The answer? No. Here’s why.
Read More“Preserve the trees” or “clear the way for more housing”—which side should you take? (Good news: It’s a false choice, to begin with.)
Read MoreNew Zealand just passed the first national policy to both end parking requirements and allow the next increment of (residential) development everywhere. I.e., two major items on the Strong Towns wish list.
Read MoreHow much do people in your community go about their lives in public or in private?
Read MoreStrong Towns Senior Editor Daniel Herriges shares his favorite content from this past year.
Read MoreThis new Strong Towns e-book explores what it would take to revive small-scale development as a force significant enough to shape and grow our cities.
Read MoreThis organization is suing their local government over an insolvent, master-planned development in Collier County, Florida.
Read MoreHere are some touchstone concepts that help underlie the Strong Towns view of how to achieve a world full of places capable of growing bottom-up prosperity
Read MoreWe’re relaunching our crowd-sourced map of cities in the U.S. and Canada that have ended or sharply curtailed their parking requirements. And it's more useful than ever.
Read MoreWhat if you had free rein to do the things you know need to be done to fix your neighborhood street?
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