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High Value, Chapter 10: Brendon Klein
High Value, Chapter 10: Brendon Klein

This week in High Value, Brendon Klein gets the news that his family’s grocery store may be in peril.

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High Value Serial, Top StoryHamilton LudwigMay 6, 2022High Value series, series
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Helping Neighbors Grow (and Sell!) Their Own Food
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Helping Neighbors Grow (and Sell!) Their Own Food

In San Elizario, TX, these local leaders are spearheading an agricultural renaissance.

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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsMay 5, 2022taking action, success stories, Farming, local food, podcast
How to Make the Best Use of Funding for Infrastructure Projects
How to Make the Best Use of Funding for Infrastructure Projects

The infrastructure avalanche is coming… Is your town prepared?

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Top StoryStrong TownsMay 5, 2022infrastructure, infrastructure maintenance, infrastructure bill, how to, Local-Motive Tour
How to Calm a Street, Starting with Your Own Anger
How to Calm a Street, Starting with Your Own Anger

Frustrated by cars speeding down your neighborhood street at 40 mph? Don’t blame the people driving the cars.

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Top StoryJay StangeMay 5, 2022tactical urbanism, roads, streets, safety, taking action, Street Design, speeding, traffic engineering, pedestrians, washington, stroad, safe and productive streets
Are Cars Here to Stay?
Are Cars Here to Stay?

A recent article states that “real progress on climate change will require innovations that some on the left won’t like.” What’s the Strong Towns response?

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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsMay 4, 2022podcast, cars, car dependency, Climate Change, climate, Electric Vehicles, politics, upzoned
Want To Make Your Town Stronger? Look for the Amateurs.
Want To Make Your Town Stronger? Look for the Amateurs.

We live in a culture that exalts the people who say, “I know.” But sometimes what our places need are people willing to say, “I don’t know,” and, “What do you think?” and, “Let’s figure that out together.”

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Top StoryJohn PattisonMay 4, 2022community, local conversations, localism, community building
Herriges Rezoned: Your City Isn't Changing as Fast as You Think
Herriges Rezoned: Your City Isn't Changing as Fast as You Think

The belief that we’re going to radically transform our cities from the top down defies reality. Despite widespread anxiety about urban growth and change, the vast majority of places aren’t changing very much at all.

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Herriges, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesMay 4, 2022incremental growth, infill, Infill Development, neighborhood change, housing
It Isn’t Just Us, the Entire Nation Is Burdened With Property Tax Inequities
It Isn’t Just Us, the Entire Nation Is Burdened With Property Tax Inequities

Recently, the North Carolina Ad Hoc Appraisals Committee was challenged to face their own biases and fix their broken property tax assessment system. Here’s what happened.

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Top StorySeairra JonesMay 3, 2022property tax, Just Accounting for Health, North Carolina, homeowners, municipal finance, local government, finance, urban3, taxes, home buyer, local economy
Suburban Design is a Tragedy of the Commons
Suburban Design is a Tragedy of the Commons

We tend to choose larger homes than we want our neighbors to choose. The result: suburban-style development that doesn't match what people actually want from their communities.

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Top StoryDevon ZuegelMay 3, 2022sprawl, infill, development pattern, development, traditional development pattern, suburbs, suburbanization, suburban experiment, suburban development pattern, housing
Remembering All the Things I’m Supposed to Worry About
Remembering All the Things I’m Supposed to Worry About

Our Neighborhood Storyteller recently received a call about her aging father, who, with his driving privileges revoked, has had to resort to walking on unsafe roads…

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Neighborhood Storyteller, Top StoryKarla TheilenMay 3, 2022neighborhood storyteller, walkability, aging in place, pedestrians, community, minnesota
Chuck Marohn Answers Your Questions
Chuck Marohn Answers Your Questions

It’s time once again to sit down and answer some of the great questions we’ve gotten over at the Strong Towns Action Lab.

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Podcast, Marohn, Top StoryStrong TownsMay 2, 2022Strong Towns Community, Action Lab, strong towns approach, podcast
A 3-D Approach to Public Investment
A 3-D Approach to Public Investment

What can these 3-D crosswalks teach us about investing in our communities’ needs?

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Top StoryCam GallantMay 2, 2022pedestrians, Crosswalk, streets, safety, tactical urbanism, public investment, walkability, safe and productive streets
Why Transportation Nudges Are Stupid
Why Transportation Nudges Are Stupid

Marketing campaigns to shame or shock don't change driver behavior. Changing the environment they drive in will.

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Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnMay 2, 2022safety, car culture, car crash, transportation, pedestrians, safe and productive streets
Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup
Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup

Twitter stars, casinos, and 16th-century identity theft. 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 TownsApril 29, 2022friday faves
High Value, Chapter 9: Nancy Hjerne
High Value, Chapter 9: Nancy Hjerne

This week in High Value, Hjerne prepares to do battle at the upcoming planning commission meeting.

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High Value Serial, Top StoryHamilton LudwigApril 29, 2022High Value series, series
Let's Change the Way We Look at Shared Problems by Starting Some Conversations
Let's Change the Way We Look at Shared Problems by Starting Some Conversations

We love all the great videos people are making about Strong Towns-related topics! This one explains why high bicycling rates are safer for all road users.

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Top StoryJay StangeApril 29, 2022safety, bicycling, biking, bikeability, bikes, bike lanes, bike infrastructure
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Slowing Down Cars and Building Up Neighborhoods
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Slowing Down Cars and Building Up Neighborhoods

Get to know Jay Stange, safe streets advocate and Content Manager at Strong Towns.

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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 28, 2022taking action, success stories, alaska, road diet, bikes, podcast
We’re Hiring for a New Member Advocate
We’re Hiring for a New Member Advocate

Apply now to join the Strong Towns team and help advance our mission!

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Top StoryStrong TownsApril 28, 2022jobs, hiring, announcement
How To Fix a Dangerous Street in 24 Hours or Less
How To Fix a Dangerous Street in 24 Hours or Less

Too many of our streets favor the movement of cars over the safety of human lives—but this free action guide will show how you can protect people in your community.

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Top StoryStrong TownsApril 28, 2022public safety, taking action, Local-Motive Tour, pedestrians, safe and productive streets, safety
Process Versus Visible Outcomes
Process Versus Visible Outcomes

The U.S. Department of Transportation would have you think it cares about equity—but budgets are often more telling than rhetoric.

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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 27, 2022podcast, infrastructure, federal government, federal funding, race, budget, upzoned
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