The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Creating a Street Design Team

Strong Towns member and City Councilperson Danny Schaible is leading the way toward safer streets in his Maryland town.

Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Top Story, Membership, Member Profiles, Success Story, Local Government, #SlowtheCarsStrong TownsJuly 28, 2022Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, streets, Maryland

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Helping More People Get Out and Bike!

Strong Towns member Ari Feinsmith is making streets safer in his California town, hosting free bike repair events and more.

Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Top Story, Membership, Member Profiles, Bikeability, Success StoryStrong TownsJuly 21, 2022Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, California, biking, bike parking, bicycling

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Celebrating Your City and Helping it Grow Better

Strong Towns member Montavius Jones is committed to making Milwaukee, WI, a better place to live for everyone.

Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Top Story, Membership, Member ProfilesStrong TownsJuly 14, 2022Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Milwaukee, community development

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Community Design for Stronger Towns

Ann Zadeh is a Strong Towns member, former city councilwoman, and community design leader in Fort Worth, TX.

Friday Faves - Member Week Edition!

This Friday Faves is a little bit different: Instead of featuring favorite stories from around the web, we’re sharing favorite comments from our members!

Friday Faves, Top Story, MembershipStrong TownsJune 10, 2022friday faves, Friday Faves, member drive, membership

End the Parking Mandates and Subsidies That Are Hurting Our Cities

Valuable land is being wasted everywhere in the U.S. on motor vehicle storage. Let’s free up that space so it can be used more productively for our communities.

Membership, Parking, Pattison, Top StoryJohn PattisonJune 10, 2022memweek strategic plan series, Parking, parking minimums, parking, parking landing page, End Parking Mandates and Subsidies

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Two Amazing Strong Towns Members

Nick and Amanda Lanata are putting the Strong Towns approach into action in Zachary, Louisiana.

Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Success Story, Top Story, MembershipStrong TownsJune 9, 2022Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Louisiana, #DoTheMath, member drive

Pedal Power Needs People Power

Here’s two stories about powerful local action that Strong Towns members are taking to make their places more bike friendly.

Bikeability, Membership, Herriges, Success Story, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesJune 9, 2022bikeability, bike share, bikes, biking, bike infrastructure, member drive, member testimonials, membership, success, success stories, colorado, Pennsylvania

Legalizing Incremental Change—Everywhere—To Meet America’s Housing Needs

For too long, our housing policy has put investor returns and macroeconomic goals over the universal human need for shelter. The Strong Towns approach to incremental housing is a badly needed corrective.

Local Conversations Are Putting Strong Towns Ideas into Action

There are over 100 Local Conversations (i.e., local Strong Towns advocates working together) around North America. And we want to grow that number tenfold.

Community, Membership, Pattison, Top StoryJohn PattisonJune 8, 2022local conversations, advocacy, member drive, membership, community building

Your City’s Accounting Is Unnecessarily Obscure. It’s Time To Pull Back the Veil.

We expect city budgets and financial reports to inform citizens and community leaders alike, but in reality, local government accounting is unnecessarily complicated, confusing, and illogical.

Membership, #DotheMath, Finance, Top StoryLinda TwillmanJune 8, 2022memweek strategic plan series, finance, financial solvency, local finance, municipal finance, public finance, local government, #DoTheMath, Transparent Local Accounting

America *Must* End Highway Expansions

Until we have a credible plan for maintaining our existing transportation infrastructure, we must stop building more roads and bridges. Period.

We're Advocating for Safe and Productive Streets

It’s high time that we start building streets that prioritize safety and community over throughput of traffic.

#SlowtheCars, Marohn, Membership, Roads and Streets, Top StoryCharles MarohnJune 6, 2022Safe and Productive Streets, #SlowTheCars, streets, Street Design, member drive, design, Safety, safety, memweek strategic plan series

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Incremental Change in a Small Town

Cooper Frost is catalyzing economic development and pride of place in Charlotte, MI.

Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Success Story, Taking Action, Top Story, MembershipStrong TownsMay 12, 2022taking action, Podcast, success stories, Michigan

Look What You Did (It’s Awesome)

2021 has been a milestone year for the Strong Towns movement. Here’s why.

Membership, Top StoryJohn PattisonNovember 19, 2021member drive, membership

Who's at the Bottom of the Bottom-Up Revolution?

What does it actually mean to support something?

Membership, Top StoryJohn PattisonNovember 19, 2021member drive, membership

Your Support Means Everything

There are all kinds of people that make up the Strong Towns membership, but they have one thing in common: they are all supporting this movement.

Membership, Top StoryRachel QuednauNovember 19, 2021member drive, membership

The Next Generation of Strong Towns Leaders

The next generation of local leaders won’t consign themselves to serving as wards of the state. Instead, they’ll step up as the highest level of organizing for members of a community.