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Friday Faves - Member Week Style!
Friday Faves - Member Week Style!

To close out Member Week, we’re setting aside our usual staff Friday Faves to instead highlight the voices of just a few of our million local heroes!

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Top StoryStrong TownsNovember 18, 2022friday faves, member testimonials, member commentary, member week
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Most Comprehensive Resource Strong Towns Offers
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Most Comprehensive Resource Strong Towns Offers

Strong Towns’ new director of community action, Edward Erfurt, joins Chuck Marohn to talk about the Community Action Lab—a 24-month program that will put participating communities on the path to prosperity.

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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsNovember 18, 2022podcast, Community Action Lab, member week
I Was One of the First 100 Strong Towns Members. Now, I’m One of Thousands.
I Was One of the First 100 Strong Towns Members. Now, I’m One of Thousands.

Edward Erfurt was one of the very first 100 Strong Towns members…and now he’s one of our newest staff members! Today, he shares his membership journey as we close out Member Week.

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Edward Erfurt, Top StoryEdward ErfurtNovember 18, 2022member week
A Whole New Framework for Analyzing Car Crashes
A Whole New Framework for Analyzing Car Crashes

On today’s special episode of the Strong Towns Podcast, Chuck and Strong Towns Development Associate Grace Whately go behind the scenes on one of our biggest new projects: the Crash Analysis Studio.

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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsNovember 17, 2022podcast, Crash Analysis Studio, member week
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is…Getting Stronger
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is…Getting Stronger

On this special episode of The Bottom-Up Revolution, Chuck Marohn talks with our member advocate, Norm Van Eeden Petersman, about Strong Towns membership and the new initiatives we plan to launch soon.

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Podcast, Top StoryNorman Van Eeden PetersmanNovember 17, 2022podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, member week
A Flowering Movement in Rose City
A Flowering Movement in Rose City

Strong Towns member Victoria Via talks about how advocates of many different personal and professional backgrounds are coming together in Portland, OR.

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Top Story, Community StoriesJohn PattisonNovember 17, 2022local conversations, member week
Why Is It So Expensive To Build Public Transit in the U.S.?
Why Is It So Expensive To Build Public Transit in the U.S.?

An NYU research group has found that the cost of constructing a subway in New York is double what it costs in Tokyo and 10 times what it costs in Paris. Let’s unpack why this is the case.

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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsNovember 16, 2022podcast, transportation, transit, upzoned, new york, public transportation
This Is How the Strong Towns Movement Becomes “Unignorable”
This Is How the Strong Towns Movement Becomes “Unignorable”

Chuck Marohn and Strong Towns Community Builder John Pattison chat about the Local Conversations program and how it’s helping members of this movement come together to do great things.

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Podcast, Top StoryJohn PattisonNovember 16, 2022podcast, local conversations, member week
From Fired to Fired Up: How One Strong Towns Member Turned Losing His Job Into Community Success
From Fired to Fired Up: How One Strong Towns Member Turned Losing His Job Into Community Success

When Strong Towns member John Holmes was fired for speaking against harmful development practices, he didn’t let that stop him. Working with other advocates, he’s paving the way to success for Charlotte, NC!

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Top Story, Community StoriesJohn PattisonNovember 16, 2022North Carolina, local conversations, success stories, member week
Good Ideas Need Pollinators
Good Ideas Need Pollinators

Bottom-up change led by local heroes leads to momentum that replicates virally—and we're seeing the results nationwide.

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Herriges, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesNovember 16, 2022member week
The Power of Talking Locally Over the Noise of National Politics
The Power of Talking Locally Over the Noise of National Politics

Lauren Fisher joins Chuck Marohn to talk about the Strong Towns approach to communication, as well as the power of thinking locally in our current political atmosphere.

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Podcast, Top StoryLauren RonnanderNovember 15, 2022communication, politics, podcast, member week
A Million Local Heroes and a Thousand Local Conversations
A Million Local Heroes and a Thousand Local Conversations

The people in our Local Conversations are doing amazing work in their communities—and it’s all thanks to the support of Strong Towns members.

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Top StoryJohn PattisonNovember 15, 2022local conversations, member week
I Feel Most Effective at a Small Scale
I Feel Most Effective at a Small Scale

If you’ve ever thought, “I’m not a great advocate; I can’t make the big changes my community needs,” then you need to hear what this Strong Towns member has to say about the power of taking small steps.

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Top Story, Community StoriesNorman Van Eeden PetersmanNovember 15, 2022member story, member testimonials, bikeability, advocacy, little bets, success stories, member week
The Strong Towns Strategy
The Strong Towns Strategy

Kicking off a special week of podcasts, Chuck Marohn discusses the new Strong Towns strategic plan in action, and what that’s going to look like in 2023.

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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsNovember 14, 2022podcast, member week
Speed Traps Have No Long-Term Effect on Speeding
Speed Traps Have No Long-Term Effect on Speeding

This Strong Towns member was skeptical of claims that a speed trap had successfully slowed the cars on a local street…so, he conducted a speed study. Here are his results.

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NewsSeairra JonesNovember 14, 2022streets, speeding, speed, enforcement, law enforcement, member story, transportation, texas, safe and productive streets, member week
The Vanguard of the Strong Towns Movement
The Vanguard of the Strong Towns Movement

This Member Week, we’re celebrating the aspirations and achievements of a million local heroes. Are you ready to join the movement?

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Top StoryNorman Van Eeden PetersmanNovember 14, 2022member week
A Million Local Heroes
A Million Local Heroes

It takes a million local heroes to change the multitrillion-dollar North American development machine. We’re getting closer, but this Member Week, we need your support.

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Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnNovember 14, 2022member week
Mere's Magic Universe and Tea
Mere's Magic Universe and Tea

This week, our Neighborhood Storyteller connects with a new community and its residents through exploring downtown and some local businesses.

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Neighborhood Storyteller, Top StoryKarla TheilenNovember 13, 2022neighborhood storyteller, downtown, local business, community, localism, montana
Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup
Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup

Multifamily housing, the Monorail Song, and moneyballism. 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 TownsNovember 11, 2022friday faves
An Update on the Strong Towns Lawsuit
An Update on the Strong Towns Lawsuit

Here’s the latest on our ongoing legal action against the Minnesota board of engineering licensing—now officially Minnesota v. Marohn.

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Engineering Reform, Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnNovember 11, 2022engineering ethics, engineers
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