What a Real Estate Listing Can Tell You About a Strong Town

A real estate listing can be used as a roadmap to the attributes that Strong Towns advocates for: human-scale development, safe places to walk and bike, and responsive local government.

What's It Like Being Stranded in Your City? (Part 2)

In walkable cities, it’s not hard to find a solution if you find yourself stranded. But what about in a car-dependent place?

Owens, Top StoryTiffany Owens ReedApril 4, 2023travel, urban design, hospitality, car dependency, auto-oriented, transit, texas, europe

What’s Going On With the Recent Bank Failures?

In this week’s episode of the Strong Towns Podcast, Chuck Marohn talks about the financial system, and provides insights on what’s currently happening in the banking industry.

Podcast, Marohn, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 3, 2023podcast, banks, finance, Inflation, Economy

Strongest Town 2023, Round 3: Saranac Lake, NY vs. Port Washington, WI

Cast your vote! Which two towns should face off in the championship round of the eighth annual Strongest Town Contest?

Strong TownsApril 3, 2023Strongest Town 2023, strongest town contest

Strongest Town 2023, Round 3: Jackson, TN vs. Brattleboro, VT

Cast your vote! Which two towns should face off in the championship round of the eighth annual Strongest Town Contest?

Strong TownsApril 3, 2023Strongest Town 2023, strongest town contest

We Can Have Both More Housing and Good Urban Form

It’s not difficult to have good urban design, the kind that respects neighbors and the neighborhoods they live in. It’s actually a lot less work than the processes we use to administer the suburban zoning codes we have today.

Marohn, Top Story, Community StoriesCharles MarohnApril 3, 2023urban design, NIMBY, housing, density, aesthetics, yimby, minnesota, neighborhoods

2023 Strongest Town Contest: The Final Four Is Set!

The votes are in, and we have our contestants for round three!

Strong TownsMarch 31, 2023strongest town contest

Illustrating Investment Potential in Your Neighborhood

Too many neighborhoods have a demand and need for additional housing, but builders believe there's not enough existing lots to build on. Here's how to demonstrate otherwise.

Edward Erfurt, Top StoryEdward ErfurtMarch 31, 2023Incremental Housing, housing, housing crisis, development, single-family

Attorney General Demands Transparency From Oklahoma Turnpike Authority

Earlier this year, Oklahoma residents took the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority to court over a planned $15 billion turnpike expansion. Now, the state's attorney general is weighing in.

News, Top StoryAsia MieleszkoMarch 30, 2023oklahoma, highways, freeway widening, Law, end highway expansion

Don’t Give Up on Your Small Town

Oftentimes, people in rural settings drive long distances to bigger towns to find community engagement. This renovated soda fountain shop shows why it’s worth looking for that sense of community a little closer to home.

Homelessness in Rural America

Although you may not see as many people without homes in the streets of rural America, that doesn’t mean the housing crisis hasn’t struck communities outside of big cities.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 29, 2023podcast, housing, housing crisis, Incremental Housing, upzoned, homeless

Death by Parking

For nearly half a year, this small business owner has been ready to open his coffee shop…but the city is refusing to let him do so, all because of antiquated parking mandates.

For Houston Freeway Fighters, Federal Government’s Actions Speak Louder Than Words

The federal government’s refusal to hold TxDOT accountable for the harm it’s doing in Houston is allowing history to repeat itself—something the current administration pledged it wouldn’t do.

What's It Like Being Stranded in Your City? (Part 1)

What does it take to spark bottom-up hospitality? In this first of a two-part essay, Tiffany Owens Reed explores the hospitality she enjoyed from strangers while on a six-month, somewhat unpredictable Europe trip.