Check out the second episode of our new podcast Upzoned! Kea Wilson and Chuck Marohn dig into an article on a troubling trend: big box retailers in Minnesota think they’re paying too much in property taxes, and they’re asking for a cut. But that’s a hard pill to swallow for small towns.

Want to better your community but don’t know where to start? Enter It’s the Little Things: a Strong Towns podcast that gives you the wisdom and encouragement you need to take the small yet powerful actions that can make your city or town stronger.

Check out the first episode of our new podcast Upzoned! Each Friday, join Kea Wilson, Chuck Marohn, and occasional surprise guests to talk in depth about just one big story from the week in the Strong Towns conversation, right when you want it: now.

Want to better your community but don’t know where to start? Enter It’s the Little Things: a Strong Towns podcast that gives you the wisdom and encouragement you need to take the small yet powerful actions that can make your city or town stronger.

In the latest episode of the Strong Towns podcast, Chuck talks with Lynn Richards, President and CEO of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU). The two discuss how CNU has evolved, and what its future might look like as an organization, event, and movement.

In the latest episode of the Strong Towns podcast, we share a conversation Chuck had at CNU 2018 with three of the geoanalytics wizards from Urban3. Hear the latest on their efforts to spread the message about where your city’s wealth is really coming from.

In this podcast episode, Chuck interviews Corie Brown, Zester Media co-founder and a writer on the food system, about the depopulation of rural Kansas, as mechanized agriculture reduces the need for farm labor, and the social toll that it is taking in isolated, shrinking towns.

In this podcast episode, Chuck interviews four under-30 attendees of the Congress for the New Urbanism about their aspirations, goals, and the challenges of making a difference and being taken seriously as ambitious younger people in their respective fields.

We’re constantly told that the world has become a flaming dumpster fire, and that only large-scale actions are adequate to address today’s urgent problems. But is that true? Chuck and three panelists explore this question in a podcast episode recorded at CNU in May.

Today we've got the video and audio from a recent Ask Strong Towns webcast conversation featuring President and founder Chuck Marohn and Communications Director Kea Wilson.

In this podcast episode, Chuck Marohn and Strong Towns board member Andrew Burleson discuss how electric scooters could change the way we think about how space is allocated on our streets.

It’s the last episode of the Week Ahead Podcast. But we’ve got some exciting future plans in the works…

Where should we invest in retrofit, and where does it make more sense to let suburban development fail? The answer could have a profound impact on people across America.

A community leader, visionary, and entrepreneur has made it his mission to strengthen his town and turn it into an attractive place where people want to be.

When is it time to pick up and leave?

Meet Strong Towns’ new staff member, Jacob Moses.

How will autonomous vehicles impact our cities and the way we get around?

This week’s guest is Connor Nielsen, a summer intern working with both Strong Towns and the geoanalytics firm, Urban3.

How can we be fair judges of city builders in the past while still maintaining a critical eye toward their failings?

Strong Towns Pathfinder, Michelle Erfurt, shares insight on upcoming events, plus recent favorite movies and books.

Architects and CNU leaders, Andres Duany and Kevin Klinkenberg pull back the curtain on Savannah, GA.

In this episode, Rachel hosts Chuck Marohn, who recaps an international trip that was supposed to happen... but didn't.

Writer and mother, Beth Berry, talks about the need to slow down and not let fear control our parenting.

On this episode, Kea and Rachel recap the recent member drive and chat about some recent favorite books and shows.