Take control of your place’s
financial future.
Your community needs you to be an effective advocate for change. We can help you get there.
ABOUT US
Strong Towns is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit media advocacy organization. We produce content that analyzes the failures of the post-war North American development pattern while giving citizens the knowledge and tools to start making our places better today.
Our Vision
We seek to have the Strong Towns Approach be the default way that every city, town, and neighborhood pursues growth, development, and prosperity.
Our Mission
We seek to replace America’s post-war pattern of development, the Suburban Experiment, with a pattern of development that is financially strong and resilient. We advocate for cities of all sizes to be safe, livable, and inviting. We work to elevate local government to be the highest level of collaboration for people working together in a place, not merely the lowest level in a hierarchy of governments.
WHAT WE DO
Strong Towns supports thousands of people across the United States and Canada who are advocating for a radically new way of thinking about the way we build our world. We do this in six key ways:
Education
The Strong Towns Academy offers in-depth courses, as well as short-form workshops, for those who want to take action in their community.
Resources
The Strong Towns Action Lab houses how-to guides, case studies, and more downloadable resources to help you build a strong town.
Events
Strong Towns staff give engaging presentations and lead transformative workshops for audiences across the country, and virtually.
Neighborhood Groups
Strong Towns advocates and members who live in the same city gather in Local Conversation Groups to discuss how Strong Towns principles can make their places more resilient.
Community Action Lab
These extended engagements use a multi-pronged approach to mobilize specific communities for change and coach key local leaders through critical action steps.
OUR CAMPAIGNS
To accelerate change, we are focusing our efforts on the following five priority campaigns:
End Highway Expansion
We seek to curtail the primary mechanism of local wealth destruction and municipal insolvency: the continued expansion of America’s highways and related auto-based transportation systems. Learn more.
Transparent Local Accounting
We seek to reveal the financial implications of the Suburban Experiment by increasing the transparency of local government accounting practices. Learn more.
Incremental Housing
We seek to have the next increment of development intensity allowed, by right, in every neighborhood in America. Learn more.
Safe and Productive Streets
We seek to shift the priority of local streets from automobile throughput to human safety and wealth creation. Learn more.
End Parking Mandates and Subsidies
We seek an end to the mandates and subsidies that cause productive land to be used for motor vehicle storage. Learn more.
Strong Towns has given me the language and tools to speak clearly and confidently to leaders in my community as well as my fellow residents.
- Jennifer Smith
The Strong Towns approach is possibly the only way to save our cities from perpetual financial crisis.
- Jay Ferm
Strong Towns gave me a community of people that were thinking the same thing. It was incredible to know I was not alone.
- Tom Broderick
MEMBERSHIP
Strong Towns is building a bottom-up movement for change. You can join this effort by reading our content, sharing it with others, and connecting with people in your own place. To continue growing this movement, we also need your financial support.
In 2023, 28.4% of our funding came from memberships and donations (see our 2023 Annual Report). Our work depends on the support of our audience.
This is why we’re asking you to become a member by making a contribution of any amount.
When you become a member of Strong Towns, your financial support puts tools and resources into the hands of Strong Citizens in your community and in cities across North America. You demonstrate to the world that you believe in the Strong Towns message and want others to follow your lead.
OUR TEAM
Strong Towns Team
Advisory Board
Employment Opportunities
CONTACT US
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Phone: 844-218-1681
Mailing Address:
1001 Kingwood Street
Studio 116
Brainerd, MN 56401
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Press Contact: Karen Douglas
Phone: 844-218-1681
Email: press@strongtowns.org
Visit our press room here.
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Got a specific question for Strong Towns?
First, head to our Action Lab where you’ll find FAQs and a space to submit questions to the Strong Towns community.
Please know that the Strong Towns organization does not do consulting. Instead, we’ve created a ton of tools, resources, and places to get feedback on your questions in our Action Lab. That’s the best place to start your journey.
If you’ve still got a specific and unanswered question for the Strong Towns team, you can email us at team@strongtowns.org.