Next up: Texas

UPCOMING EVENTS WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE.

Also on the upcoming calendar (details TBA):

  • Tampa, FL - February 26
  • Los Angeles, CA - March 5
  • Newport Beach, CA - March 6
  • Birmingham, AL - March 18 & 19
  • Norman, OK - March 23
  • Oklahoma - March 24-27
  • Atlanta, GA - March 29-31
  • Ontario - April 14-16
  • Stevens Point, WI - April 24 & 25
  • Hays, KS - May 18 & 19
  • Portland, ME - May 19 & 20

KEEP INFORMED ON WHEN WE'LL BE SOMEWHERE NEAR YOU.

SOME STUFF FROM THIS WEEK YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED.

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3 Crashes in 13 Months: This Cyclist Has to Risk His Life Just to Go to Work
3 Crashes in 13 Months: This Cyclist Has to Risk His Life Just to Go to Work

Fletcher Williams was hit by three cars in a 13-month period — all within a half-mile radius in Bradenton, Florida. And he’s only one of many crash victims. The design of these streets is inhumanely dangerous and must be changed.

Is Life More Difficult for Younger Generations?
Is Life More Difficult for Younger Generations?

In this episode of Upzoned, host Abby Newsham is joined by Kevin Klinkenberg, an urban designer and planner, to discuss how a middle-class life has become increasingly difficult for younger generations to attain.

How Indianapolis Is Making Its Streets Safer After a Fatal Crash
How Indianapolis Is Making Its Streets Safer After a Fatal Crash

After a cyclist was killed in a car crash, residents of Indianapolis worked with Strong Towns to conduct the first Crash Analysis Studio. City officials have taken notice and instituted new initiatives to create safer streets.

Bottom-Up Shorts: How Local Papers Can Help Combat Social Isolation
Bottom-Up Shorts: How Local Papers Can Help Combat Social Isolation

In this episode, host Norm Van Eeden Petersman is joined by Jake Loftis, a pastor and Local Conversation leader. They discuss the ways that North America’s built environment can lead to social isolation and how Loftis used his local paper to combat that isolation.

New Year, New Blair: A Community Resolution for Meaningful Change
New Year, New Blair: A Community Resolution for Meaningful Change

In Blair, Nebraska, Jake Loftis and his Local Conversation are turning the idea of New Year’s resolutions into a powerful tool for community transformation.

We Need To Crash the Market for Entry-Level Homes
We Need To Crash the Market for Entry-Level Homes

To escape the housing crisis, we need a lot of housing to be built quickly. The key isn't large, ponderous projects; it's fast, widespread incremental development. We know the types of units that can be scaled and we know how to build them. The only thing we need now is for cities to devote themselves to doing it.

Memorable Moments in the History of Strong Towns
Memorable Moments in the History of Strong Towns

Over the years, Chuck has added audio clips to the Strong Towns Podcast outro music to memorialize influential moments and experiences. Today, in honor of that music being retired, he breaks down these clips, explaining why they’re significant and how these experiences influenced him and the Strong Towns movement.

Strong Towns Gift Guide: DOT Decoder
Strong Towns Gift Guide: DOT Decoder

The terms chosen to describe upcoming road work often misrepresent the actual projects, ascribing a positive or negative bias that affects how political leaders interpret and underwrite them. The DOT Decoder is the perfect gift for decoding three common terms used by departments of transportation and their engineers.

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is…Building a Coalition for Long-Term Change
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is…Building a Coalition for Long-Term Change

In this episode, host Tiffany Owens Reed is joined by Chloe Groome and Aaron Feldman, co-leads of the Local Conversation group Strong Towns Chicago, to discuss the initiatives their group is working on and their coalition strategy for driving change.

How a Walking Audit Can Help You Quickly Improve Street Design
How a Walking Audit Can Help You Quickly Improve Street Design

Conducting a walking audit is an quick, easy and free step that anyone can take to start improving their place. In this article, trained architect and urban designer Edward Erfurt demonstrates how to do so, using a recently completed sidewalk project in his community as an example.

While You Wait: 3 Ways To Make Your City More Joyful, Hopeful and Active This Advent
While You Wait: 3 Ways To Make Your City More Joyful, Hopeful and Active This Advent

Advocacy work means a lot of waiting and hoping for a better future. That makes it a lot like Advent (the weeks before Christmas on the Christian calendar). But waiting during Advent isn’t discouraging or boring: It’s hopeful, active and joyful. Here are a few ways to bring that approach to your community, whether you celebrate Christmas or not.

Charles Marohn