Incremental development is a low-risk, high-reward method of building a strong town. Here’s some do’s and don’ts to get you started.
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Why preserving the past shouldn’t mean foreclosing our future.
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Having your city prioritize high-speed traffic through your neighborhood is like having people traipse through your living room with their boots on.
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In this episode of Upzoned, host Abby Kinney is joined by Ryan Johnson, the builder and resident of the first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the U.S.: Culdesac Tempe.
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Halloween is about more than just candy and costumes: it can also represent something more about a neighborhood’s sense of community.
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On this episode of the Strong Towns Podcast, we talk with author Seth Kaplan about his new book, Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time.
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Many of us have great ideas for our neighborhoods, but feel unable to act on them—and that can be discouraging. But looking at your idea in a different way may change how you see it and whether you do anything with it.
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National Good Neighbor Day is just around the corner, and it’s a good opportunity to reflect on how important it is to work with your neighbors if you want to build a better community.
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Becoming resilient isn’t magic. It’s hard work that starts with knowing our neighbors.
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What comes to mind when you think of an alley? A dark, dank, dirty place? How about a place for the arts, and an opportunity to bring a community together?
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Design doesn’t necessarily make a community, but, as this neighborhood in St. Paul, MN, shows, it does matter.
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A neighborhood newsletter can be a great way to build connections and create opportunities for people in your community to get together. Here’s how to craft your newsletter right.
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Why is this “perfect neighborhood” in Longmont, CO, not easily copied in other places around the U.S.?
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Have you ever joined a Jane’s Walk? Named for renowned urban thinker Jane Jacobs, this annual festival of free, citizen-led walking conversations takes place around the world every May. Here’s one Walk from Winnipeg, MB.
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Connecting with your neighbors is an important part of building a stronger town. Here are nine ways you can start forging those relationships, for free (or next to free)!
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Reopening a neighborhood store that was a fixture in its community for decades shouldn’t be this hard.
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In 2018, a group of concerned citizens met in a South Dakota coffee shop to talk about their city’s problems. Now, they’re working with a $100k budget for small-scale—but big-impact—projects in their community.
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Why is this official course from the International Association of Assessing Officers still teaching outdated redlining practices to categorize neighborhoods?
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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.
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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.
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