In the new year, why not consider a few activities that you can complete in a single day that will help you see your town differently? Let’s call it the #StrongTownsChallenge. And don’t worry: there’s no ice water involved.
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Here are a few ideas to make you a more effective—and interesting—public hearing participant.
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I keep thinking about the efficiency of the human body. Each model year comes equipped with space-saving design, lots of leg-room, built-in entertainment features, and is bio-fuel-compatible with generally limited emissions.
Read MoreI keep thinking about the efficiency of the human body. Each model year comes equipped with space-saving design, lots of leg-room, built-in entertainment features, and is bio-fuel-compatible with generally limited emissions. On foot, we are nimble, responsive, and shaped to maximize the utilization of space. A crowd of people is not a traffic jam, it’s a party!
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By overemphasizing vehicle Level of Service (LOS) we justify expensive, overbuilt streets that are dangerously inhospitable to people—just so drivers won’t be inconvenienced during peak travel times.
Read MoreHere are a few ideas to make you a more effective—and interesting—public hearing participant.
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Most of the land in our cities sits vacant for large parts of the day. Is this the best use of our resources?
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If you want to make your neighborhood a better place, you have to get outside and meet the people around you. Here are 9 ideas to get you started.
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These 5 steps will help you test the development potential in your town.
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if you care about creating financially healthy, walk-friendly places, it's time to take a look at your local subdivision regulations.
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Here are 10 tips that will equip you to turn the high-potential neighborhoods in your town into walkable, economically successful places.
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It’s pretty easy to destroy a walkable place. We’ve been doing it for so long.
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Take a moment to stop and think: Do I really need to drive? Could I bike there instead?
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Whether you care about the environment, property values, public health, or your city’s bottom line, you can make your town stronger by planting trees.
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Here are 8 small things you can do to make a place more inviting, productive and happy.
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It’s easy to caricature people you don’t know or understand, and it can be satisfying in a superficial way. It’s much more difficult to accept that people are multidimensional, and what you know of one dimension may not represent the entire human being.
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My plan was always to leave Oklahoma for lovely, liberal Portland. It didn’t work out that way, but I got something much better by hanging around.
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If you don't get involved in the planning of your city, it will be planned for you. Much of it already has been.
Read MoreIt’s pretty easy to destroy a walkable place. We’ve been doing it for so long.
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A neighborhood is an ecosystem, a quirky human habitat, and when it’s been damaged by generations of neglect, it probably needs help that has nothing to do with repairing roofs and bringing wiring up to code.
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