Perhaps unknowingly, you now serve an essential role in your community’s “care map.”
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See examples of “spooky wisdom” in communities across North America, submitted by readers and members in the Strong Towns Book Club.
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As Strong Towns member Brandon Schielack researched how to support rural entrepreneurs, he discovered an opportunity that he’d later transform into a product for rural communities across North America: institutions, such as schools or nonprofit organization, still sold product produced outside the community for their local fundraisers.
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Sometimes the best way to imagine what a Strong Towns revolution could look like in YOUR community is to hear what it looks like in someone else’s. Don’t miss this short webinar with one local movement that has been generating some of our absolute favorite success stories of 2019.
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Join the Strong Towns Facebook group to discover how Strong Towns has inspired a bottom-up revolution, led by members of the Strong Towns movement in communities of all sizes across North America.
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Spoiler: it doesn’t look like more police stations, more top-down programs, or more incarceration.
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See the Strong Towns movement in action as readers and members crowdsource ideas, ask questions, and share neighborhood-boosting insights.
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A growing community of Strong Towns readers are crowd-sourcing best practices, sharing stories, asking advice, and gleaning wisdom. Here is the Strong Towns movement at work.
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In the age of Nextdoor and Facebook, many have (understandably) lost faith in the humble neighborhood association. But visit the oldest neighborhood association in Denton, Texas and you’ll discover why they can still play a big role in building strong towns.
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Strong Towns member Andrew Kelsey shares how you can create a value per acre analysis for your city or town—no matter your skill level.
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Think small acts of neighborliness mean nothing more than signs of a welcoming neighborhood? Discover how Strong Towns contributor Steve MacDouell introduced “micro-neighborliness” to shift the morale of residents in neighborhoods across London, Ontario.
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Designing a traffic intervention after the tragic death of a pedestrian. Pitching the Strong Towns approach to a local service club. Developing missing middle housing. These are just some of the conversations happening on the Strong Towns Community site, where members offer each other encouragement and practical guidance on how to build the block-by-block revolution.
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New webinars in the Strong Towns Facebook group show how Strong Towns members are using their unique skills and perspectives to make their community stronger—and how you can do the same in your community.
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Visit the Hyde Park neighborhood in South Los Angeles and you’ll find the usual culprits of a food desert, such as fast-food chains and gas stations. But enter Kelli Jackson’s corner store—Hank’s Mini Market—and you’ll discover how cities can address food deserts without forgoing future tax revenue.
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Salvador “Sal” Galdamez—founder and president of nonprofit York XL—shares how you can bring your neighbors together around bottom-up action to create more prosperous, healthy, and empowered neighborhoods.
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Cary Westerbeck—Strong Towns member and Founder of Bothellites for People-Oriented Places (Bo-POP)—shares how you can create people-oriented places in your own community, including how to educate people about people-oriented places, how these places create more financially resilient places, and how you can demonstrate your vision.
Strong Towns member Austin Taylor—Parking and Sustainability Coordinator for Provo City, Utah—shares how you can use tactical urbanism to create safer streets, including how to plan your intervention, how to get local government involved, and how to use your intervention to create lasting change.
Greg Wright—Executive Director at CREATE Portage County—shares how you can foster creative (and financially resilient) communities where you live, including how to inspire creative residents, how to demonstrate the economic impact of creativity, and why you should root all initiatives in a “small and smart” way.
Strong Towns member Ben Harrison shares his experience serving on a citizen advisory committee and why you should run for something in your own community, including how to pitch your vision to city staff, how to introduce Strong Towns principles, and, how serving on these committees can help you feel closer to your community.
Regina Portillo—Executive Director at City Makery in Laredo, Texas—shares how you can partner with local government to create and foster ideas for your community, including how to encourage people to share their ideas, how to encourage people to act on those ideas, and how to get local government involved in the process.