The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Helping Neighbors Grow (and Sell!) Their Own Food

In San Elizario, TX, these local leaders are spearheading an agricultural renaissance.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsMay 5, 2022taking action, success stories, Farming, local food, podcast Be the First to Comment

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Slowing Down Cars and Building Up Neighborhoods

Get to know Jay Stange, safe streets advocate and Content Manager at Strong Towns.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 28, 2022taking action, success stories, alaska, road diet, bikes, podcast Be the First to Comment

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Reaching Across Political Divides

Carlos Alfaro and Jacob Pritchett are bringing people of different political stripes together in Arizona.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 21, 2022taking action, success stories, bottom, Arizona, podcast Be the First to Comment

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Small-Scale Rural Farming

Christa Theilen and Seairra Shepherd both work at Strong Towns and also serve at local farms in the rural Midwest.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 14, 2022taking action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, success stories, Farming, podcast Be the First to Comment

The Village of Providence and Its Supposedly Impossible Stuff

You might not guess by looking, but this traditional neighborhood development is an employment powerhouse.

Top StorySteve MouzonApril 11, 2022mixed use, traditional development pattern, alabama, success stories, business, local business, entrepreneurs, neighborhoods 4 Comments

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is... Stopping a Harmful Highway Project

Robin Roemer worked with neighbors to successfully stop a highway project next to his child’s school in San Jose, CA.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 7, 2022taking action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, success stories, highways, schools, podcast Be the First to Comment

Vernacular Is Beautiful—If We Would Just Allow It

The work of this small-scale developer shows why cities shouldn’t be so restrictive about building in their own vernacular.

Top StoryMatthew RobareMarch 21, 2022zoning, architecture, aesthetics, small scale development, success stories, developers, development, south carolina, neighborhoods, small scale developers 1 Comment

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Designing Homes that Work for Everyone

Rosemarie Rossetti is an author, speaker, and leader in the field of universal design.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 17, 2022taking action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, incrementalism, success stories, podcast, disability, aging in place 1 Comment

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is... A Special Update Episode

Wondering what our past podcast guests are up to? We checked in with four of them to hear about their progress.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 10, 2022taking action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, incrementalism, success stories, podcast Be the First to Comment

"We Require WAY Too Much Parking"

This Strong Towns member saw a huge problem with the parking minimums in his city—and decided to do something about it.

Top StorySeairra JonesMarch 1, 2022member story, advocacy, taking action, parking minimums, biking, bicycling, bikes, bikeability, bike lanes, minimum parking requirements, success stories, end parking mandates and subsidies, california 4 Comments

Native American New Urbanism: How America's Poorest County Created a Vision for the Future of Cities

This nonprofit has created a template for what a 21st-century, regenerative community could look like; one that asks us what we really want for our future—and means it.

Top StoryTrevor Decker CohenFebruary 21, 2022native american, community, urbanism, New Urbanism, placemaking, nonprofit sector, poverty, success stories, home buyer, south dakota 1 Comment

Bringing Gentle Density to Memphis

These brothers are pushing for incremental infill development in Memphis, Tennessee, with a community they’re building just north of downtown.

Herriges, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesFebruary 16, 2022incremental development, incrementalism, Incremental Development Alliance, incremental, small scale developers, developers, development, housing, infill, Infill Development, success stories, tennessee 1 Comment

There’s No Parking Like Snow Parking

This Rhode Island community came together to advocate for parking improvements in their neighborhood—and it worked.

Top StorySeth ZerenJanuary 31, 2022snow, taking action, advocacy, local government, public engagement, community engagement, Rhode Island, success stories, safe and productive streets, end parking mandates and subsidies 18 Comments

A Trailblazing Reform Supports Small-Scale Development in Memphis

There’s no large city in America that’s doing a better job of pivoting to a Strong Towns approach than Memphis, TN. Here’s why.

Herriges, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesJanuary 26, 2022small scale developers, small scale development, missing middle, development, success stories, tennessee 5 Comments

Eden Center: Is This Strip Mall Paradise?

If we’re going to be stuck with strip malls, then this one in Virginia is about as fine-grained and urban as it gets.

Top StoryAddison Del MastroJanuary 18, 2022strip malls, incrementalism, immigrants, small business, local business, placemaking, success stories, fine-grained 3 Comments

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is... Helping Rural Residents with Disabilities to Thrive

Billy Altom is an advocate and leader for rural residents with disabilities across the nation.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsJanuary 6, 2022The Bottom-Up Revolution, taking action, disability, rural, success stories Be the First to Comment

Hartford Land Bank Invests in Human Infrastructure

Connecticut’s Hartford Land Bank isn’t just stewarding the rehabilitation of its community—it’s also bringing up the next generation of local small-scale developers.