And it begins with just showing up!
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After 2.5 years of success, officials in Peekskill, NY, are threatening to open this community gathering place back up to motorized traffic—but locals aren’t taking this threat lying down.
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When it comes to advocating for your place, you may feel overwhelmed by the scale of the problems, or feel that you don’t have the right skills to address them. But effective advocates come in all shapes and sizes.
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Settling down from a cross-country move, Strong Towns Editor-in-Chief Daniel Herriges reflects on what makes a place feel like “home,” and what prompts people to put roots in a location—even if it’s not a “perfect” place.
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Oftentimes, people in rural settings drive long distances to bigger towns to find community engagement. This renovated soda fountain shop shows why it’s worth looking for that sense of community a little closer to home.
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Your community may need to reshape how it thinks about community and economic development.
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Too often, cities invest in the storage and movement of cars rather than the movement, visibility, and interactions of human beings. But the latter is precisely what makes for communities that are worth caring about.
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Local Conversation leader Noah Tang appeared on the radio to talk about how his group, the Bloomington Revivalists, are making positive changes for housing in their community.
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The group Vermonters for People-Oriented Places just launched this year, but they’re already off to a fast start in Burlington, VT, where they’re supporting important changes for the community.
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The increasing presence of technology in our third places poses a challenge to collective life and collective action.
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Parishioners of a historic church in Detroit want to develop eight vacant blocks with missing-middle housing to build a church-centered community.
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Relationships with neighbors once made up an important part of our social fabric, forming the basis for civic collaboration and local problem solving. Here’s how we can get those relationships back.
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This week, our Neighborhood Storyteller connects with a new community and its residents through exploring downtown and some local businesses.
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This week, our Neighborhood Storyteller reflects on the joy of finding pleasant surprises in unexpected places—including in one’s community.
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Many of us are keen to express the “what” that we’d like to see in the built environment, but unwilling to think rationally and clearly about the “how.”
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This Sunday, a Strong Towns member invites our Neighborhood Storyteller to see how his neighborhood alliance is building community…with a block party!
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Want to get together with your neighbors to talk about Strong Towns ideas? Here’s some tips on getting started.
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Sometimes, building connections with your neighbors is as simple as hosting a block party.
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This Sunday, our Neighborhood Storyteller gets up before the crack of dawn—and reflects on the sights and the people in our communities who normally go unseen by those who work a nine-to-five.
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Representatives from Norwood, OH, went to visit their counterparts in Jasper, IN, after facing off in this year’s Strongest Town Contest. Here’s 7 reasons the Norwoodians found Jasper to be a worthy champion!
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