As a Strong Towns advocate, you likely face a lot of opposition from rigid systems and even other advocates. This opposition claims that you’re not qualified enough to have an opinion or that you’re trying to change things in the wrong way. It’s easy to get discouraged by this barrage, but remember: there’s always something you can do to make a difference.
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Last month, Strong Towns hosted the National Gathering in Cincinnati. In this episode, Abby sits down with Strong Towns founder Chuck Marohn to discuss the event from his perspective, how it differs from CNU, and how Gatherings might change in the future.
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In recent years, Strong Towns ideas have started permeating the wider culture at an increasing rate. But even as many cities and organizations embrace the movement and create real, positive change, others twist it to serve their own agendas. Now more than ever, advocates must uphold the true principles that build strong towns.
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The Strong Towns movement is steadily progressing to the next phase of its mission. A substantial number of people are convinced of the principles behind the movement, and they want to roll up their sleeves and get to work. Here’s how to make the leap from building awareness to actually changing the default of North America’s built environment.
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Being a member of the Strong Towns movement isn’t just about increasing your knowledge of city planning and what your town can do better. It’s also about allowing that knowledge to affect your own behavior. No change is cheaper than behaving in a way that helps everyone get home safely
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It’s Member Drive Week here at Strong Towns. To celebrate, Chuck’s reading some of his best articles that you might’ve missed. Today, he’s reading “The Cost of an Extra Foot,” which explains why engineers love overdesign and what that means for cities’ finances.
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Secret projects. Preventable pedestrian deaths. False promises of safety and support. This is what we — as a movement, as a nation, as a people — are up against. It’s time for a change.
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Being an advocate for safer, more resilient cities means going up against big obstacles and decades of momentum. It can seem overwhelming, but change is already happening across North America. Here’s how local heroes are making their cities stronger.
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This Texas-sized gas station might be emblematic of the auto-oriented infrastructure plaguing states like Texas and so many others—but even here, there is hope to be found, thanks to Strong Towns members.
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For urban planner Samantha Carr in Toronto, ON, the first step for inspiring change in her community was to inspire a new way of thinking—and that’s why she’s started the Urban Thinkers Book Club.
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On this special Member Week episode of The Bottom-Up Revolution, we talk with Alisha Loch, a Strong Towns member who’s deeply committed to her community in Norwood, OH.
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If you look around at your city and think, “this is nuts,” know that you’re right: the way our cities have developed over the past 80 years doesn’t work.
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When Chattanooga, TN, resident Jon Jon Wesolowski noticed a broken guardrail on an overpass, he thought, “the city should’ve put something up for pedestrians.” But then he realized: he could do something about it, himself.
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Chuck Marohn reflects how, despite being sick, his spirits were bolstered this Member Week by the efforts of advocates he’s observed doing amazing work in their cities and towns.
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You’re surrounded by other Strong Towns advocates. You just haven’t met each other yet.
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Strong Towns is a movement for everyone who is impatient for change, and who understands that the way we accelerate it is by empowering thousands of everyday people to make small bets.
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The stated goal of Strong Towns, to completely change the development pattern of North America, is intentionally ambitious—but we’ve assembled a toolbox for advocates and elected officials to do this ambitious work.
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In a time of increasing political and social turbulence, Strong Towns advocates and members are a reminder that local is where the real power to enact change lies.
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Everywhere across North America, people are forced to calculate the risk of injury (or worse) just to get across the street. We often call it “jaywalking.” What we should really call it is “an everyday reality” for many.
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Different people are sensitive to different things around them, and this Member Week, we’re asking you to challenge yourself to become a little more sensitive to the things that are happening in your community.
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