10 Strong Towns Questions to Ask a Candidate for Local Office
Featuring Mason Thompson (Mayor of Bothell, WA)
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3 Quick Steps to Building a Third Place Through Tactical Urbanism
Featuring Jonathan Zoccoli, Azael Alvarez, and Carlee Alm-LaBar
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3 Strategies for Growing Entrepreneurs in Your City
A Strong Town needs strong local economies. And that starts with entrepreneurs. Here are the 3 key things a town can do to help entrepreneurs thrive.
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4 Freeway-Fighting Tactics
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4 Quick Zoning Code Reforms for a Strong Town
Featuring Hazel Borys (Placemakers)
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4 Steps Towards a More Resilient Local Food System
Resilient local food systems are a backbone of strong towns. The good news is that there are so many ways you can start to build a resilient food system today.
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5 Simple Ways to Build a Stronger Neighborhood
In this session, we’re going to talk about 5 ideas for building a stronger neighborhood, one step at a time.
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5 Steps to Forming a Successful Neighborhood Group
with Cary Westerbeck and John Pattison
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A Non-Boring Crash Course in Municipal Budgets
with Josh McCarty and Charles Marohn
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Aligning Transportation with a Strong Towns Approach
9 AICP Credits
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- By Charles Marohn
An Introduction to Incremental Development
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Balancing the Tactical and the Practical to Build a Strong Town
Pre-Recorded Session from the 2024 National Gathering
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Building a Thriving Local Conversation and Advocating for Main Street in Baton Rouge, LA
Join on March 20, 2025
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Chisholm Community Action Lab
2023 Community Action Lab
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- By Edward Erfurt
Community Engagement that Works
Lets explore a type of community engagement processes that actually listen to residents—without demanding they show up to yet another meeting.
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Creating Housing Opportunities in a Strong Town
10.5 AICP Credits
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- By Daniel Herriges
Creating Neighborhoods for People of All Ages
Featuring Jaclyn Cheves and Chris Allen
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Creating a Small-Scale Development Movement in Buffalo, NY
Join on April 17, 2025
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Establishing a Street Design Team
The design of safe, productive streets should be in the hands of these people and we’ll show you how.
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Fighting a Highway in New Orleans, LA
Join on April 10, 2025
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From Crash to Community Empowerment: How Addressing a Car Crash Helped Save and Change Lives
Featuring Yamini Karandikar and Edward Erfurt
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Getting Kids to School More Safely and Actively
Featuring Uytae Lee and Norm Van Eeden Petersman
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Go or No-Go? Doing the Math on New Projects
This presentation will show you how to look at a project and decide, “Go or no go?”
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Housing Campaign Working Group
A Working Group to develop a strategy and advise the Strong Towns Board, President, and Leadership Team on next steps following the high level policy recommendations shared in the Housing Trap Book. The Working Group is to meet regularly (every two to three weeks), hear from experts, collect information, and deliberate with each other. Meetings should be virtual although we have the capacity to have an in-person meeting when we reach a point where that is valuable.
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- By Edward Erfurt
How Faith Communities Can Use Their Location and Space to Transform Neighborhoods
Featuring Sara Joy Proppe and John Pattison
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How To Give Great Public Comments and Build Safe Streets in Santa Barbara, CA
Join on April 3, 2025
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How to Clear the Path for Small-Scale Developers in Your Town
How do you attract small-scale developers who will build wealth instead of siphoning it away?
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How to Define, Refine and Distribute Your Story
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How to Host a Neighborhood Walk
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How to Make Progress When Political Divisions Dominate
Featuring Michele Martinez (California Transportation Commissioner)
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How to Run for Office as a Strong Towns Advocate
Featuring Cate Ryba (former city councilor, Spartanburg, SC) and John Reuter (former city councilor, Sandpoint, ID)
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How to Talk to a NIMBY
We all know at least one NIMBY and it might be easiest to ignore them. But if we are going to build a Strong Town, we need to reach common ground.
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Identifying Obstacles to Development and Making Way for Small-Scale Change
Featuring Brian Falk (Project for Lean Urbanism)
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Incremental Development and Local Conversation Leadership in Bloomington, IL
Join on March 27, 2025
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Infrastructure Avalanche: How to Make the Best Use of Federal and State Funding
Featuring Beth Osborne (Transportation for America)
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Investing in Housing Development that Strengthens Neighborhoods Without Pushing People Out
Featuring Tiffany Elder and Daniel Herriges
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Is This Development Worthwhile? Let’s Do the Math.
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Lake County Community Action Lab
2023 Community Action Lab
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- By Edward Erfurt
Learn the 4-Step Process for Public Investment
Featuring Tiffany Owens (Founder, Cities Decoded)
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Let’s Fix a Dangerous Street in 24 Hours or Less
Featuring Krista Nightengale (Better Block)
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Local Conversation Leaders Course
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- By John Pattison
Local Conversation Leaders Training Course Bundle
Access everything you need to start and grow a Local Conversation group: the Startup Course, Stage 1–3 Trainings, and the Leadership Exchange Hub. These resources, made possible by Strong Towns members, empower leaders worldwide to create stronger communities. Join today and lead change locally!
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Local Conversation Leadership Hub
The Leadership Hub is a password-protected space in the Strong Towns Academy for Local Conversation leaders. It includes: 📺 Monthly Leadership Exchange recordings (3rd Tuesday of each month) 🎤 Additional recorded sessions for leadership training 📢 Curated Local-Motive sessions for Local Conversations 🔔 Updates shared in Discord & via email A secure go-to resource for stronger leadership & advocacy!
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Medicine Hat Community Action Lab
2023 Community Action Lab
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- By Edward Erfurt
Mobilizing Your Community to Become a Strong Town
Change your community for good.
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- By Charles Marohn
National Gathering 2024 Recordings
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New Member Orientation
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Norman Community Action Lab
2023 Community Action Lab
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- By Edward Erfurt
Not Just Bikes + Strong Towns
2.5 AICP Credits
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Parsing Through Your Local Budget to Find Some Real Answers
Featuring Michel Durand-Wood and Charles Marohn
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Picking Your Next Bike Lane Battle
Join Chuck Marohn and Ashwat Narayanan, the Executive Director of Our Streets Minneapolis as we discuss where best to focus your bike lane efforts.
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Real Estate Development: Behind the Numbers
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- By Ben Stevens
Regional Organizing and Letter Writing Campaigns in Grand Rapids, MI
Join on April 24, 2025
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Saying Yes to All Types of Housing in Your Community
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