What lessons can the pandemic teach us about communities that endure?
Fiscally-informed planning, design, and community engagement to cultivate strong neighborhoods.
All in Planning
How to get FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation money for planning
We asked Laura Clemons about the key things cities need to know about FEMA’s new Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program.
Autocentricity: a better villain
We could eliminate all exclusive single-family zoning everywhere and still have autocentric, segregated, oppressive cities, argues Felix Landry.
The tax burden footprint of tax-exempt properties
We should be making sure that our development pattern pencils out. That means we should also be thinking critically about the land footprint of non-revenue-producing properties like schools and places of worship.
How did we get used to out-of-scale cities?
We put up with design flaws all over our cities that we’d never tolerate in our homes. What gives?
Nine lessons for putting Strong Towns principles into practice
“So, what is needed to help communities put Strong Towns principles into practice in a meaningful and lasting way? Or, in broader terms, to cultivate civic vitality in our cities?”
Natural systems are infrastructure, too
There’s something missing in the way we talk about (and spend on) infrastructure—and it’s been below us all this time.