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Wow! What a fantastic week. I want to welcome our newest members and thank
them for : Ulysses Torassa, Tee Iseminger, Matthew Latch, Louisa Brinsmade,
John Olson,
Hartley Grims, Brooke Keljnot and Brenda Juarez.
Thank you for helping us share this message with others, helping us spread
prosperity by building more strong towns!
Huge response to our announcement on the Strongest Town Conference and
Celebration in Pensacola . If you're thinking of going, you might want to
act fast. .
And if you're pondering entering the Strongest Town competition this year,
the deadline is this Sunday. We're excited to roll out the 2020
brackets. .
Here's our top posts from the week.
by Charles Marohn | February 17, 2020
The Strong Towns approach to public investment is part of an overall
strategy of
shifting our local energy from chasing the next project to building real
wealth.
by Daniel Herriges | February 17, 2020
Compact development isn’t just for big cities. Some of the best walkable
urbanism in the world is in the smallest towns. And embracing this is the
key to
enjoying the best of both worlds: urban and rural.
by Strong Towns | February 19, 2020
A town in South Carolina just banned all new growth. The Upzoned podcast
returns
with a look at the challenges facing exurbs that can’t afford the growth
they
worked so hard to achieve.
by Nolan Gray | February 18, 2020
With horizontal growth hemmed in by an urban growth boundary and infill
growth
capped by inherited land-use regulations, Lexington seems headed toward a
housing affordability crisis. It’s not too late to change course, but time
is
running out.
by Strong Towns | February 17, 2020
What do walkable neighborhoods and church attendance have to do with the
surprising ascendance of Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election?
More
than you might think...and maybe different than you might think, too.
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Have a great weekend. We'll see you back here on Monday. Keep doing what
you can
to make your place stronger.
-Chuck
Strong Towns
www.strongtowns.org
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