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These are difficult and scary times. As we all shelter in place, we share

your

anxiety over the present conditions. Yet, we’re also inspired by everything

we’ve witnessed this week, all the outpouring of kindness, generosity, and

heroism. Adversity brings out our best, and we’re seeing that clearly.





Our team is focusing on what comes next for our local communities. We want

to

help you use this time wisely, to prepare our local leaders for the

transition

they will face once the immediate crisis has abated.





On Tuesdays over at least the next five weeks, Strong Towns is going to

offer

our most popular presentations as a web broadcast free for everyone.





If you’ve ever wanted to attend a Strong Towns event, or wanted to share

the

message with someone else, this is a perfect opportunity. We will start

with the Strong America Tour presentation this Tuesday, March 24 . You can







On Thursdays, we are going to offer an ongoing Ask Me Anything with myself

and key members of the Strong Towns movement. If you have something

you are struggling with during this time of transition, we want to help you

think it through. Again, this is totally free. You don’t have to be a

sustaining

member of Strong Towns to participate in this event.





In addition, we’re putting more time and energy into the our online network

of people and resources. This community never sleeps, so if

you have a question or item you need to discuss, tap into the wealth of

expertise available at no charge within this amazing network of people.





Our local communities are going to be tasked with the hard work of

rebuilding

our economy. They are going to have to do it with limited resources, yet

overwhelming demand. The Strong Towns approach of getting more out of less

is going to be essential

to success in this effort.





We want you to know that we are working to expand our capacity to mobilize

and

support leaders within our cities, towns, and neighborhoods. Expect more

from us

in the coming days and weeks.







And I want to give extra special thanks to the people who took the extra

step to

become of the movement this week. Barb Brinkman, Liam Culhane, Melvin

Hardy, Bill Phelan, Paula McCormick, Trey

Warren, and Courtney Saylor. You all are incredible. Thank you for all you

do.





Now is the time to be safe, look after yourself and those nearest you, and

support the collective efforts at controlling this outbreak. Let us also

prepare

for the day we emerge back into the sunshine and begin working together to

build

an America full of strong and prosperous places.





















In the mean time, here's some food for thought (maybe even comfort food)

from

the last week.











• One of our favorite from this week was about Cristin Lind's Care Maps,

which can be as simple as a

pencil drawing on printer paper outlining the connections between yourself

and all the people and systems that

support you. these webs weave themselves even stronger as the coronavirus

challenges

communities to support one another without getting too close – you can

share your own stories about the heroes who are filling gaps in care on

our











• In tough times, our community becomes our safety net. you'll find a handy

list of ways that you can contribute to the physical and

emotional well-being of your neighborhood, and beyond, in the coming weeks.







• The disadvantages of proximity are revealed as Covid-19 cases spring up

in

urban centers, but so too are the advantages of a neighborhood you can

depend on. This week my colleague Daniel Herriges the careful dance between

closeness and contagions, and how dense communities

such as Singapore and South Korea have kept their outbreaks in check while

Italy

and the United States have less control. Our friend Quint Studer with some

thoughts on how to build cities that can close down quickly when

necessary without posing a threat to vulnerable communities. We're learning

a lot from current events, and when this emergency passes, we

will need to apply those lessons to make our towns truly resilient.







Peace to you.

-Chuck



Strong Towns



www.strongtowns.org





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