Hello, John.

 

 

 

Whether you're staying home, working from home, or bravely heading to work this week, we hope your household is well this afternoon.

 

Every behavior, every action, is up for evaluation these days.  Is going to work the right thing to do? "Should I go grocery shopping" isn't just a question of cash in hand or time available. Whether to touch the shopping cart is more than a passing question. What stands between us and the safest choices? And these decisions affect more than just ourselves; they affect our loved ones and neighbors—anyone who we are close to, and even people who we aren't.

 

What an amazing opportunity. When else have we been required to evaluate our most basic assumptions and patterns? When can we so intentionally evaluate the systems and structures around us, if not when they are under strain?

 

Contributor Tristan Cleveland wrote about these systems and how to build them to withstand such strain on Thursday, outlining the many ways we can make sure that our cities are antifragile. Making plans based on the lessons we are learning will give us confidence and certainty in otherwise uncertain times.

 

You can check in with Strong Towns for regular commentary and insight into what can happen now to make sure our communities continue to function, and what happens next, when we can gather in numbers again, to rebuild our places even stronger.

 

 

 As we reach out to our friends and neighbors, check in on those who need help, and stay connected via the amazing internet tools we have (like the Strong Towns Community Site), we'll find comfort with each other.

 

Best wishes,

 

– Lauren at Strong Towns