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We're coming at you after a great week—we hope it was for you, too.
To our new , Joseph Crugnale, Chris Duni, Jonathon Weber, Carol Walker
Aten, Laura Boehm,
Patricia Greco, James Tucker, Tom Horsman, Jacob Mason, Kevin Knutson,
Suzanne
Steffen, Sarina Sawyer, Craig Slawson, Reghardt Pretorious, Sam Peck, Alan
O'Hashi, and Erin Maze, we want to begin by saying "hello!" and "welcome!"
Your support allows us to
produce and host the stories we're sending your way today, and so much
more.
In case you missed them, here are some of our favorite pieces from the
week.
Have a few minutes to listen? Check out this episode of our podcast, It's
the Little Things. Host Jacob Moses learns how Strong Towns member Shawn
Reilly brought his community together to
envision, and temporarily implement, the ideal design of a high-traffic
corridor
in his neighborhood.
Highway lobbying groups are angling to fund and push through massive road
infrastructure projects using COVID-19 relief money—when it's clear we
can't
afford to maintain what we already have. Tony Dutzik of has some more
responsible ideas that might actually make our places stronger.
Daniel Herriges explores some of the reasons why people are flocking to
local businesses to
meet their needs during this economic slow-down. How are people finding
mom-n-pop shops they've never heard of before? Check out social media
screenshots that illustrate the enthusiasm.
Since the COVID-19 outbreak started, many of us are homebound or social
distancing at the office. To meet people where they are, we're offering a
series
of free webinars to give you the tools you need to rebuild your place when
the
pandemic has run its course.
Our next installment will air live on Tuesday, April 28 at 3pm Central
Time. features founder Chuck Marohn and Quint Studer, author of , as they
discuss how to make our places stronger than ever following an
unprecedented economic slowdown.
Thanks for checking in with us! See you soon!
—Lauren at Strong Towns
Strong Towns
www.strongtowns.org
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