Featuring Mason Thompson (Mayor of Bothell, WA)
Featuring Jonathan Zoccoli, Azael Alvarez, and Carlee Alm-LaBar
A Strong Town needs strong local economies. And that starts with entrepreneurs. Here are the 3 key things a town can do to help entrepreneurs thrive.
Featuring Hazel Borys (Placemakers)
Resilient local food systems are a backbone of strong towns. The good news is that there are so many ways you can start to build a resilient food system today.
In this session, we’re going to talk about 5 ideas for building a stronger neighborhood, one step at a time.
with Cary Westerbeck and John Pattison
with Josh McCarty and Charles Marohn
9 AICP Credits
Pre-Recorded Session from the 2024 National Gathering
Join on March 20, 2025
2023 Community Action Lab
Lets explore a type of community engagement processes that actually listen to residents—without demanding they show up to yet another meeting.
10.5 AICP Credits
Featuring Jaclyn Cheves and Chris Allen
Join on April 17, 2025
The design of safe, productive streets should be in the hands of these people and we’ll show you how.
Join on April 10, 2025
Featuring Yamini Karandikar and Edward Erfurt
Featuring Uytae Lee and Norm Van Eeden Petersman
This presentation will show you how to look at a project and decide, “Go or no go?”
A Working Group to develop a strategy and advise the Strong Towns Board, President, and Leadership Team on next steps following the high level policy recommendations shared in the Housing Trap Book. The Working Group is to meet regularly (every two to three weeks), hear from experts, collect information, and deliberate with each other. Meetings should be virtual although we have the capacity to have an in-person meeting when we reach a point where that is valuable.
Featuring Sara Joy Proppe and John Pattison
Join on April 3, 2025
How do you attract small-scale developers who will build wealth instead of siphoning it away?
Featuring Michele Martinez (California Transportation Commissioner)
Featuring Cate Ryba (former city councilor, Spartanburg, SC) and John Reuter (former city councilor, Sandpoint, ID)
We all know at least one NIMBY and it might be easiest to ignore them. But if we are going to build a Strong Town, we need to reach common ground.
Featuring Brian Falk (Project for Lean Urbanism)
Join on March 27, 2025
Featuring Beth Osborne (Transportation for America)
Featuring Tiffany Elder and Daniel Herriges
2023 Community Action Lab
Featuring Tiffany Owens (Founder, Cities Decoded)
Featuring Krista Nightengale (Better Block)
Access everything you need to start and grow a Local Conversation group: the Startup Course, Stage 1–3 Trainings, and the Leadership Exchange Hub. These resources, made possible by Strong Towns members, empower leaders worldwide to create stronger communities. Join today and lead change locally!
The Leadership Hub is a password-protected space in the Strong Towns Academy for Local Conversation leaders. It includes: 📺 Monthly Leadership Exchange recordings (3rd Tuesday of each month) 🎤 Additional recorded sessions for leadership training 📢 Curated Local-Motive sessions for Local Conversations 🔔 Updates shared in Discord & via email A secure go-to resource for stronger leadership & advocacy!
2023 Community Action Lab
Change your community for good.
2023 Community Action Lab
2.5 AICP Credits
Featuring Michel Durand-Wood and Charles Marohn
Join Chuck Marohn and Ashwat Narayanan, the Executive Director of Our Streets Minneapolis as we discuss where best to focus your bike lane efforts.
Join on April 24, 2025