Strong Towns Academy Courses

Core Academy Courses

Mobilizing Your Community to Become a Strong Town

Change your community for good.

Charles Marohn

$75

Strong Towns 101

4.25 AICP credits

Charles Marohn

FREE

Creating Housing Opportunities in a Strong Town

10.5 AICP Credits

Daniel Herriges

$395

Aligning Transportation with a Strong Towns Approach

9 AICP Credits

Charles Marohn

$395

Urban Design Principles for a Strong Town

4.5 AICP Credits

Charles Marohn

$225

Not Just Bikes + Strong Towns

2.5 AICP Credits

Strong Towns

FREE

2022 Local-Motive Sessions

The Strong Towns Local-Motive Tour 2022: Round Trip Ticket

Courses: 10

$125

4 Quick Zoning Code Reforms for a Strong Town

Featuring Hazel Borys (Placemakers)

Strong Towns

$25

10 Strong Towns Questions to Ask a Candidate for Local Office

Featuring Mason Thompson (Mayor of Bothell, WA)

Strong Towns

$25

Infrastructure Avalanche: How to Make the Best Use of Federal and State Funding

Featuring Beth Osborne (Transportation for America)

Strong Towns

$25

Let’s Fix a Dangerous Street in 24 Hours or Less

Featuring Krista Nightengale (Better Block)

Strong Towns

$25

How to Make Progress When Political Divisions Dominate

Featuring Michele Martinez (California Transportation Commissioner)

Strong Towns

$25

Learn the 4-Step Process for Public Investment

Featuring Tiffany Owens (Founder, Cities Decoded)

Strong Towns

$25

How to Run for Office as a Strong Towns Advocate

Featuring Cate Ryba (former city councilor, Spartanburg, SC) and John Reuter (former city councilor, Sandpoint, ID)

Strong Towns

$25

Identifying Obstacles to Development and Making Way for Small-Scale Change

Featuring Brian Falk (Project for Lean Urbanism)

Strong Towns

$25

2021 Local-Motive Sessions

The Strong Towns Local-Motive Tour 2021: Roundtrip Ticket

Buy your ticket for all eight main sessions, plus two bonus sessions!

10 Course Bundle

$125

How to Clear the Path for Small-Scale Developers in Your Town

How do you attract small-scale developers who will build wealth instead of siphoning it away?

Strong Towns

$25

Establishing a Street Design Team

The design of safe, productive streets should be in the hands of these people and we’ll show you how.

Strong Towns

$25

You're Not Alone: How to Find Kindred Spirits and Jumpstart the Strong Towns Conversation Where You Live

Learn to connect with people like you are getting together with their neighbors and stepping up to challenge the status quo and work for something better.

Strong Towns

$25

3 Strategies for Growing Entrepreneurs in Your City

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.

Strong Towns

$25

4 Steps Towards a More Resilient Local Food System

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.

Strong Towns

$25

5 Simple Ways to Build a Stronger Neighborhood

In this session, we’re going to talk about 5 ideas for building a stronger neighborhood, one step at a time.

Strong Towns

$25

Community Engagement that Works

Lets explore a type of community engagement processes that actually listen to residents—without demanding they show up to yet another meeting.

Strong Towns

$25

Picking Your Next Bike Lane Battle

Join Chuck Marohn and Ashwat Narayanan, the Executive Director of Our Streets Minneapolis as we discuss where best to focus your bike lane efforts.

Strong Towns

$25

How to Talk to a NIMBY

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.

Strong Towns

$25

Go or No-Go? Doing the Math on New Projects

This presentation will show you how to look at a project and decide, “Go or no go?”

Strong Towns

$25

Core Academy Courses

Mobilizing Your Community to Become a Strong Town

Change your community for good.

Strong Towns 101

4.25 AICP credits

Creating Housing Opportunities in a Strong Town

10.5 AICP Credits

Aligning Transportation with a Strong Towns Approach

9 AICP Credits

Urban Design Principles for a Strong Town

4.5 AICP Credits

Not Just Bikes + Strong Towns

2.5 AICP Credits

2022 Local-Motive Sessions

The Strong Towns Local-Motive Tour 2022: Round Trip Ticket

4 Quick Zoning Code Reforms for a Strong Town

Featuring Hazel Borys (Placemakers)

10 Strong Towns Questions to Ask a Candidate for Local Office

Featuring Mason Thompson (Mayor of Bothell, WA)

Infrastructure Avalanche: How to Make the Best Use of Federal and State Funding

Featuring Beth Osborne (Transportation for America)

Let’s Fix a Dangerous Street in 24 Hours or Less

Featuring Krista Nightengale (Better Block)

How to Make Progress When Political Divisions Dominate

Featuring Michele Martinez (California Transportation Commissioner)

Learn the 4-Step Process for Public Investment

Featuring Tiffany Owens (Founder, Cities Decoded)

How to Run for Office as a Strong Towns Advocate

Featuring Cate Ryba (former city councilor, Spartanburg, SC) and John Reuter (former city councilor, Sandpoint, ID)

Identifying Obstacles to Development and Making Way for Small-Scale Change

Featuring Brian Falk (Project for Lean Urbanism)

2021 Local-Motive Sessions

The Strong Towns Local-Motive Tour 2021: Roundtrip Ticket

Buy your ticket for all eight main sessions, plus two bonus sessions!

How to Clear the Path for Small-Scale Developers in Your Town

How do you attract small-scale developers who will build wealth instead of siphoning it away?

Establishing a Street Design Team

The design of safe, productive streets should be in the hands of these people and we’ll show you how.

You're Not Alone: How to Find Kindred Spirits and Jumpstart the Strong Towns Conversation Where You Live

Learn to connect with people like you are getting together with their neighbors and stepping up to challenge the status quo and work for something better.

3 Strategies for Growing Entrepreneurs in Your City

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.

4 Steps Towards a More Resilient Local Food System

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.

5 Simple Ways to Build a Stronger Neighborhood

In this session, we’re going to talk about 5 ideas for building a stronger neighborhood, one step at a time.

Community Engagement that Works

Lets explore a type of community engagement processes that actually listen to residents—without demanding they show up to yet another meeting.

Picking Your Next Bike Lane Battle

Join Chuck Marohn and Ashwat Narayanan, the Executive Director of Our Streets Minneapolis as we discuss where best to focus your bike lane efforts.

How to Talk to a NIMBY

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.

Go or No-Go? Doing the Math on New Projects

This presentation will show you how to look at a project and decide, “Go or no go?”

Community Action Lab