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Who We Are
Strong Towns Steinbach is a non-partisan, grassroots group dedicated to increasing community awareness of the Strong Towns Approach; advocating cities to be safe, livable and inviting.
The Strong Towns Approach
The Strong Towns approach is a radically new way of thinking about the way we build our world. We believe that in order to truly thrive, our cities and towns must:
- Stop valuing efficiency and start valuing resilience.
- Stop betting our futures on huge, irreversible projects, and start taking small, incremental steps and iterating based on what we learn.
- Stop fearing change and start embracing a process of continuous adaptation.
- Stop building our world based on abstract theories, and start building it based on how our places actually work and what our neighbours actually need today.
- Stop obsessing about future growth and start obsessing about our current finances.
But most importantly, we believe that Strong Citizens from all walks of life can and must participate in a Strong Towns approach — from citizens to leaders, professionals to neighbours, and everyone in between. And that means we need you.
What is Strong Towns?
Strong Towns is a nonprofit advocacy organization committed to replace North America’s post-war pattern of development with a new pattern that is financially strong and resilient. Working to elevate local government to be the highest level of collaboration for people working together in a place, not merely the lowest level in a hierarchy of governments.
They believe that the change we seek will occur when there is a critical mass of thought and action, making the Strong Towns Approach self-evident to decision makers and the people they serve.
Recent Blog Posts
Parking Minimums Reconsidered
Initiative Series #2 Currently, the City of Steinbach zoning by-law requires 1.5 car parking stalls …
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