The Bottom-Up Revolution
By Strong Towns
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The Bottom-Up Revolution features the stories of the Strong Towns movement in action. Hosted by Tiffany Owens Reed and Norm Van Eeden Petersman, it's all about how regular people have stepped up to make their communities more economically resilient, and how others can implement these ideas in their own places. We’ll talk about taking concrete action steps, connecting with fellow advocates to build power, and surviving the bumps along the way—all in the pursuit of creating stronger towns. Each episode features a Strong Towns advocate who is making positive change in their community.
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How a One-Stop Website Could Help Beat the Housing Crisis
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Small Wins, Big Transformations: Introducing Mary Kate Norton
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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How To Get Local Businesses On Board With Street Safety
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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How a Georgia City Made Missing Middle Housing Legal
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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How Bike Buses and Walkable Streets Help Kids Thrive
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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The Money Angle: How To Win Over Skeptics
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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How To Activate Volunteers and Build Trust at the Neighborhood Level
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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How To Turn Public Data Into Stories That Drive Change
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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How To Design Urban Places That People Love
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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What 50 Interviews Taught Me About Community Action
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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How to Talk About Street Safety So People Actually Listen
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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How to Turn Small Community Actions Into a Big Impact
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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How To Convince Your City To Embrace Tactical Urbanism
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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How To Reclaim Dignity and Safety for Nondrivers
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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How To Run for Office at 24 — and Win Support
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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How To Make Starting a Small Business Easy and Cheap
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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How One Bus Driver Is Inspiring Safer Streets
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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How To Fight a Highway Project — and Actually Win
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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How To Bring More Affordable Housing Options to Colorado
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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How Permaculture Design Principles Can Make Cities More Resilient
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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How Strategic Boldness Transformed Santa Fe’s Transportation Plan
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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How To Run for City Council as a Self-Taught Advocate
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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How To Live & Grow Wisely in the Utah Desert
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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How To Bring Community Projects to Life Quickly and Effectively
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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How 296 Strong Towns Advocacy Groups Are Changing the World
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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How To Build Community Wealth From the Bottom Up
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Building Safe Streets for All in Brighton, New York
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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The Lost Art of Crafting Great Urban Places
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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How a Walk Audit Can Build Community and Momentum
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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How Will Gardner Is Helping Build a Stronger South Coast
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Adding Third Places To Unlock a Small Town’s Potential
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Fighting for Safe Streets in America’s Most Dangerous City
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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The Young Voice Shaping Salt Lake City's Future
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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How Taking a Walk Can Make Your City Stronger
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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This Is Local Leadership Without the Ego
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Beating the Loneliness Epidemic, One Step at a Time
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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How To Use Property Taxes to Clean Up Your Community
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Will This Transportation System Be More Popular Than Cars?
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Courtyard Urbanism: The Best of Both City and Suburb
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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This City Councilor Is Making Cambridge Safer and More Affordable
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: One Soldier’s Stand for Safer Streets
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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How Community Gardens Can Make Cities Stronger
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: Giving People Better Transportation Options
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Brandi Thompson: Driving Change Through Civic Empowerment
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Alyssa Lee & Kay Crumb: How To Build a Thriving Advocacy Group
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Craig Cassar: How To Take a Holistic Approach to City Building
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Remove Barriers to Good Housing Development
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Eric Higbee: How to Master the Art of Community Engagement
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Encourage Smart, Financially Strong Development
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Dr. Patricia Tice: Why Social Interaction Should Influence City Planning
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Mr. Barricade: How to Quick Build a Connected City
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Humbly Observe Where People Struggle
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Noah Roth: How Animation Can Build Strong Cities
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May 29, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How State Governments Can Foster Strong Towns
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May 27, 2025 |
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Rachel Leonardo: How Social Media Builds Collaboration and Great Places
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May 22, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Build a Network of Advocates
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May 21, 2025 |
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Justine Underhill: Using Media To Build a Better City
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May 15, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Make a More Walkable City
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May 13, 2025 |
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Rosaline Hill: Proving the Power of Infill Housing Development
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May 08, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Build a Stronger Richmond Hill
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May 06, 2025 |
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Diane Alisa: How To Restore the American Village
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May 02, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How Normal People Can Make a Big Difference
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Elizabeth Turman-Bryant: The Bottom Up Path to Local Leadership
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Build Bikeable Streets
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Doing the Math as a City Council Member
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Will McCollum: How To Design Prosperous Places
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Build a City’s Economic Core
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Sarah Rose: Using Art To Advocate for Street Safety
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How Local Pride Can Strengthen a Town
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Kip Santos: Building Strong Cities in Two Countries
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Legalize Strong Neighborhoods
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Montana Gau: Empowering a Network of Advocates
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How Decorah, Iowa, Is Becoming a Strong Town
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Ryan Andrews: Re-Localizing the Benefits of Housing Development
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Make Your City’s Finances More Accessible
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Dr. Jonathan Gingrich: A Better Way To Teach Transportation Engineering
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How a Personal Loss Can Drive Public Change
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Jesse Russell: Making a Big Impact With Tiny Homes
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How to Build Momentum as a Local Advocate
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Mike Christensen: Bringing the Benefits of Passenger Rail to Utah
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Capture the Rhythm of a City
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Maricela Sanchez: Applying Big City Lessons to a Small Town
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Stanis Moody Roberts: Rallying a Community To Fight Highway Expansion
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Build Credibility and Effectivity as an Advocate
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Emily Hutcheson: Building a Culture of Bicycling
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Incrementally Improve Your City's Zoning Laws
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Ellie Riggs and Ryan Carter: Advocating for Clean Water and Flood Prevention at the State Level
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Remove Parking Mandates in Your Downtown
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Matt Harder: Making City Budgeting More Participatory
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How This 4-Step Approach Can Transform Your Community
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How Local Papers Can Help Combat Social Isolation
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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The Bottom-Up Revolution Is…Building a Coalition for Long-Term Change
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How a Rodeo Arena Can Strengthen a Rural Community
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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The Bottom-Up Revolution Is Offering People More Transportation Options
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Save Main Street
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: Helping People Become Incremental Developers
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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The Bottom-Up Revolution Is…Improving Downtown Success by Building Experiences
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: Starting a Bus Bench Building Program
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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The Bottom-Up Revolution Is…Reclaiming Forgotten Spaces for the Community
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Bottom-Up Shorts: How $6 Can Make a Community More Bikeable
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Nov 19, 2024 |