# strong towns (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover strong towns. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Language of Drought and Duty](https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2026/06/the-language-of-drought-and-duty/) _2026-06-01 · Colin Gillette · The Feed Store Archives - Front Porch Republic_ Sometimes, God does not simply give or withhold. Sometimes He rearranges who belongs where. ## [The Hardware Store](https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2026/05/the-hardware-store/) _2026-05-20 · Lenny Wells · The Feed Store Archives - Front Porch Republic_ The hardware store’s customers aren’t just customers. They aren’t just numbers on a spreadsheet. They are its neighbors. ## [The Prospect of a Meat-Free Future](https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2026/05/the-prospect-of-a-meat-free-future/) _2026-05-15 · Garth Brown · The Feed Store Archives - Front Porch Republic_ There are problems that we do not have the luxury of waiting for lab-grown burgers to solve. ## [Gardening and the Moral Life](https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2026/04/gardening-and-the-moral-life/) _2026-04-03 · Reid Makowsky · The Feed Store Archives - Front Porch Republic_ For humility, there is nothing like gardening. ## [What I had Wanted to Say to the Citizens of Dorset, VT](https://smgthehouser.substack.com/p/what-i-had-wanted-to-say-to-the-citizens) _2026-03-31 · Scott M. Graves · Are We Here Yet?_ NIMBYs stopped the project. I would have told them this... ## [A Small Town in Vermont says “No” to Workforce Housing](https://smgthehouser.substack.com/p/a-small-town-in-vermont-says-no-to) _2026-03-27 · Scott M. Graves · Are We Here Yet?_ Should non-voting property owners be able to dictate who gets to live in Vermont? ## [A Southern Vermont Strategy](https://smgthehouser.substack.com/p/a-southern-vermont-strategy) _2026-03-24 · Scott M. Graves · Are We Here Yet?_ What's the priority? Housing? Economic Development? The answer is YES! ## [Living in Ælfric’s Orchard](https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2026/03/living-in-aelfrics-orchard/) _2026-03-20 · Reid Makowsky · The Feed Store Archives - Front Porch Republic_ We should remind ourselves of our eternal home by making an image of it, not as an idol but as an icon. ## [On the Edge of Desperation](https://smgthehouser.substack.com/p/on-the-edge-of-desperation) _2026-02-06 · Scott M. Graves · Are We Here Yet?_ Make We Wanna Holler ## [A Sign Does Not a Century Farm Make](https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2026/02/a-sign-does-not-a-century-farm-make/) _2026-02-06 · Neil Peterson · The Feed Store Archives - Front Porch Republic_ You can’t have a farm divorced from community, and you can’t have community without people. A farm isn’t a farm without a farmer. ## [From any door to your door (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hpNs2B1BeAEa) _2026-02-06 · **Sponsored**_ Book rides, errands, deliveries, groceries and home help in one app ## [What Makes a Good Corporate Neighbor?](https://smgthehouser.substack.com/p/what-makes-a-good-corporate-neighbor) _2026-02-03 · Scott M. Graves · Are We Here Yet?_ We talk with New England Beacon's Chris Brady ## [Why Is a National Housing Initiative Possible?](https://smgthehouser.substack.com/p/why-is-a-national-housing-initiative) _2026-01-31 · Scott M. Graves · Are We Here Yet?_ Why I Think Anything is Possible In These Dark Times ## [Why Can’t I Use What I Have?](https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2026/01/why-cant-i-use-what-i-have/) _2026-01-30 · Holly Stockley · The Feed Store Archives - Front Porch Republic_ Lamentations 5:4 bewails, “We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.” In exile, Israel mourned the loss of free access to the land’s gifts. ## [Podcast: What's in a Civic Brand?](https://smgthehouser.substack.com/p/podcast-whats-in-a-civic-brand) _2026-01-20 · Scott M. Graves · Are We Here Yet?_ With Author & founder Ryan Short ## [What's Behind the Massachusetts 'Freedom to Move' Act](https://smgthehouser.substack.com/p/whats-behind-the-massachusetts-freedom) _2026-01-20 · Scott M. Graves · Are We Here Yet?_ Widening the Conversation can Drive a Better Outcome ## [What Should Cities do with Abandoned Properties?](https://smgthehouser.substack.com/p/what-should-cities-do-with-abandoned) _2026-01-02 · Scott M. Graves · Are We Here Yet?_ The question should be 'What could they do with more tax revenue?' ## [It's Armageddon, so let's go out Swinging!](https://smgthehouser.substack.com/p/its-armageddon-so-lets-go-out-swinging) _2025-12-31 · Scott M. Graves · Are We Here Yet?_ Did the Big Bands end when the Big Band Era was over? ## [From the Editor—Local Culture 7.2: Work and Leisure](https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/12/from-the-editor-local-culture-7-2-work-and-leisure/) _2025-12-12 · Jason Peters · The Feed Store Archives - Front Porch Republic_ Wading in a river and lumberjacking in the woods are at once work and play, play and work, and in this they resemble anything we might do for instrumental ends and yet, at the same time, take a great deal of pleasure in. ## [Love and Loathing in Lawn Tractor Land](https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/08/love-and-loathing-in-lawn-tractor-land/) _2025-08-28 · Zachary Michael Jack · The Feed Store Archives - Front Porch Republic_ In the ultimate form of mimesis, the well-seasoned mower who comes to know every inch of the property he maintains, also comes, in the end, to know the contours and corners of his own mind, given sufficient time. ## [Browse ThreatCrush Modules (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/70p2pcRHdtLi) _2025-08-28 · **Sponsored**_ Install community-built security modules to extend real-time threat intelligence and monitoring ## [What We Lose When We Lost the Plot](https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/07/what-we-lose-when-we-lost-the-plot/) _2025-07-10 · Holly Stockley · The Feed Store Archives - Front Porch Republic_ He who has a piece of ground to call his own is not truly bereft, no matter what else is lost.