Strong Towns ABQ

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Strong Towns ABQ

We advocate for equitable services, housing, transportation, and safety through inclusive, fiscally responsible means, promoting better communities in Albuquerque with sustainable changes and community collaboration.

05/29/2026

We’re gathering for a Strong Towns ABQ Social Hour on Wednesday the 3rd.

Join us to connect with fellow urbanists, neighbors, and curious newcomers. Share ideas, workshop your public comments, or just take a breather with people who care about Albuquerque’s future.

This social hour is a chance to recharge together, welcome new faces, and keep building momentum.

Whether you’re a longtime member, a policy nerd, a cyclist, a YIMBY, or just curious about what we do, you’re welcome here.

Let’s socialize, organize, and keep dreaming of a stronger ABQ together.

05/26/2026

Strong Towns ABQ is hosting a Newcomer Orientation on Wednesday, May 27th from 6–8 PM at the Homewise Center Conference Room (500 2nd St SW)! 🌆

Whether you’re brand new to Strong Towns, curious about urbanism in Albuquerque, or looking for ways to get more involved locally, this is a great place to start.

We’ll talk about:
🏘️ Housing and land use reform
🚶 Safer streets and better transit
🚲 Bike and pedestrian advocacy
💰 Fiscal sustainability and city budgeting
📣 How we organize campaigns, outreach, and public engagement
🤝 Ways to plug in based on your interests and skills

You’ll also get a chance to meet others who care about building a stronger, safer, and more connected Albuquerque.

🚍 Transit accessible via ART, Route 66, and the Alvarado Transportation Center
🚲 Bike racks available
♿ Wheelchair accessible
🅿️ Street and lot parking available

No expertise required — just curiosity and a desire to help make Albuquerque stronger, together.

05/04/2026

Join us for our May Strong Towns ABQ Monthly Meeting

We will be gathering at Homewise for a conversation on how Albuquerque can grow stronger, more connected, and more resilient

We’re excited to welcome Matthew McQueen who will be joining us virtually to talk about how State Trust Land could be better used in our cities. What if this land could help unlock more housing and support thriving neighborhoods?

As always, this is a space for open conversation, shared learning, and meeting others who care about Albuquerque’s future

New here? Come anyway. This space is built for you

📍 Homewise Center
🗓 May 20
⏰ 6:00 to 7:30 PM

Come curious. Leave connected

04/30/2026

Got an address you’ve been curious about? Bring it.

We’re hosting a hands-on session where you can plug in a real property in Albuquerque and actually see what’s allowed under the IDO—and what it would take to build it. Housing types, parking, setbacks, all of it.

Whether you’re a homeowner, renter, neighbor, or just zoning-curious, this is a chance to demystify the code and understand what’s possible on the ground.

📍 Lasso Brewing
📅 Thursday, May 21st
⏰ 5:30–7:30 PM

First come, first served (~20 min per address)

No jargon, no gatekeeping, just a practical walkthrough of how our city works (and how it could work better).

04/24/2026

ABQ’s transit system is at a turning point.

The City is proposing cuts to ABQ Ride including eliminating 50+ positions like drivers and mechanics.

At the same time, Ride Forward is supposed to bring:
• More frequent buses
• Better connections
• Shorter wait times

These cuts could delay or derail those improvements before they even begin.

This matters even if you don’t ride the bus.
Fewer buses = more cars, more congestion, and fewer options for everyone.

📍 Thursday, May 7 — 5:00 PM
📍 City Hall (Committee of the Whole)

🗣 Give a 1–2 minute public comment
📩 Or email City Council

If you’ve ever said Albuquerque needs better transit—this is the moment to show it.

👉 Not sure what to say? Join our comment workshop May 4.

04/22/2026

We’re gathering for a Strong Towns ABQ Social Hour on Wednesday the 29th.

Join us to connect with fellow urbanists, neighbors, and curious newcomers. Share ideas, workshop your public comments, or just take a breather with people who care about Albuquerque’s future.

We’ll be at council on the 7th of May advocating for ABQ Ride, safer streets, and a more resilient city. This social hour is a chance to recharge together, welcome new faces, and keep building momentum.

Whether you’re a longtime member, a policy nerd, a cyclist, a YIMBY, or just curious about what we do, you’re welcome here.

Let’s socialize, organize, and keep dreaming of a stronger ABQ together.

04/21/2026

Strong Towns ABQ board member, Carlos Michelin, writes about how proposed cuts to risk hurting our city's recovery and sustainability, while also comparing how little service we already provide to Burqueños compared to peer cities. Read his take at the link in our bio or at https://open.substack.com/pub/cmichelenstrofer/p/the-real-cost-of-cutting-transit?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2ldipf

Don't forget to write your councilors and the mayor to prioritize transit!

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04/20/2026

Curious about Strong Towns ABQ? New here? Just looking for a way to get involved in building a stronger Albuquerque?

✨ Join us for our Newcomer Orientation ✨

This is a low-pressure, welcoming space to learn what Strong Towns ABQ is all about; our history, goals, and how we show up for housing, transportation, and fiscally responsible growth in our city.

🗣️ Ask questions
🤝 Meet others
🧭 Find your role! Whether that’s joining a campaign, helping with outreach, or just learning more

📅 Wednesday, April 22nd
⏰ 6:00–8:00 PM
📍 Homewise Center Conference Room
500 2nd St SW, Albuquerque

04/07/2026

As we begin to close the door on our most recent round of IDO advocacy, we’re also opening a new chapter for Strong Towns ABQ.

At this month’s meeting, we’ll be reflecting a bit on where we’ve been, sharing where we’re headed next, and talking about how Strong Towns ABQ is continuing to grow. Over the past year, more and more people have found their way into this work, and we’ve been putting energy into building the structure, campaigns, task forces, and organizing capacity that can help sustain and deepen that momentum.

We’ll talk about our current and upcoming work, ways to get more involved, and what this next season of Strong Towns ABQ can look like. Whether you’ve been around for a while or are just curious to learn more, this is a great meeting to plug in, ask questions, and help shape what comes next.

03/27/2026

Are you an incremental builder — or just incremental-builder curious? 🏡🔨

Strong Towns ABQ is cultivating a space for people interested in actually building more homes in Albuquerque whether that means a casita, duplex, cottage court, lock-off apartment, small rehab, or just learning what it takes to make projects like that possible here.

This won’t be a stuffy expert-only meeting. It’s a chance to connect with neighbors, small-scale builders, homeowners, advocates, and curious people who want to better understand what it takes to build housing in Albuquerque and what’s still getting in the way.

We’ll talk about:
✅ barriers to small-scale development
✅ what recent IDO changes mean
✅ financing ideas for missing middle housing
✅ recommendations from the ABQ Incremental Development Alliance
✅ how we can help make it easier to build homes in our city

Whether you’ve renovated a house, built a backyard casita, dreamed about a fourplex, or just want Albuquerque to make more sense — you’re welcome.

📍 Albuquerque Center for Peace & Justice
202 Harvard Dr SE
🗓 Thursday, April 2
⏰ 6:00–7:30 PM

🚍 Easy to reach by ART / Route 66
♿ Wheelchair accessible
🚲 Bike parking nearby
🅿️ Street parking free after 6 PM

Come hang out, learn something, and help us think bigger (and smaller) about how Albuquerque can grow.

Address

3600 Cutler Ave NE · At Carlisle
Albuquerque, NM
87110

Website

http://www.strongtownsabq.org/

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