Strong Towns Norman

02/25/2025

Let’s go Tulsa!!

Tulsa, Oklahoma, is joining a growing list of cities that have integrated preapproved plans into their housing toolkits. This approach makes it easier for small-scale developers to complete projects quickly and cheaply.

02/21/2025

Building housing will bring down rents and prices, every time. Legalize it!

02/20/2025

Pictured: a duplex that should be legal to build in every neighborhood.

02/19/2025

People will often oppose all density on the basis that we want to “maintain the small town feel.”

However, low density means destinations are far apart, which means everyone drives, and main streets look more like the first photo. The second photo is a result achieved only by allowing higher density.

Which of these photos gives off more of a small-town feel?

02/18/2025

A city evolves and matures.

02/15/2025

Pictured: a duplex in core Norman which is under historical preservation. It is also illegal to build ever again in most areas due to zoning.

Make it make sense!

02/13/2025

Norman needs a revival of the “missing middle”. The housing types in between a single family home and apartment buildings.

When most people think of “density” it evokes fears of massive 5 over 1 apartments being built right next to single family neighborhoods. It doesn’t have to be that way! We can put infill development within existing neighborhoods by looking at examples from all over of density done right.

12/14/2024

07/19/2024

06/25/2024

With a surging housing demand and a limited amount of available land to build on, what type of housing do you think we should build?

The typical suburban neighborhood is 5-7 units per acre. These graphics below by Flintlock Lab give excellent visuals of how efficiently and elegantly our land can really be used when done right!

05/01/2024

Can you imagine our children having this much freedom here in the U.S.?

It’s possible, we just have to work together to make it happen.