The Strong Towns movement is a bottom-up revolution to change the way America’s cities and towns think about growth and development. And we see the power of our ideas reflected in the actions of committed change-makers all over the continent—many of them working at the neighborhood or small-town level.

One of those change-makers we’ve spotlighted before is Strong Towns member Elias Crim of Valparaiso, Indiana. Crim is the founder of Solidarity Hall, a group blog and publisher focused on re-imagining community. We’ve published his thoughts in the past on revitalizing a struggling neighborhood without relying on outsiders to come in and impose possibly unwanted change, as well as interviewed members of Solidarity Hall on the Strong Towns podcast.