It’s time again for our annual Strongest Town Contest. For the fifth consecutive year, our members, readers, and listeners are invited to enter their town or city in this bracket-based competition designed to spotlight communities from around the world that are building enduring financial resilience at the local level and actively embodying the Strong Towns approach to economic growth and development.

Initial contest submissions are judged by a panel of Strong Towns staff and board members. The top 16 contenders will be selected, and through four rounds of competition kicking off on Monday, March 9th, you—our readers and listeners—get to vote on match-ups between these towns based on written submissions, photos, podcast interviews, and more!

The winner will be announced on April 3, and representatives from the winning community will be invited to accept the award at the first-ever National Strong Towns Conference and Celebration (Date TBD).

Four of the eight first-round matchups are being published on Monday, March 9. The other four will appear on Tuesday, March 10, so be sure to check back and vote on those!

2019’s winner was Pensacola, Florida. Who will be this year’s Strongest Town?