Strong Towns Langley has two thriving online communities where members discuss urbanism, local issues, and connect with fellow advocates. Choose the platform that works best for you—or join both!
Choose Your Platform
Our most active community with daily conversations and recognizable community figures. WhatsApp is where the core discussions happen in real-time.
Why Choose WhatsApp?
- Most active daily discussions
- Established community members
- Mobile-first, instant notifications
- Open to all, with a quick bot check
- Quick responses and engagement
Discord
A more open community with organized channels and additional features for data analysis, GitHub discussions, and threaded conversations.
Why Choose Discord?
- Open to all, join instantly
- Organized channel structure
- Technical discussions (Do the Math)
- Threaded conversations
- Desktop-friendly interface
Our Discussion Channels
Most Active Community
Introductions
Introduce yourself! Todd will ask you to say hi before adding you to the group.
General Discussion
Main discussion for Strong Towns principles, urbanism, and community development.
Lounge
Casual chat, blog posts, content updates, and community announcements.
City of Langley
City Council agendas and Langley Urbanist Society meeting summaries, plus city-specific discussion.
Township of Langley
Township Council agendas and Langley Urbanist Society meeting summaries, plus township discussion.
YouTube
Urbanism videos from About Here, Nic Laporte, and other creators.
Do the Math
GitHub projects, data analysis, and technical urbanism discussions.
Discord
Organized & Technical
Where the council updates come from
The Township of Langley and City of Langley council agendas and plain-language meeting summaries shared in these channels are produced by Strong Towns Langley. They summarize every council meeting so you can follow local decisions without sitting through hours of video.
You can browse every meeting by municipality and year, and search across agendas, minutes, and summaries, on our website.
Meet Todd, Our AI Assistant
Todd posts new council agendas, meeting schedules and videos from urbanism creators in our WhatsApp and Discord groups, so you never miss what's happening in Langley. See everything Todd does.
Open Source Development
Strong Towns Langley believes in transparency and collaboration. Our GitHub repository contains open-source tools for urban analysis, data visualization projects, and community mapping initiatives. We analyze council meeting data, track development proposals, and create interactive visualizations to help understand how our community is growing.
Join the technical discussions in our Discord's "Do the Math" channel where we discuss code, data analysis, and build tools together.
View GitHub Repository Join Do the Math ChannelJoin Our WhatsApp Community
Leave your mobile number and Todd, our friendly AI assistant, will say hello and add you to our main group, a casual, welcoming chat for members and event-goers. Then join the City, Township and topic groups from there.