• New sustainable city underway in Angola

    Caio Verde, in the province of Cabinda, Angola, Africa, combines "an outstanding urban plan with a stunning natural environment," according to the 2006 Charter Award.
    Editor's note: After more than a decade, it's good to get news of a large-scale Charter Award winning project in another part of the world under construction. This interview originally appeared in Bizcommunity.com. Caio Verde is a new sustainable city currently under development in the Angolan...Read more

  • New Urbanism's future in Utah

    The rules and parameters for growth need to change, but developers also have a responsibility—to not hide behind a rear view image of the market.
    I have been a member of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) for over 15 years. In fact, one could argue I have been affiliated with CNU for my entire professional career. CNU has certainly shaped my thinking for longer than my awareness of CNU as an organization. I have allowed that influence...Read more

  • A unified small developer vision for urban revival

    A coalition in Flint, Michigan, works with many hands toward rebuilding a neighborhood from the ground up.
    As Flint, Michigan, declined from an industrial city of nearly 200,000 people to less than 100,000 people in 60 years, abandoned homes and blight became a big problem. Also, trust in the public sector and institutions declined, a situation that worsened in light of Flint’s notorious recent lead-in-...Read more

  • Recapturing retail market share for downtown

    One key aspect to Missoula's downtown master plan involves making the city center a retail destination once again.
    The revival of downtown living in Missoula, Montana, offers an opportunity to open new retail stores and reverse some of the lost market share that occurred since the middle of the last century, according to retail expert Robert Gibbs, a consultant on the city’s downtown master plan. Downtown once...Read more