• CNU launches Charter amendment process

    CNU is launching a formal process to amend the Charter of the New Urbanism, it was announced in an On the Park Bench webinar . The CNU board will accept proposals for amending the Charter in October and November, 2023. Any CNU member can propose an amendment. Amendments will be voted on during the...Read more

  • Video: 27 Charter of the New Urbanism principles

    CNU is celebrating its 30 th anniversary in 2023—a generation after the organization founders met in Alexandria, Virginia, and began to outline a new philosophy of city building. Writing the Charter of the New Urbanism required three years and three congresses, where the three scales of the New...Read more

  • May the Charter be with you

    May 4 is the anniversary of two important historical events, both taking place on the East Coast of the US, eighty years apart, that have helped shape modern planning and urbanism for the better around the world. Only the first occurrence is widely recognized. I may be the only person, actually,...Read more

  • With CNU’s mission unfulfilled, Mallory Baches takes co-leadership reins

    In late November CNU’s board hired Mallory Baches as the new President, to co-lead with new Executive Director Margaret Gattis. Mallory recently discussed CNU’s urgent mission.
    Public Square editor Robert Steuteville interviewed CNU's incoming President, Mallory Baches, on her aspirations and expectations for the organization. What in your background best prepares you for this position? As a practitioner of the New Urbanism, the principles of the Charter have been the...Read more