• Legacy Project focuses on historic Black theater

    The Jewel Theatre is a 1931 brick building with Deco details on 4 th Street of Oklahoma City—the only building left standing on what was once a thriving main street block in a Black business district. The Jewel Theatre operated from the 1930s through the 1970s, and is now a deteriorating shell...Read more

  • Vision for livability along an Interstate

    I-494 forms the border between two Minnesota suburbs. A CNU Legacy team created a plan to improve life for economically disadvantaged residents of the area.
    Bloomington and Richfield, Minnesota, are two cities in the Minneapolis/St. Paul region divided by a common highway—Interstate 494. Although both cities include street grids, that network is broken at I-494, which forms the municipal border (Richfield to the north and Bloomington to the south)...Read more

  • Savannah adopts two CNU Legacy projects and a downtown plan

    The city made progress with code reform and is moving forward with street improvements and new public spaces, including the possible transformation of a dead mall.
    A little over a year after CNU 26 in Savannah , Georgia, that city’s council formally supported two CNU “legacy projects” and adopted a new downtown plan. Legacy Projects are launched each year to leave an enduring mark on the host city and region of the annual CNU Congress—and the Savannah...Read more

  • Connecting to a hidden natural asset

    A CNU Legacy Project explores the potential of an underutilized creek corridor that runs through more than dozen neighborhoods in Louisville, Kentucky.
    The South Fork of Beargrass Creek meanders through 13 or 14 diverse neighborhoods in Louisville, Kentucky, yet few nearby residents take much notice of the waterway. The creek has long been channelized, hidden, and used as part of the city’s stormwater system. During storm events, overflows often...Read more