• Mississippi Renewal Forum, historic planning event, shaped the coast

    One of the biggest design charrettes in history, which took place 20 years ago this October, created plans that changed cities along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
    The Mississippi Renewal Forum was a landmark event of the Congress for the New Urbanism and one of the largest design charrettes ever organized. It began 20 years ago this week in Biloxi, lasting eight days, creating plans for eleven cities on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi that were devastated by...Read more

  • New life for Savannah Legacy Project

    CNU-sponsored plan shows how Southside Savannah could grow by retroffiting an abandoned mall and other sites across from a university campus.
    The Savannah Mall redevelopment/Southside town center plan is one of the more creative CNU Legacy Projects. It envisions the redevelopment of a large indoor shopping mall and other underutilized commercial properties by applying the classic, historic patterns of Savannah, Georgia. Due to the...Read more

  • CNU Legacy Project recognized, moving forward

    A plan from CNU 32, involving a Hub District at a confluence of greenways in Xenia, a small city northeast of Cincinnati, is having an impact.
    The Ohio APA recently recognized a 2024 CNU Legacy Project, and the plan is moving forward on multiple fronts. The Hub District for the City of Xenia is a great example of how greenways can spur placemaking and walkable, mixed-use development. The Hub District is a key part of Xenia’s new 10-year...Read more

  • Learning from tradition in Charleston

    The room filled with the murmur of nervous conversations and new friendships forming. Seventeen students, strangers only minutes before, gathered for our first Summer Studio. To begin, we asked each student to stand along a line across the room marking where they grew up, from "rural community" to...Read more