The 18th annual event from the Congress for the New Urbanism organized with assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
What's in it for you?
Whatever else can be said about life in America in the second decade of the 21st century, we know it’s not going to be business as usual. Not for those in the planning and design profession. Not for developers. And not for decision-makers in government and the non-profit sector.
So CNU 18 is not going to be a conference as usual.
The new questions that need answering are not about core principles, the ones articulated in the Charter of the New Urbanism (link to Charter) as guides to compact, walkable, mixed-use communities. More and more citizens and community leaders assert those values as essential to creating healthy, fulfilling places to live, work, and play. The questions these days are all about ways to achieve those goals in the face of unprecedented challenges. To name just three big ones: The struggling economy and its implications for community affordability and accessibility, the environmental and energy crises, and the rapidly changing demographics of a nation growing older and more diverse.
That’s why the 18th annual gathering of the Congress for the New Urbanism will be focused on getting real about the problems and pragmatic about the solutions. You’ll not only hear top practitioners address the big issues, you’ll be invited to engage in discussions that test new approaches and evolve new strategies. You’ll meet potential partners, many of them first-time participants in a Congress, who share goals and bring new insights and resources to old challenges. And you’ll discover new models for cost-effective collaboration across a broad range of topics and across government, non-profit, and private sectors. Expect to join with these new partners to deepen the possibilities for good urban design to improve public health, transportation and transit, community affordability, aging in place, local food production and distribution, energy and water conservation, and natural resource protection.
More than ever, the annual Congress will be the one-stop-shop for community problem solving. No previous experience required.