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CNU17 - Demographic Shifts and the Economics of New Urbanism
Submitted by Chris Clair on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 3:37pmThe session was billed as "New Urbanism and the Continuing Great Demographic Shift," but probably to no one's surprise to the hundred or so people packed into the room it turned into the Jim Kunstler
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Cities' "Green Dividend" there for the taking (#CNU17)
Submitted by Jon Davis on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 11:31amThe long-held idea that cities are an environmental bane is completely and utterly wrong. Cities are the key to reducing humanity’s contributions to global warming and land despoliation.
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Napkin Sketch meets Google Earth
Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 5:17pmThis is why we come to #CNU17: Chatting last night at happy hour with Sinclair Black, Austin architect-planner (and CNU Athena medal winner), we met the new planning manager in tiny neighboring Hutto,
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Selling The Green Urban Advantage
Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 3:27pmHere's the condensed takeaway of this #CNU17 session: If CNU wants to have an impact on climate change, it needs to communicate with the public in something other than wonk-planner-insider speak.
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CNU17 – Landing in Denver
Submitted by Chris Clair on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 1:19amCNU 17 has opened on an optimistic note. Denver is a city born of and grown with optimism, like so many other Western cities.
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Top Down or Bottoms Up?
Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 11:26pmThis morning at #CNU17 we heard all about critical importance of bottom-up comprehensive planning for community buy-in on implementation.
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Recommend the walking tours!
Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 11:04pmI took the 3-hour driving tour of Denver at #CNU17 today, and it was wonderful to get out into all the traditional older neighborhoods with wonderful character and architecture.
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Marketing Sustainable Communities – Survivalists on the Rise
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 4:37pm"You really need to know who you’re speaking to."
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Comprehensive Planning Session
Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 2:36pmInteresting presentation by Gianni Longo, of ACP Visioning & Planning, and staff and consultants in other cities going through the comp plan process. My notes from the session. #CNU17
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Susan Barnes-Gelt in Denver Post: Principles of New Urbanism are "Recipe for Survival"
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 6:50amWith CNU 17 ready to kick off in Denver just over a week from now, Denver Post columnist Susan Barnes-Gelt introduced a great package o
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