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Montgomery: Where New Urbanism Works
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 9:36am
Downtown Montgomery, AL is on the rise, with increasing demand for downtown storefront space.... read more »
Mr. Mayor, Tear Down this Expressway
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Fri, 07/20/2012 - 10:54amJohn Norquist takes on the Sheridan Expressway in this NY Daily News op-ed: Mr. Mayor, tear down this expressway
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Serenbe Institute Awarded an Our Town Grant from the NEA
Submitted by kapoppel on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 2:56pmThe following is a press release from The Serenbe Institute, a 1,000 acre sustainable community located near Atlanta:
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The no-lose argument
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 07/16/2012 - 8:46amThere will always be those who argue that the suburb-dominated status quo is inevitable.
When cities were declining, they had an easy case to make. They could argue: "look, cities are declining so suburbia is inevitably the wave of the future!"
Then when cities started to gain populatio... read more »
TED's City 2.0 Project Names CNU as a Top Resource
Submitted by kapoppel on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 2:57pmTED's City 2.0 focuses on stories, actions, and more from citizens and organizations all over the world for the betterment of the 'future city.' These provide as an inspiration for others. Recently, CNU was named as a top resource for the City 2.0 project, promoting the making of cities into 'better... read more »
Southeast Florida Creates a Plan for Sustainable Development Using New Urbanism Principles
Submitted by kapoppel on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 2:44pm“We get to pull the lens back far enough to have an opportunity to make the place more prosperous and a nicer place to live." Victor Dover (Miami Herald)
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The Constitutional Imperative to Not Build Sprawl: A CNU Fireside Chat with David Green
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 1:01pmJoin CNU as we engage Georgia Tech School of Architecture Professor of the Practice and Perkins + Will Principal David Green in a fireside chat surrounding CNU's Live/Work/Walk: Removing Obstacles to Investment initiative.
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No, Cities Aren't Losing Their Poor
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 1:59pmAccording to some media commentary, any form of civic improvement (such as, say, light rail) is dangerous because it might lead to something called gentrification (i.e. middle-class people moving back into cities) which allegedly leads to displacement (i.e. poorer people being priced out of an area ... read more »
P4SC is inviting CNU members to submit articles for our digital magazine
Submitted by andre@p4sc.org on Mon, 06/25/2012 - 2:42pmThe Partnership for Sustainable Communities (P4SC) and CNU have forged a new partnership to advance the mutual goals of making communities more environmentally, socially and economically sustainable.
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NPR talk with Ellen Dunham Jones: Retrofitting Suburbia
Submitted by kapoppel on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 3:48pmEllen Dunham-Jones, CNU Board Chair, was recently featured on NPR's TED Radio Hour discussing America's suburbs. Making the case that "the biggest urban revitalization projects are in the suburbs, not downtown centers," Dunham-Jones clarifies that due to the building of the suburbs without thinking ... read more »