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Nature & Urbanism: City Creek Center as Biodiversity Engine?

Nature & Urbanism: City Creek Center as Biodiversity Engine? Please read and post comments on my blogs original site as well. There I have more design tools to create a better format. Thanks! ... read more »

LEED v 4 is open for comments

LEED v4 is open for comment until March 31.  This includes the rating system that CNU and the NRDC partnered to create: LEED-ND. ... read more »

Will Orlando, FL's Commuter Rail Be Primarily For Transporting the Homeless To "Psychiatric Facilities?"

Believe me, I'm just as alarmed at the title of this Blog as you are!  But in response to Alex Lenhoff's recent Blog titled: How To Revolutionize A City's Transit System an Orlando, FL Case Study..... http://www.cnu.org/cnu-salons/2013/01/how-revolutionize-citys-transit-sy... ... read more »

Watershed Restoration Webinar with Paul Crabtree

Since 2010, CNU’s Rainwater-in-context initiative has worked with all levels of government and other key rainwater players to encourage the formation of best management practices, LEED-ND rainwater codes, and EPA regulations that take into account watershed level planning.  Engineer, planner, CNU... read more »

Places Everyone! People and Pets too.

In memory of our beloved Josie, you will always be remembered and you will be in our hearts each and every day for the rest of our lives. May you walk with us safely, and may your story inspire those who have the will and the poweer and the committment to make better streets and places for people an... read more »

My Generation Chooses Urbanism (More Than Its Parents, Anyhow)

While I was rummaging through some old files at my parents' house, I discovered two books that I thought were pretty interesting: the school directory for the boarding school I attended in the late 1970s, and the 1999 alumni directory for the same school.  As a new urbanist, my first thought wa... read more »

Student Leader Chronicles: SNU bridges the gap between school and community

Great things are happening here at the Congress for the New Urbanism! Last week this salon series profiled the recently established Students for the New Urbanism (SNU) University of North Carolina group. Well, this week we have even more good news to share with you readers: Arizona State University... read more »