Susan Henderson

Susan Henderson is principal and director of design at Placemakers, LLC, a planning, coding, marketing, and implementation firm. She is a board member of the Congress for the New Urbanism.

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Growth Without Sameness: Why CNU 34 in Northwest Arkansas matters now

Northwest Arkansas is hosting CNU 34 this year, and it is not an accidental choice. This is one of the fastest growing regions in the country, and one of the few still deciding what that growth should look like.
SUSAN HENDERSONMAY. 1, 2026
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Growth Without Sameness: Why CNU 34 in Northwest Arkansas matters now

Northwest Arkansas is hosting CNU 34 this year, and it is not an accidental choice. This is one of the fastest growing regions in the country, and one of the few still deciding what that growth should look like.
SUSAN HENDERSONMAY. 1, 2026
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Lessons from Savannah: Gearing up for CNU 26

A tour through the historic area of Savannah, Georgia, yields boundless examples of how to build great places.
SUSAN HENDERSONJAN. 9, 2018