• Pacello, rising new urban star, passes away

    Tommy Pacello, passionate placemaker and a star of the New Urbanism at the peak of his abilities, died from complications due to pancreatic cancer on Monday. Pacello, 42, was president of the Memphis Medical District Collaborative (MMDC) and an active CNU member, serving on the board’s nomination...Read more

  • New urban pioneer Dan Camp is gone

    Developer of the Cotton District succumbs to Covid in late October.
    A pioneer of the New Urbanism, Dan Camp, died of the coronavirus in late October. Camp, 79, developer of the Cotton District in Starkville, Mississippi, was a former shop teacher who rehabilitated a dilapidated neighborhood near a closed-down Cotton Mill, between Mississippi State University and...Read more

  • A Tactical Urbanism guide for pandemic voting

    Streets for Voting is a useful tool for communities across the US struggling with new requirements for polling sites in a crucial election.
    Whatever happens on November 3, we can be assured of big presidential election turnout. How do officials deal with lines at polling places that demand social distancing and protection of workers and voters during a pandemic? Local governments and elected officials should consult Streets for Voting...Read more

  • Keys to creating lovable community gardens

    Although community gardens are often the most unkempt area of the neighborhood, there is no reason that they can't be beautiful—and here are some ideas to make them so.
    Community gardens today are far too often the rattiest and most unkempt places in a neighborhood; anything worse would get cited by the city as a public nuisance. Part of the problem is the fact that vegetable gardens have long been considered utilitarian, something worthy of similar aesthetic...Read more