• A Main Street model for New York State

    Eastdale Main Street Village in Poughkeepsie, New York, establishes a new growth pattern on a low-density strip corridor. Union Studio Architecture & Community Design won a 2025 CNU Charter Award in The Block, Street, and Building category.
    Eastdale Main Street Village in Poughkeepsie is one of the first new urban projects of village scale and character in Upstate New York, providing a model for developers elsewhere in slow-growing parts of the state. Main Street spans State Route 44, the Dutchess Turnpike, which has been subject to...Read more

  • A creek, boulevard, and urban destination

    Cherry Creek and Speer Boulevard Vision and Feasibility Study in Denver, CO aims to restore a stream and the urban fabric along a traffic corridor. HDR won a Merit Award in the Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category of the 2025 CNU Charter Awards.
    A study of Cherry Creek and Speer Boulevard reimagines 92 acres of urban corridor adjacent to downtown Denver, Colorado. The corridor includes a heavily traveled thoroughfare and a channelized creek that separate Lower Downtown (LoDo) from the Auraria Higher Education Campus (HEC) to the west,...Read more

  • Pre-approved path to rebuild neighborhoods

    Midwest Pre-Approved Building Programs for Rebuilding Neighborhoods helps cities build the housing they need. Kalamazoo and South Bend won a Merit Award in The Region: Metropolis, City and Town category of the 2025 CNU Charter Awards.
    The decline of Midwestern cities from migration, suburbanization, and loss of manufacturing led Kalamazoo, Michigan, and South Bend, Indiana, to seek proactive solutions like “pre-approved” building programs. Launched in 2022 and 2024, these pre-approved building programs have accelerated high-...Read more

  • Catalyzing neighborhood change through art, public space, and activity

    Zone 3 creates a tactical arts hub in the Allston neighborhood of Boston. Harvard University won a Merit Award in the Block, Street, and Building category of the 2025 CNU Charter Awards.
    Allston, Boston, is directly across the Charles River from intensely walkable Harvard Square. Yet, the neighborhood until recently was industrial in character and automobile-oriented—a place for cars passing through to other locations. With facilities in Allston, including Harvard Stadium, Harvard...Read more