• Seaside is a model of ideas worth spreading

    The town of Seaside has had an impact on city building in America over the last four decades. Here are 16 ways that the Florida Panhandle resort influenced development.
    As I sit here writing this article at Seaside, I enjoy the convenience of being able to walk to the places I want to visit during my days here. I appreciate the beauty of the buildings and the way that they relate to one another—such that I feel like I am walking through a series of beautiful...Read more

  • Home Builders report shows housing is changing

    The American housing industry is changing course—and this will transform neighborhoods and communities over time by providing more and different choices in housing.
    A new report from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), “Diversifying Housing Options With Smaller Lots and Smaller Homes,” examines a shift away from the suburban single-family house that has dominated the industry since 1950. Previous long-held resistance to smaller lot sizes is being...Read more

  • Getting sh*t done: Lady developers edition

    Three women developers from across the US are helping to bring back their home cities.
    I am not a developer and I have never been a developer, however, the beauty of CNU is that it provides a well-rounded liberal arts education on urbanism—you can still take a class in a subject even if you’re not going to major in it. At CNU 26 in Savannah,I dipped a toe into the development pond...Read more

  • Small industrial city diversifies its economy with urbanism

    Elkhart, Indiana, is implementing plans to attract young, talented, workers to start businesses and boost the economy.
    Elkhart, a city of 52,000 in north Indiana, is not a place that is well known nationally for its urban revival. Yet Elkhart adopted a plan for a $400 million, 90-acre “River District” across from downtown. The district offers a setting for substantial new urbanist development, including a thousand...Read more