• Let's build age-friendly communities

    America is aging. Let's make places worth aging in.
    As an urban advocate in Northwest Arkansas, I have lots of conversations with local residents. When talking with retirees, the same themes surface regarding their desired retirement environment: affordability, low maintenance, convenient amenities, and accessible transportation. Regrettably, a lack...Read more

  • Greenway connected TND in Georgia

    A series of small neighborhoods will be built with Missing Middle housing in a suburban part of Athens.
    It's good to see new variations on neighborhood-scale New Urbanism. The Shoals in Athens, Georgia, designed by Opticos on a challenging 90-acre site, is a little different from the usual TND (traditional neighborhood development) due to the layout and focus on Missing Middle rentals. Not only is...Read more

  • Reintroducing Missing Middle Housing to Vermont

    Vermont Homes for All Toolkit provides statewide support for Missing Middle housing. Utile, Inc. won a 2025 CNU Charter Award in The Region: Metropolis, City and Town category.
    The Vermont Homes for All Toolkit was launched in March of 2024 at a sold-out statewide summit that demonstrated widespread enthusiasm for implementation. The practical publication builds on the state’s 2020 Enabling Better Places: A Zoning Guide for Vermont Neighborhoods, created with the help of...Read more

  • Modeling Missing Middle across an unaffordable region

    Cape Cod Resiliency: Missing Middle changed the perception and implementation of housing on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Union Studio Architecture & Community Design won a 2025 CNU Charter Award in The Region: Metropolis, City and Town category.
    Cape Cod, with its iconic New England character and over 500 miles of coastline, faces a housing crisis that threatens year-round residents who provide the workforce to keep the economy going. Since 2000, many year-round houses have been converted to second homes for vacationers. Cape Cod workers,...Read more