• A music festival thrives in walkable places

    If not for COVID, it would have been the 20th annual Porchfest in Ithaca. The event offers lessons for urbanism.
    This past weekend, Porchfest took place in Ithaca, New York, a grassroots community event that offers lessons for urbanism. Porchfest began in 2007 and has spread across the US, into Canada, and now Australia. It would have been the 20 th annual Porchfest this year if not for two years lost to...Read more

  • Charming urbanism inside the block

    A series of small, diverse developments in Edmond, Oklahoma, is building on the idea of inner-block urbanism.
    In the City of Edmond, Oklahoma, important work is being done to create urbanism within blocks—this is called “inner-block urbanism.” In a city with gaps in the urban fabric and somewhat inhospitable streets—very common in the US—this idea enables the development of small-scale projects comprising...Read more

  • Amenities or infrastructure? Who gets to decide?

    “Amenity” is not a neutral description. It is an accounting decision—and Pensacola shows what a wider ledger can build.
    The Charter of the New Urbanism begins with a premise that infrastructure accounting still struggles to absorb. It treats disinvestment, placeless sprawl, separation by race and income, environmental deterioration, loss of agricultural lands and wilderness, and erosion of built heritage as one "...Read more

  • Infill and greenfield: two sides of more sustainable growth

    Northwest Arkansas needs more infill and better-designed greenfield growth to improve the lives of its citizens, as its population expands to a million residents by 2050. How to achieve that is the issue.
    The Impact of New Urbanism in Northwest Arkansas: CNU is proud to present this article as the fifth of a 5-part series documenting the impact of New Urbanist principles, as presented at CNU34.Northwest Arkansas. Over five articles, we reflect on key reforms including public infrastructure...Read more