• Planning for long-term growth around community anchors

    Memphis 3.0 establishes neighborhood centers where mixed-use development may occur incrementally, at different speeds, according to the context.
    The Memphis 3.0 Comprehensive Plan was adopted in 2019 for 324 square miles and 650,000 residents, using mixed-use place types and walkable neighborhood centers to accommodate growth in a range of economic activities. Prior to the plan, Memphis drifted along for four decades approving growth on a...Read more

  • Suburban retrofit opportunities rising due to COVID

    A new report makes the case that walkable suburbs are the are the next big development trend.
    A large cohort of home buyers is heading to the suburbs, and the group is looking for opportunities to live close to where they work, according to Suburban Boom: How COVID-19 May Accelerate the Trend Already in the Making , by analysts Cushman & Wakefield. Not all suburbs are created equal—...Read more

  • Applying the CNU Charter to large redevelopments

    The Minnesota capital has major redevelopments underway, using principles of the Charter of the New Urbanism.
    Saint Paul, Minnesota, is using principles of the Charter of the New Urbanism to design and develop two of the city’s most significant, large-scale projects of the coming decade. Planners at CNU 28.A Virtual Gathering discussed ongoing redevelopment of the 122-acre former Ford factory site in the...Read more

  • Urban design pioneer David Lewis dies at 98

    A CNU Athena Medal winner in 2007, David Lewis died last week at the age of 98. Lewis founded Urban Design Associates (UDA) in Pittsburgh with former student Ray Gindroz in 1964, a firm that pioneered concepts that later became known as New Urbanism. “If Jane Jacobs helped us to understand the...Read more