Allowing more single-stair buildings in the US will positively affect quality of life, public health, infill flexibility, family-friendly units, costs, and even climate adaptation.
The mass-timber Home Office in Bentonville, Arkansas, is built into the street grid with a regional bike-ped trail through the middle.
An innovative plan in Northwest Arkansas would convert a commuter campus to a 24-hour college community.
The plan for a city of 400,000 leads to the same outcomes as The Original Green, concludes urbanist Steve Mouzon.
The first CNU 2026 Legacy Project creates a plan for a mixed-use village in growing Northwest Arkansas.
A Toolkit of the Vermont “Homes for All” initiative, a Charter Award-winning project in 2025, addresses regulatory barriers. Now, the state is creating a catalog of homes for manufactured missing-middle housing.

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Two-way streets help drive Albuquerque’s turnaround

As part of a strategy announced in 1998, the city of Albuquerque set out to convert its one-way downtown streets back to two-way. One pair of one-way...

The place for national chains

Evanston’s experience with downtown revitalization highlights a question that often arises in reviving commercial areas: Do chain retailers detract...

Design keys for pedestrian-friendly boulevards

Here are some of Jacobs, Macdonald, and Rofé’s recommendations on what a multiway boulevard should have if it is to perform well for pedestrians: •...

CNU membership is continuing to grow and diversify.

CNU membership is continuing to grow and diversify. We are now about 1,100 strong. Participation by developers, citizen activists, transportation...