CHARTER AWARDS 2025
A model dark sky community
The Groveland Dark Sky Initiative manages and reduces light pollution citywide—even as the Central Florida community rapidly grows. City of Groveland won Honorable Mention in The Region: Metropolis, City and Town category of the 2025 CNU Charter Awards.
Preservation plan promotes climate-friendly development
Regenerative Conservation: Centering Preservation Philosophy within Urban Planning Policy. Sean Gaouette at the University of Notre Dame won a Student Merit Award in The Neighborhood, The District, and The Corridor category of the 2025 CNU Charter Awards.
Sustainable new timber-frame fabric in Guatemala
Construyendo Guatemala: Tradition and Technology combines creative infill design and construction. Deisy Velasquez, University of Maryland, won a Student Merit Award in The Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category of the 2025 Charter Awards.
Transit-oriented social and economic hub
Tyler Station transforms an eyesore and environmental liability into a dynamic activity center supported by transit. Options Real Estate Investments won a Merit Award in the Block, Street, and Building category of the 2025 CNU Charter Awards.
Civic space designed to reveal a dark history
The Shockoe Project tells an important story about slavery while providing public space that links downtown to an adjacent neighborhood. Baskervill won a Merit Award in the Block, Street, and Building category of the 2025 CNU Charter Awards.
Block-scale urbanism adapts historic campus to climate change
Preserving History: Assessments and Climate Adaptations at The House of the Seven Gables in Salem, MA. Union Studio Architecture & Community Design won a Merit Award in the Block, Street, and Building category of the 2025 CNU Charter Awards.
Catalyzing neighborhood change through art, public space, and activity
Zone 3 creates a tactical arts hub in the Allston neighborhood of Boston. Harvard University won a Merit Award in the Block, Street, and Building category of the 2025 CNU Charter Awards.
Pre-approved path to rebuild neighborhoods
Midwest Pre-Approved Building Programs for Rebuilding Neighborhoods helps cities build the housing they need. Kalamazoo and South Bend won a Merit Award in The Region: Metropolis, City and Town category of the 2025 CNU Charter Awards.
A creek, boulevard, and urban destination
Cherry Creek and Speer Boulevard Vision and Feasibility Study in Denver, CO aims to restore a stream and the urban fabric along a traffic corridor. HDR won a Merit Award in the Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category of the 2025 CNU Charter Awards.
Mapping the culture and retrofit of a car-oriented community
A Framework Plan for Cherokee Village envisions retrofitting a partially built 20th-century new town. University of Arkansas Community Design Center won a Merit Award in The Region: Metropolis, City and Town category of the 2025 CNU Charter Awards.
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.
The most housing-forward planning framework in Canada
Growing Together in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, employs robust public engagement to accommodate a half-century of growth around transit stations. The City of Kitchener won a 2025 CNU Charter Award in The Region: Metropolis, City and Town category.
A Main Street model for New York State
Eastdale Main Street Village in Poughkeepsie, New York, establishes a new growth pattern on a low-density strip corridor. Union Studio Architecture & Community Design won a 2025 CNU Charter Award in The Block, Street, and Building category.
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.
Bringing a street and public space to life
Revitalization of Westminster Street in Providence, RI, balances development and preservation to build economic and social life downtown. Union Studio Architecture & Community Design won a 2025 CNU Charter Award in the Block, Street and Building category.
Landmark plan guides downtown revival
Downcity Providence Master Plan in Providence, Rhode Island, created a blueprint for downtown vitality. DPZ CoDesign and Cornish Associates won a 2025 CNU Charter and Generational Project Award in the Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category.