CHARTER AWARDS 2025

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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.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEMAY. 9, 2025
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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.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEMAY. 12, 2025
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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.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEMAY. 15, 2025
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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.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEMAY. 16, 2025
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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.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEMAY. 19, 2025
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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.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEMAY. 20, 2025
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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.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEMAY. 21, 2025
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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.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEMAY. 22, 2025
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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.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEMAY. 23, 2025
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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.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEMAY. 27, 2025
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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.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEMAY. 28, 2025
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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.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEMAY. 29, 2025
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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.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEJUN. 2, 2025
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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.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEJUN. 3, 2025
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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.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEJUN. 4, 2025
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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.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEJUN. 5, 2025