Lauren Mayer

Lauren Mayer is the Associate Director of Resources at the Congress for the New Urbanism where she helps to produce and maintain the New Urbanist knowledge base.

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Stretching the imagination of a community’s highway-to-boulevard dreams

IMAGINE: The Future Grand Rapids vision replaces US-131 in the Michigan city with a green, low speed boulevard and reconnected street grid.
LAUREN MAYERAPR. 30, 2025
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What does government support for highway removal look like?

CNU’s biennial Freeways Without Futures report is out now! In a series of articles, Public Square is exploring common threads from the report. Article one focuses on how government supports local campaigns.
LAUREN MAYERAPR. 12, 2023
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8th annual Better Cities Film Festival screens in Detroit

Unique annual film festival spotlights the world’s most inspiring stories about making cities, towns and neighborhoods better places for everyone.
LAUREN MAYEROCT. 19, 2022