The Congress for the New Urbanism

https://lnkd.in/ek9WBiDs A quarter of the nation lives in smaller cities, which are often overlooked but more affordable, have great assets, and have room to grow. The potential of places like New Bedford:

Be a volunteer at CNU 33 taking place June 11-14 in downtown Providence, RI. Volunteers play a critical role in the success of the Congress. Volunteers receive steeply discounted registration to attend the Congress outside of their volunteer duties. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis: https://lnkd.in/eWwSeUfF

Wheatland Plaza in Duncanville is a model for adding value to an underutilized site along a suburban arterial through an efficient mixed-use design.

Wheatland Plaza in Duncanville is a model for adding value to an underutilized site along a suburban arterial through an efficient mixed-use design. https://lnkd.in/eB58RixX

Basketball fans across America have filled out their brackets using all kinds of analysis, but probably nobody else is using Walk Score to determine NCAA predictions. Here’s how the teams would fare.

We need street network reform, not just housing, to create abundant, thriving, healthy communities.

This week, CNU is in New Bedford, MA with Arup and Street Plans for a #CNU33 Legacy Project! The Love the Ave project will develop a vision for the next phase of the Acushnet Avenue neighborhood. Learn more:

New towns have always been part of New Urbanism, and the movement should embrace that aspect as a necessary complement to infill, retrofit, and highway transformation.

As we gather in a part of the country that has continuously adapted over centuries, CNU 33.New England at Providence will face that interrelated community-building challenge with a Focus on the hope of Coherent Metropolitan Regions. Join us in Providence on June 11-14! #CNU33

The 200-acre downtown for the largest new urban community culminates a plan that grew out of a regional planning effort to reimagine the Wasatch Front metropolis.