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CNU November 2007 e-Update
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@ http://cnu.org/node/1628 Charlotte residents in awe of new light rail line -- @ http://cnu.org/node/1633 If you haven't experienced the new CNU.org yet, it's time for you to see what you're missing. We've rebuilt CNU.org to create a more enriching experience for CNU members. Please take a moment to log into the new site and learn about the new features it has to offer. All usernames have been reset with the launch of the new site, so please read our Login Instructions to get started. Visit http://cnu.org/features to learn more about the website. 6. Driehaus Form-Based Codes Award Call for Submissions Winners to Be Announced at CNU XVI The Board of Directors of the Form-Based Codes Institute (FBCI) takes pleasure in announcing its second annual award for achievement in the writing and implementation of Form-Based Codes. Form-Based Codes are defined as a method of regulating development to achieve a specific urban form. They create a predictable public realm primarily by controlling physical form and secondarily by land use. Entries should foster built results consistent with a master plan and/or advance the field of Form-Based Code writing. Submitted codes must have been adopted into law by a unit of local government. Award winners will be announced April 5, 2008 at CNU XVI in Austin, Texas. Winners may be invited to participate in a discussion of their codes at this session of the Congress. Additionally, winning entries will be featured on the Form-Based Codes Institute website. Submissions must be received by FBCI no later than Friday, February 1, 2008. For more information, visit the Form-Based Codes Institute website. 7. Save the Date -- Third Australian New Urbanism Congress: Brisbane, February 6-9, 2008 The Australian Council for New Urbanism (ACNU) is holding its third Congress in sub-tropical Brisbane, February 6-9, 2008. Keynote speakers will include Victor Dover and Shelley Poticha from the US and Paul Murrain from the UK, in addition to leading Australian new urbanist practitioners, including Evan Jones, Chip Kaufman, Wendy Morris, Peter Richards, and Clive Alcock. The Congress will showcase the current status of New Urbanism in Australia, and will debate some key challenges facing New Urbanism down under, including sustainable regional structuring, university integration and transit-planning, achieving viable neighborhood centers, and delivering mixed-use main-street-based town centers. The program includes tours to projects in South East Queensland, covering both urban regeneration and new communities. The Congress will be held at the Kelvin Grove Urban Village, a new integrated university village, located near one of Brisbane's new showcase busways. This location provides a great opportunity for delegates to experience first-hand this innovative, Government-facilitated mixed use centre combining education, residential, retail, health, and business into a vibrant new precinct. The three-day congress will be preceded by a three-day Master Class Design Workshop, focused on a challenging but strategic site in western Brisbane, led by Australian and overseas design experts; and by a Charrette Training Course, run by Bill Lennertz from NCI, in conjunction with Australian charrette experts. Further information can be obtained from www.acnu.org. Information on Kelvin Grove Urban Village can be found at www.kguv.com.au. ACNU especially welcomes attendees from beyond Australia, and suggests that a visit to Brisbane be combined with some time in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth, armed with a copy of the book: Australian New Urbanism: A Guide to Projects, 2nd Ed 2006. (Details available at www.acnu.org.) 8. Movement for Israeli Urbanism K-8 Intl. Charrette, Dec. 2-6 Join the Movement for Israeli Urbanism (MIU) in a fascinating journey that will lead to rebuilding the northern border town into a more human and prosperous place. The second Lebanon war occurred one year ago and found Kiryat Shmona (K-8) -- the northern town in Israel -- once again in the center of an ongoing battle. This situation is very familiar to the residents -- moving to the bomb shelters for few days and nights and departing the city a few days later in search of security. MIU
volunteered to assist the town, and during a tour with the town engineer just
after the war they posed the following questions: MIU believes that local prosperity and high quality of urban life are two of the foremost factors that generate a sense of local pride and belonging, and contribute to forming a sustainable continuity and motivation to return. MIU would like to offer a course of development and rehabilitation, which will build local pride and trust by a public participation planning process involving the residents and stakeholders in Kiryat Shmona -- a charrette. It will be the first full 5-day charrette in Israel. MIU needs your experience with the success of the charrette to give the Israeli participants (professionals and public) confidence that the process works. Take part in changing urban planning in Israel. Kiryat Shmona needs New Urbanism. For more information, visit http://www.miu.org.il/MIU_v4/docs_activities/MIU_Projects/K8_Int_Charrette.html. 9. Save the Date -- New Partners for Smart Growth, Feb. 7-9, 2008 in Washington, DC Conference registration is now open for the 7th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth: Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities Conference, February 7-9, 2008 in Washington, DC. For the 2008 edition of the New Partners Conference, smart growth will come to the nation’s capital. The ideal spot for this year’s event, participants will find in Washington, DC, a unique blend of cultural vibrancy, economic growth and historic landmarks. For professionals from all walks of life, the region also reveals the future, a pace-setting laboratory of innovative smart-growth practices -- from successful transit solutions to creative housing strategies to clean air and water benchmarks. The conference will draw a multidisciplinary audience committed to building safer, healthier, and more livable communities everywhere. For more information, visit http://www.newpartners.org. 10. Land Development West Coming to San Diego December 4-5, 2007 The Land Development West Conference & Expo is a national two-day event bringing together professionals responsible for land and community development to explore ways to better accommodate growth while ensuring healthy, attractive communities in which to live and work. CNU President John Norquist Slated to Speak Special Discount Available for CNU Members Visit www.LDWest.com and use discount code: CNU to receive your discount. 11. Upcoming Courses from the Form-Based Codes Institute Visit the Form-Based Codes Institute website for more information and a full list of events. Form-Based Codes 301: Completing, Adopting and Administering the Code 12. Upcoming Seminars and Workshops from the Seaside Institute Visit the Seaside Institute website for more information and a full list of events. Current CNU members receive a 10% discount on workshop registrations with their membership card. Building and Rebuilding Traditional Neighborhoods 13. Save the Date: Complete National Charrette Institute Training Schedule for 2008 Visit the National Charrette Institute (NCI) website for details on trainings. Current CNU members receive a 10% discount on NCI registration fees for public trainings held in Portland. Celebration, FL · January 16-18 Brisbane, Australia · February 4-6 Portland, OR · March 10-14 Austin, TX · April 2 Chicago, IL · May 7-9 Portland, OR · May 19-21 Portland, OR · July 14-18 Portland, OR · September 10-12 Portland, OR · October 13-17 You have received this email as a member of CNU. To remove your email address from future CNU e-Updates, please reply to cnuinfo@cnu.org with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Congress for the New Urbanism |