CNU Salons
Taking Ownership In Unincorporated Communities: South Hill, Washington’s Community Plan
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Fri, 11/23/2012 - 3:42amThe following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid. CNU and Global Site Plans recently teamed up to syndicate Grid content, as its contingent of writers present a view on the opportunities and issues of urbanization all across the world. CNU will carry select posts from the Grid direct on the CNU Salons.
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What I Am Thankful For
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 11/22/2012 - 11:07amSince today is Thanksgiving, I thought I would post about what I am thankful for (instead of complaining as usual about what I am not thankful for):
I am thankful that in the year 2012, urbanism is, in some ways, winning over sprawl: (some) cities are being repopulated, transit ridership is rising, and "urban" is no longer a dirty word in popular culture to the extent that it was a decade or two ago.
I am thankful that I live in a revitalized city (New York) rather than a city that is still declining.
Student Leader Chronicles: SNU bridges the gap between school and community
Submitted by Ryan Forst on Mon, 11/19/2012 - 2:57pmGreat things are happening here at the Congress for the New Urbanism! Last week this salon series profiled the recently established Students for the New Urbanism (SNU) University of North Carolina group. Well, this week we have even more good news to share with you readers: Arizona State University (ASU) has officially formed a SNU group too! In this post, student founder Maggie Soffel and group advisor Aaron Kimberlin share some thoughts with us about the group’s recent formation, its purpose, and its future.
BSU Geothermal Conclave - New Schedule
Submitted by Alex McKeag on Mon, 11/19/2012 - 11:22amFrom BSU: "In order to better serve the geothermal industry, the Geothermal Conclave originally scheduled for February 11-13, 2013, will occur at a later time this calendar year; we are working with national and international industry groups to enrich the potential opportunities for attendees and to expand the impact of this on-site gathering."
Complete Streets: Tools to Move from Idea to Practice
Submitted by Alex McKeag on Thu, 11/15/2012 - 4:54pmOn Tuesday, November 13th, the American Planning Association held a discussion "Complete Streets: Tools to Move from Idea to Practice." Two speakers from Chicago's community of transportation experts, Stefanie Seskin, deputy director of the National Complete Streets Coalition, and M. Paul Lippens, senior planner with Active Transportation Alliance, gave presentations.
NCI Announces Duany on Charettes: Notes from the Field
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 3:16pmAs an exclusive offer to current and new members, CNU-A Continuing Education Partner NCI (National Charrette Institute) is releasing CNU co-founder Andres Duany's booklet "Duany on Charrettes: Notes from the Field."
CNU CITY SPOTLIGHT: Cleveland’s Agricultural Form
Submitted by bdonne44 on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 2:06pmThis post is part of a new series on the CNU Salons, CITY SPOTLIGHT. City Spotlight shines a light on the latest news, developments and initiatives occurring in cities and towns where CNU members live and work.
The below post is a City Spotlight on the nascent urban agriculture movement afoot in Cleveland, OH, and comes courtesy via CNU mainstay Bruce Donnelly.
Cleveland is enthusiastically developing prominent urban farms. Perhaps it is time to decide how prominent they should be.
CNU Fireside Chat: A CNU 21 Preview with Plenary Speaker Richard Louv
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 1:52pm
Join John Norquist for a CNU Fireside Chat with CNU 21 Plenary Speaker Richard Louv, journalist and author of eight books about the connections between family, nature and community.
Nonsense about Nixon and Reagan
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 12:33pmA recent article in the New Republic has the reassuring (to me) headline: "Republicans Can't Afford to Ignore Cities Anymore." I'm certainly all for Republicans not ignoring cities, but there was a passage in the article that made me want to bang my head against the nearest brick wall.
Student Leadership Chronicles: A life changing experience
Submitted by Ryan Forst on Mon, 11/12/2012 - 3:38pmAfter spending his childhood in an alienating homogeneous suburb, Evan Comen enrolled at the University of North Carolina. It is here that he realized that the “life-changing experience” that so many American universities promote stems from students sharing a communal space. He wondered why so many Americans must wait until college to experience the concept of community. To that end, he sought a tangible way to fix the problem. His solution is the Students for the New Urbanism (SNU). This salon post will describe how and why Evan started a SNU group at the University of North Carolina.