CNU Salons
Rainwater-In-Context Initiative Members Published in Stormwater Magazine
Submitted by mcarney on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 4:05pmCNU members and contributors to the Rainwater-In-Context Initiative, Jim Dumont and Kim Stephens have just been published in the most recent issue of Stormwater Magazine. Their article, “Rainwater Management in a Watershed Context” is a thoughtful review of the divergent goals of rainwater management in the US and Canada written from a British Columbia perspective.
Norquist to present at the NLC's Congress of Cities
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 1:27pmJohn Norquist, President and CEO of CNU, is scheduled to speak at the NLC Congress of Cities on Friday, November 11th. Norquist will lead a plenary session that ties together land planning, mobility, housing, economic growth and regional partnerships. Examples of how commercial, social, environmental, a
Norquist to speak at UM-ULI Real Estate Forum
Submitted by lili.rudis on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 12:36pmJohn Norquist, President & CEO of CNU, is scheduled to give the keynote luncheon address on November 10th at the 25th Annual University of Michigan and Urban Land Institute Real Estate Forum.
In recent years, Detroit has been a major symbol of the real estate challenges being faced across the country. How Detroit might rise out of its economic depression and real estate bust could help define future development on a national scale.
The Not So Big Showhouse in Libertyville, IL
Submitted by lili.rudis on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 11:13amThe Grand Opening for the Not So Big Showhouse is scheduled for November 19th! The "showhouse" is meant to demonstrate Sarah Susanka's design principle to "build better, not bigger." Susanka's studio undertook SchoolStreet as a neighborhood urban infill project in the vibrant village of Libertyville, Illinois, just north of Chicago.
From Susanka's website:
No-Cost Technical Assistance for Your Community!
Submitted by lili.rudis on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 10:37amBring greater sustainabiliy to your community! Apply for technical assistance in implementing LEED for Neighborhood Development standards to a future project.
A letter from Global Green:
Welcome to the New Normal (Illinois, that is...)
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 10:15amCNU member and Normal, Illinois mayor Chris Koos is featured in this engaging short video about Mitsubishi, the electric vehicle and the new Normal.
Sprawl: Opportunity Costs - Opportunity Lost
Submitted by Javi2929 on Tue, 11/08/2011 - 1:02pmThe image is a drawing done by the author, simply expressing visually what I would be seeing from the place I grew up. Looking back, I might wonder how I can look back further in time and see how a city like New York, and my "old" neighborhood came into existence, how it has changed and constantly evolved while the world has changed, and at the same time how it has remained unchanged in other ways.
-Javier F De Juan.
Save the Partnership for Sustainable Communities!
Submitted by lili.rudis on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 5:24pmGeoff Anderson, President and CEO of Smart Growth America, sent out the following call to action to those who support the Partnership for Sustainable Communities. Call your representatives today!
Students Present Ideas for Reducing Urban Poverty
Submitted by lili.rudis on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 2:02pmLast week, the Woodrow Wilson Center hosted a workshop entitled Reducing Urban Poverty: A New Generation of Ideas. Graduate students were invited to submit papers addressing problems of the global urban poor. Three outstanding papers were selected and their authors were invited to speak at the workshop.
News from New Haven on the Oak Street Connector (Route 34)
Submitted by Caitlin Ghoshal on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 3:05pmIn 1959, the Oak Street Connector (Route 34) was built on 26 acres in downtown New Haven, interrupting the lives of and displacing 600 residents. On November 10, the New Haven Urban Design League and residents hope to interrupt the well-laid plans at City Hall with a call for a better boulevard design in the Downtown Crossing plan to replace Route 34. New Haven’s Board of Aldermen will vote on a resolution next Thursday to revise the current boulevard conversion plans for better walkability.