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CNU City Spotlight: Orland Park, IL: Putting the urban back into subURBAN!
Submitted by Ryan Forst on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 2:40pmThis 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 a project in the suburban Chicago town of Orland P... read more »
CNU CITY SPOTLIGHT: Berwyn, IL Rising?
Submitted by Ryan Forst on Tue, 09/25/2012 - 12:00amThis 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 suburban Chicago town of Berwyn, IL and comes ... read more »
Teams Meet to Plan Atlanta’s Future for Healthy Aging
Submitted by Heather Smith on Thu, 02/12/2009 - 11:02amContinuing the Atlanta Regional Comission Charrette a panel of experts from the National Center of Healthy Aging, the Wesley Woods Geriatric Center and the Department of Community Health discussed ba
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Video perspectives: Michael O'Neal, AARP
Submitted by Ben.Brown on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 8:18amThe founding principles and evolving practices of New Urbanism are connecting more often these days with the principles and practices of other community-focused organizations.
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A Meeting of the Minds on Accessibility?
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Sat, 04/05/2008 - 9:36pmCNU may soon be launching a new initiative if a show-of-hands vote taken during one of the Saturday afternoon breakout sessions is any indication.
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Access Living: An Example in Universal and Green Design
Submitted by mzabel on Fri, 07/20/2007 - 3:10pmOn Thursday, July 19th, 2007, several members from CNU visited the new state-of-the-art headquarters for Access Living . Access Living is an advocacy agency focused on changes that benefit people with disabilities in a variety of areas (i.e., healthcare, youth services, housing, civil rights and ec... read more »
CNU XV Blog, Part 5: LEED-ND and accessibility for the disabled
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 10:42amThe LEED-ND rating system contains a credit for "universal accessibility" for the disabled. This morning, Eleanor Smith spoke on this concept, addressing the following issues:
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New Urban Land Development Standards
Submitted by todd4582 on Wed, 04/11/2007 - 8:55amI have found great research and literature on New Urbanism as it relates to Architectural design and Planning. However we constantly run into problems actually making the sites work due to the fact that municipalities are trying to apply suburban construction standards to these dense mixed-use proj... read more »
Visitable townhouses
Submitted by paytonc on Mon, 11/20/2006 - 9:25pmRecently, I've been taking some time while touring New Urbanism to look out for examples of accessible townhouses. A growing number of New Urbanist designs for townhouses are accessible or visitable by people using wheelchairs. CNU wants to document these buildings to help educate our members about ... read more »