On The Park Bench:
A Public Square Conversation

  • Expanding options for a car-oriented suburban area
    <strong>Village of Providence</strong> <em>Huntsville, AL</em>

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  • A mixed-use center for town and gown
    <strong>Storrs Center</strong> <em>Mansfield, CT</em>

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  • A unique building becomes a hub for historic neighborhoods
    <strong>Ponce City Market</strong> <em>Atlanta, GA</em>

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    Crosstown_Concourse_2018_Charter_LooneyRicksKiss
    From former warehouse to "vertical village"
    <strong>Crosstown Concourse</strong>&nbsp; <em>Memphis, Tennessee</em>

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  • Southside
    Ten acres that transformed a city #thisiscnu

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  • Historic arcade houses young professionals
    <strong>Microlofts at The Arcade Providence</strong>&nbsp;<em>Providence, Rhode Island</em>

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  • Mercado District | Tucson, Arizona
    A timeless place from the ground up. #thisiscnu

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  • Jazz Market New Orleans Audience Seating
    Jazz Market New Orleans Audience Seating
    Trumpeting a cultural revival
    <strong>Peoples Health New Orleans Jazz Market</strong>&nbsp; <em>New Orleans, Louisiana</em>

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  • From parking lot to urban tour-de-force
    <strong>UCLA Weyburn</strong>&nbsp;<em>Los Angeles, California</em>

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Upcoming webinars

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 12 noon ET
The hardships of pioneering missing middle housing
Developer Andre Jones of Memphis discusses his experiences with building missing middle housing, how this process can be approved, and the implications for affordable housing. Webinar moderated by Robert Steuteville.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2026 12 noon ET
Author's Forum: Art of the New Urbanism, Volume 2
Join James Dougherty, Charles Bohl, and Victor Dover, and moderator Robert Steuteville to discuss the second volume of Art of the New Urbanism. The panel reports on the innovative and impressive new urbanist images that have influenced the built environment in the last decade and a half since the Great Recession. The second volume (2010-2025), just released, follows the successful Volume 1, published in 2025.
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On The Park Bench is CNU's webinar series presenting interactive conversations with thought leaders in New Urbanism and allied industries, providing an opportunity for the audience to engage in real time. Powered by the Congress for the New Urbanism, Public Square and On the Park Bench are built to add depth and rigor to the practice of urbanism and improve our capacity for creating inclusive, resilient places—places that people love.

Author’s Forum on Urbanism is a monthly series featuring authors in an hour-long, interactive discussion of recent publications on urbanism. The series, part of CNU’s On the Park Bench webinar program, takes a deep dive into each author’s insights through the lens of New Urbanism. The focus will be on one or two ideas that are embodied in the book, which advance the understanding of precedents and design strategies to repair and make sustainable urbanism. Attendees will have an opportunity to engage the authors during the session.

All live On the Park Bench webinars qualify for one CEU credit from AICP (click here for more on tracking and reporting). Additionally, CNU-A members can earn one CEU credit for all live and recorded On the Park Bench webinars (click here for more information on tracking and reporting).

> Archive of Past Webinars

PAST WEBINARS
 

March 10, 2026
A HIGH-GROWTH REGION WORKS TO PIVOT DEVELOPMENT TO NEW URBANISM
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February 17, 2026
TRANSFORMATIVE TRAIL-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT: RAZORBACK GREENWAY
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October 21, 2025
AUTHOR'S FORUM: CLIMATE ADAPTATION FOR ARCHITECTS
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October 7, 2025
MISSISSIPPI RENEWAL FORUM - 20 YEARS OF IMPACT
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August 26, 2025
CLIMATE READY COMMUNITIES: CRAFTING STATE AND PROVINCIAL POLICIES
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July 15, 2025
LEARNING FROM THE VILLAGES
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June 17, 2025
DOWNCITY: THE PLAN THAT SHAPED PROVIDENCE TODAY
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May 13, 2025
ART OF THE NEW URBANISM
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May 6, 2025
PROGRESS IN FORM-BASED CODING
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April 15, 2025
AUTHOR'S FORUM: BICYCLE CITY 
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March 4, 2025
WILDFIRE RECOVERY AND PLANNING 
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February 26, 2025
EMPTY TO ENERGIZED: CREATIVE STOREFRONT REVIVAL 
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