CNU Media Kit

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

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

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  • A mixed-use center for town and gown
    <strong>Storrs Center</strong> <em>Mansfield, CT</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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  • 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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  • Expanding options for a car-oriented suburban area
    <strong>Village of Providence</strong> <em>Huntsville, AL</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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Background

Freeways Without Futures 2021, our latest in a biennial series of profiles of local campaigns for highway removal in the United States. Part of CNU's Highways to Boulevards program and the CNU-supported Freeway Fighters Network.

The 25 Great Ideas of New Urbanism, an in-depth book of interviews with leading New Urbanists, covering the many concepts developed within the movement over the past 25+ years. Developed in 2017 in observance of CNU's 25th annual Congress.

The Charter Awards have been given annually since 2001 to recognize the exemplary work by CNU members and their allies who design and build places people love and are the world's preeminent award for urban design, placemaking, and community building.

Enabling Better Places are a series of guides for states and local communities to address the countless barriers to planning, designing, building, and enforcing compact, walkable communities. Part of CNU's Project for Code Reform.

CNU's Projects Database is a good source of stories about recent urbanist projects worldwide.

Building Local Strength, eight case studies of approaches to wealth generation and resident retention and empowerment strategies in communities experiencing redevelopment. Part of CNU's commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.

CNU's Flickr Stream with downloadable, Creative Commons images

Videos, podcasts, and explainers

On the Park Bench webinar series 

Emily Talen on the History of Planning

TED Talk: Jeff Speck on the Walkable City

New Urbanism 101: Andres Duany

CNU Leadership: Mallory Baches, President and Margaret Gattis, Executive Director

Email lmayer@cnu.org to schedule an interview with Mallory Baches and Margaret Gattis

With CNU’s mission unfulfilled, Mallory Baches takes co-leadership reins

CNU Board names new co-leaders, Rick Cole returns to city government

Headshots of Mallory Baches and Margaret Gattis

Mallory Baches
Margaret Gattis 

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