CNU 28 Sponsors

ESG Architecture & Design

Walton Family Foundation

The Walton Family Foundation works in three areas: improving K-12 education, protecting rivers and oceans and the communities they support, and investing in our home region of Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta.

The Lander Group

The Lander Group builds successful infill, mixed-use, and redevelopment projects in the Midwest and California.

Destination Medical Center

DPZ CoDesign

Adaptive urban planning for the challenges of today's built environment.

Opticos Design

We believe in the transformative power of beautiful, sustainable, walkable communities for all.

Black + Vernooy

University of Miami, School of Architecture, Master of Real Estate Development

The mission of the School of Architecture is to prepare students for professional leadership and lifelong learning in architecture, urbanism, and related fields.

F.R. Bigelow Foundation

HRA City of Bloomington, MN

City of Richfield, MN

Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

City of Saint Paul: Planning & Economic Development

The Department of Planning and Economic Development (PED) builds community wealth through business, housing, jobs, planning, financial, and cultural assets.

AARP Livable Communities

AARP Livable Communities supports the efforts of neighborhoods, towns, cities, and rural areas to be great places for people of all ages.

Cornish Associates

Headquartered in Providence, RI, Cornish Associates is an innovative real estate development company committed to the principles of New Urbanism and to the over-arching mission of creating diverse, walkable and sustainable places.

Thadani Architects + Urbanists

Urban3

Urban3 is a private consulting firm specializing in land value economics, property tax analysis and community design.

Zimmerman/Volk Associates, Inc.

ZVA is recognized by the leading practitioners of New Urbanism as the national expert on the residential market feasibility and positioning of urban development and redevelopment and new traditional neighborhoods.

Farr Associates

As designers, we work hard to answer this one question: How can the thoughtful design of the built environment give our children and grandchildren a better world than the one given to us?

ISG Inc.

PlaceMakers, LLC

As our name implies, we’re not just a planning and design firm. Instead, we address the full scope of placemaking — planning and urban design, context-specific coding, community engagement, and implementation — and put our focus on the kind of viability that turns vision into reality.

Principle Group

We help design, plan, and build authentic places. Our work is focused on creating environmental, economic, and social returns that result from human-oriented, resilient, and neighborhoods. We provide our clients and partners a full set of services from architecture, master planning, zoning, to development implementation.

Stantec

Stantec’s Urban Places team is an interdisciplinary hub within the firm bringing together leaders in planning and urban design, smart and multimodal mobility, resilience, development, mixed-use architecture, smart cities, and brownfield redevelopment. We work in communities across North America—in cities and suburbs alike—to unlock the extraordinary urban promise of enhanced livability, equity, and resilience.

Torti Gallas + Partners

Torti Gallas + Partners has extensive experience with all scales of master planning and building projects in the residential, mixed-use downtown, transit-oriented, and commercial markets, applying jurisdictional needs and code requirements in local, national and international markets.

Van Meter Williams Pollack, LLP

Van Meter Williams Pollack is an award-winning Architecture and Urban Design firm based in San Francisco, Denver, and Minneapolis. Since 1989 we have provided a full range of comprehensive design and planning services for a variety of project types, scales and clients.

BKV Group

BKV Group is a full-service architecture, engineering, interior design, landscape architecture and construction administration firm.

Collage Architects

Collage Architects is a thriving office of distinct personalities - each lending individual talents and opinions to improve every project moving through our doors.

Crabtree Group, Inc.

We are a Colorado based multi-disciplinary New Urbanist Civil Engineering firm ranging in scope from small infill + redevelopment projects to town + city plans.

Damon Farber Landscape Architects

Damon Farber is an award winning landscape architecture and site planning firm focused on innovative design, research, and collaboration.

Hoisington Koegler Group, Inc.

HKGi – Our planning and urban design mission is to collaborate with our clients, listen to stakeholders, and explore potential solutions. Our goal: to create places that enrich people’s lives.

LHB, Inc.

LHB’s team of architects, landscape architects, engineers and urban designers live our passion striving to create regenerative communities at www.LHBcorp.com.

The Musicant Group & Friendly Fronts

The Musicant Group is a space activation firm that combines design, planning, site management, and event planning to create places where people want to be.

SRF Consulting Group

Together, we create vibrant communities and dynamic experiences.

Capitol Area Architecture & Planning Board

City of Bloomington, MN

The Planning Division guides Bloomington's future land use direction through long range plans and zoning controls. The division reviews and prepares recommendations on applications for development, rezoning, use permits and variances and works closely with the Planning Commission.

City of Edina, MN

Fresh Energy

Fresh Energy's mission is ot shape and drive realistic, visionary energy policies that benefit all.

Hennepin County, MN

Hennepin County is a vibrant blend of 45 municipalities that includes the city of Minneapolis, attractive suburbs, and peaceful small town settings.

Macalester College

Education for a world stage.

Metropolitan Council

The Metropolitan Council is the regional planning agency and provides essential services for the Twin Cities metropolitan region. Our mission is to foster efficient and economic growth for a prosperous and sustainable region.

City of Minneapolis

Minneapolis is a growing and vibrant world-class city with a flourishing economy and a pristine environment, where all people are safe, healthy and have equitable opportunities for success and happiness..

Montgomery County Planning Department

As Montgomery County continues to attract an increasingly diverse, technologically savvy, well-educated population, the Montgomery County Planning Department focuses its skills and talents to bring high-quality design in both form and function to all areas, from central businesses districts to rural villages.

Ramsey County

Ramsey County, home to Minnesota's state capital and more than 540,000 residents, is known for vibrant neighborhoods, parks and abundant family activities.

City of Rochester, MN

The mission of the City of Rochester is to provide a safe, attractive environment through the responsive, efficient, and cost-effective delivery of municipal services.

City of Saint Louis Park, MN

St. Louis Park's convenient location as a neighbor to Minneapolis means you're only minutes away from some of the Twin Cities' most attractive amenities: the Chain of Lakes, the downtown theater district, shopping, universities and major league sports.

City of Saint Paul, MN

Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota.

Ball State University

We spark intellectual curiosity.

Bolton & Menk, Inc.

We believe all people should live in a safe, sustainable, and beautiful community.

The Cornerstone Group

The Cornerstone Group is a mission driven, values lead real estate company.

Leyland Alliance

Minnesota Design Center

We are looking at the impact of the pandemic on land use, transportation, open space, housing, and urbanism generally.

Schafer Richardson

Founded by Brad Schafer and Kit Richardson in 1995, Schafer Richardson claims a vast midwest real estate portfolio of award winning, quality assets including commercial, residental and mixed use.

Thomas Comitta Associates

TCA understands the complex evolution of livable communities and successful outdoor spaces.

AECOM

Ever-Green Energy

Ever-Green Energy develops and operates energy and utility systems that have been globally recognized for efficiency, cost-effectiveness, reliability, and environmental stewardship. We proudly operate utilities in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ohio, including District Energy St. Paul, our parent company and a globally recognized district energy system. Our team also collaborates with communities and campuses across North America to plan and implement system advancements that balance sustainability with affordability, including 12 current projects working toward decarbonization. We pride ourselves on a holistic approach to solutions, balancing cutting-edge technology advancement with proven solutions to help our clients reach their goals.

Laura M. Heery

Steve Maun

Watson-Forsberg

Watson-Forsberg has partnered with dedicated community organizations and members to construct a better community since 1965.

YARD & Company

YARD & Company is an urban growth firm that uncovers demand for extraordinary places and crafts design and development strategies for shared investment in their future.

Active Towns

Active Towns help communities create a Culture of Activity by employing evidence-based human behavior dynamics, we provide expert advice and support services to communities wishing to establish inviting, invigorating, and inclusive "All Ages & Abilities" people-oriented places which promote active living and enhance quality of live measures, while reducing climate and environmental impacts.