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Welcome to the archives of Better Cities & Towns, a publication founded by Robert Steuteville as New Urban News in 1996. This archive holds two decades of the best news and analysis on compact, mixed-use growth and development, from 1996 to 2015.
Much has been said about Millennials — the generation born from 1980 through the late 1990s, sometimes called Gen Y and Echo Boomers — choosing downtown living.
CNU’s Erika Strauss recently interviewed Paul Crabtree and Lisa Nisenson, leaders of CNU’s Rainwater-in-Context Initiative, on the delayed EPA stormwater regulations.
CNU Cascadia Chapter partnered with the Seattle 2030 District to identify opportunities and best practices for achieving low-carbon, resilient communities in existing neighborhoods.
CNU is pleased to announce the new, reformatted and retitled Official Congress of the New Urbanism Podcast.
A new book examines the principled past and visions for the future of the town that inspired New Urbanism.
A book edited by Emily Talen; McGraw-Hill, 302 pages, $60 softcover
Welcome to Jacobsburg, which offers many lessons for other communities to follow.
The Queen City is part of a trend of big cities that are reforming their zoning. The next step is to apply the code to neighborhoods via regulating plans.
Form-based codes work because each community and the places that comprise it have an identifiable structure: a physical structure.
Redwood City, California, brought a humdrum business district back to life by creating better public spaces, adding an anchor, and reforming codes to unleash the private sector.
The biggest TND ever is the exception to the rule that small projects thrive in this economy.