Lauren Mayer
Lauren Mayer is the Associate Director of Resources at the Congress for the New Urbanism where she helps to produce and maintain the New Urbanist knowledge base.
The role of community advocacy
CNU’s biennial Freeways Without Futures report is out now! In a series of articles, Public Square is exploring common threads from the report. Article three focuses on how community campaigns can influence public policy related to in-city highways.
CNU highlights for 2021
In a challenging year, CNU hosted a second successful virtual Congress, brought on a new executive director, and made significant advances in programs.
Insights from the 2024 Charter Awards jury chair
Matthew Bell is the 2024 Charter Awards jury chair. A focus of this year’s jury will be on walkable mixed-use urbanism and high-quality design.


