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The Congress begins.
CNU 28 is here. This year, the
Congress is held virtually against a backdrop of increasing urgency to
deliver solutions that build complete communities that are inclusive,
equitable, and accessible to all.
We've taken the Congress online to broadcast, share, and exchange
the ideas and core principles that have made CNU the driver of
positive urbanist change over the past 30 years - and to lay out the
blueprints of building better communities for years to come.
How to Participate.
CNU 28 is online this year. Plenaries,
breakout sessions, awards ceremonies, art rooms, fun runs, happy
hours, and more than 70 continuing education credits - everything
you'd expect from an in-person Congress - are at your fingertips.
Once registered, all you'll need is?CNU Connect, the app - available
for your tablet, iPhone, or Android - that immerses you in the full
Congress experience.
Simply search for "CNU Connect" in your tablet or mobile device's
app store and click to install. Select the CNU 28.A Virtual Gathering
event within the "CNU Connect" app and login using the same email
address that you used to register for the Congress. Registered users
will also receive a link to the desktop website.
Once you've created a login, you'll be able to dig into session
details, create a customized agenda of sessions and events, connect
and chat with colleagues and fellow attendees, interact with sponsors
at the virtual Exhibit Hall, and access all that CNU 28 has to
offer.
Registration is still
open! Sign up for just the sessions you want with
single-session registrations starting at $20. Or get access to
everything for as little as $225.
Work Your Core.
Starting today, June 8, build your core urbanist knowledge with 16
pre-Congress sessions that provide the fundamentals of New Urbanism,
from "Walkable City Rules" with Walkable City: How Downtown Saves
America, One Step at a Time author, Jeff Speck to "Transit-Oriented
Development" with Strategic Economics President, Dena Belzer, there's
something for everyone.
Take a peek at all the Core New Urbanist educational
sessions - included in the Live and Live+Archive Congress
registrations at no additional costs.
Address Structural Inequities -
Propose Actionable, Lasting Changes.
In light of the tragic killing of George Floyd and so very many
before him, and in response to endemic issues of inequity in the
United States, CNU's Board of Directors recently issued a statement
reinforcing its commitment to be a force for positive change in
communities of color.
CNU 28 will offer opportunities to?engage in difficult
conversations about structural issues embedded in historic, and
contemporary, policies that encode unequal outcomes in our cities and
towns, in sessions like "Redressing Redlining: Lessons in Realities
and Reconciliation," and "The Mapping Prejudice Project: Confronting a
Legacy of Racial Covenants in Minneapolis Neighborhoods."
Further, CNU 28 will include discussion on the foundations for
building practices that are open, resilient, and responsive for
communities too often left behind, in sessions such as "Health &
Housing: Equitable Drivers of Neighborhood Transformation" and "New
Tools for Urban Resilience."?CNU hopes that these conversations serve
to catalyze action in addressing systemic racism, as it is manifest
within the built environment.
All Week Long.
On June 10, the Congress kicks into high gear: Plenary sessions
from top urbanist thinkers, such as a conversation between editorial
director of SPUR, and New York Times' contributor, Allison Arieff, and
journalist Emily Badger; a discussion on mobility and affordability
moderated by Eric Shaw, Director of Housing, San Francisco, for the
Mayor''s Office of Housing and Community Development; breakout sessions
that detail designs for everything from health and housing ("Health
& Housing: Equitable Drivers of Neighborhood Transformation") to
readying communities to respond to COVID-19 ("A Tale of Two Cities: An
Urban Response to Inequality After a Pandemic"), to advocacy and
action strategies to address affordability climate change challenges
(see Saturday's slate of sessions). This year's Congress will conclude
with a Charter Awards ceremony that celebrates 20 years of planning
excellence.
And don't forget: after the sessions, you'll be able to engage and
interact at digital happy hours and events with all your urbanist
friends.
View the full agenda here.
Register now.
Questions?
If you have questions about the event app or online platform,
please contact socio+cnu@socio.events. If you have questions about
CNU or your registration for CNU 28, please email support@cnu.org.
Thank you to our CNU 28
sponsors.
Transformative ESG Architecture & Design Walton
Family Foundation
Visionary The Lander Group
Sustainable Destination Medical
Center DPZ CoDESIGN Opticos Design Black +
Vernooy University of Miami, School of Architecture, Master of Real
Estate Development
Community AARP Livable
Communities Cornish Associates Thadani Architects +
Urbanists Urban3 Zimmerman/Volk Associates, Inc.
Neighborhood Farr Associates ISG Inc. PlaceMakers,
LLC Principle Group Stantec Torti Gallas + Partners Van
Meter Williams Pollack LLP
Green BKV Group Collage
Architects Crabtree Group, Inc. Damon Farber Landscape
Architects Hoisington Koegler Group, Inc. LHB, Inc. The
Musicant Group SRF Consulting Group
Public
Interest Capitol Area Architecture & Planning Board City of
Bloomington, MN City of Edina, MN Fresh Energy Hennepin
County, MN Macalester College Metropolitan Council City of
Minneapolis, MN Montgomery County Planning Department Ramsey
County, MN City of Rochester, MN City of Saint Louis Park,
MN City of Saint Paul, MN
Public
Square Ball State University Bolton & Menk, Inc. The
Cornerstone Group Leyland Alliance Minnesota Design
Center Schafer Richardson Thomas Comitta Associates
A la
Carte Ever-Green Energy Laura M. Heery Steve
Maun Watson-Forsberg Co. YARD & Company
In-Kind Active Towns
Legacy
Project F.R. Bigelow Foundation HRA City of Bloomington City of
Richfield, MN Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation City of
Saint Paul: Planning & Economic Development
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Walks Barrett Planning Group LLC Center for Active
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Urbanism Center for Community Progress City of Bloomington,
MN College of Charleston Colorado Land Advisor, Inc. Common
Ground USA Dover, Kohl & Partners Town Planning Gibbs
Planning Group Gotham Design & Community Development Ltd. +
Sustainable Westchester Institute for Sustainable
Communities INTBAU International Downtown
Association Justiniano Urban Systems, Inc. Island
Press LandLab, Inc. LandUseUSA | Urban Strategies LOCUS/Smart
Growth America Maryland Department of Planning Metropolitan
Consortium of Community Developers Nature Sacred Project for
Public Spaces Safe Routes to School National Partnership Sierra
Club Minnesota North Star Chapter Smart Growth America Smart
Growth Network Strong Towns Storefront Mastery The American
Conservative Tehran University Ticco Winter Cities
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