CNU New York is the Jane Jacobs chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism, promoting the creation and preservation of walkable, sustainable and beautiful neighborhoods, towns and cities. We regularly hold public meetings, tours and social events and hope you will join us. You can find out more at our Facebook page or write to
[email protected]. Think globally, act locally.« March 2018 | Main | August 2018 »
Now that this years congress in Savannah, Georgia has wrapped up, it's time to start looking forward to next year's in Louisville, Kentucky! Next year's congress in Louisville will be from June 12-15 and will be a great opportunity to new and old urbanism in a city with a commitment to inclusion and kindness. For more information click here
If you weren't able to make this year's congress, or want to listen to listen to some of the presentations again, click here
In February, representatives from most of the CNU local chapters met in Washington DC to share ideas and experiences so that individual chapters could improve their effectiveness and ability to improve communities within their region. To better understand the range of chapter types, a matrix was created to see which chapters were more focused on a single center vs. those that were more poly-centric and which were more "scrappy" vs. more professionally organized and led.
The chapter representatives also shared goals which included providing groundwork for the movement including advocacy and education, and allowing personal involvement for members as well as providing networking and a local talent marketplace. Others included focusing on the regional differences facing chapters in different parts of the country.
Some of the resources that were shared between the chapters were methods to finance local chapters-including some "bootstrap" methods, types of events that chapters can hold, effective ways to communicate with members, alliances with other local, regional and national organizations, and the Congress itself. Issues regarding staffing local chapters were also discussed.
At the Savannah Congress, these ideas were shared with a broader audience in a work session entitled "Empowering CNU's Chapters" led by CNU-New York chapter's executive officer, Larry Gould. For more information, check out the PowerPoint presentation from that session here
On June 8th, over 800 people joined Vision Long Island to honor twelve people and projects that are helping to revitalize downtowns and advance smart growth across the island. Winners included Riverview Lofts and Village Walk Assisted Living for Housing Choices, The Shipyard for Strengthening Communities, NICE Bus for Transportation, American Organic Energy for Environmental Leadership, and NYS Governor's Office of Storm Recovery for Infrastructure.
The Hicksville Chamber of Commerce as well as the Hicksville Community Council and the Town of Oyster Bay received the award for Revitalizing Communities and The Kings Park Chamber of Commerce and the Kings Park Civic Association won in the category of Citizen Participation. The Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce and the Suffolk County Alliance of Chambers each won for Small Business and the Village of Rockville Centre won for Sense of Place. Finally, Denise Carter of Greenman Pedersen Inc. and John Kominicki won the award for Regional Leadership.
For more information and videos of the winners, click here