Having just wrapped up a great CNU in Dallas, April 29 through May 2, a collection of urbanists share some of the ideas that resonated the most.
"The topics in this blog are snippets of great insights from many voices, including the likes of Andrés Duany, Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price, Doug Farr, and Lynn Richards on Social Connections; Dr. Antwi Akom and Dan Slone on Equity; Charles Montgomery and Hazel Borys on Happiness; Chris Leinberger and Peter Calthorpe on Economics; John Anderson, Bruce Tolar, and Ben Brown on Affordability; Marina Khoury, Susan Henderson, Matt Lambert, Jennifer Hurley, Peter Park, and Hazel Borys on Form-Based Codes; Jeffrey Tumlin on Parking (and Dancing), Andrés Duany, Hank Dittmar, and Sandy Sorlien on Lean Urbanism; Scott Bernstein and Lee Sobel on Pedestrian Malls; and Jon Coppage, Andrés Duany and Charles Marohn on Politics."
"We highly recommend these Twitter urbanists on the subject of #CNU23, and thank them for helping us write this blog:
@AlyAndrews | @andres_duany | @ArtisanUrbanist | @benbronews | @blackurbanist | @BrewtosaurusRex | @ChrisLeinberger | @clmarohn | @crlazaro | @DansloneK | @Downtown_Doc | @DPZandCo | @Edward_Erfurt | @fenmore37 | @greatstreetsATX | @Hailstromboli | @HankDittmar | @hborys | @I_SEEED | @IanLockwoodPE | @Infrastructor | @jeffreytumlin | @JenHurPlanner | @julie_yost | @johnthebad | @LeanUrbanism | @lrichardsCNU | @MarinaRKhoury | @MayorBetsyPrice | @mjl_urbanist | @nadiamobee | @newurbanism | @PlaceMakersLLC | @PhxDowntowner | @sarmiento_casas | @stevemouzon | @shagsss | @shanehamp | @SprawlRepairMnl | @stephenborys | @SteveMouzon | @StrongTowns | @suhender | @thehappycity | @VictorDover | @WalkableWPB | @walkplace
Image credit: Hazel Borys, CreativeCommons ShareAlike License with Attribution
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