Making Great Places

October 07, 2015

1:15pm - 2:00pm

What makes a great place? How can we catalyze and lead national and local efforts to significantly scale up the implementation of new urbanist practices? Across North America, we are at a tipping point: cities are cool and people want to live in places that are beautiful and with access to jobs, stores, and green spaces. People want neighborhoods where they can walk, bike, grab a bus, or jump in their own—or the neighborhood shared—car. They want to live in places where community is created, where visitors return, and residents don’t want to leave.  Jennifer Hurley, board member of the Congress for the New Urbanism, will discuss the economics and emerging trends in placemaking that can accelerate the building of great places. 

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