Could Milwaukee remove another urban freeway?
Seen from the Milwaukee River, the rendering shows possibilities for the 32.5 acres including an extended outdoor Public Market, parks, and a pedestrian street with shops, housing, and office buildings where the interstate currently exists. Courtesy of 1000 Friends of Wisconsin. Rendering...
Member profile: Bart Griepentrog
Bart Griepentrog, the Planning & Development Director for the Village of Shorewood, embodies New Urbanist principles in his life and work. Having never owned a car, he was drawn to life in Milwaukee and a position in neighboring Shorewood...
Code reform guidance for Wisconsin
A new guide is available for smaller cities and towns across Wisconsin to reform restrictive zoning codes that could threaten the long-term affordability and livability of communities across the state. Enabling Better Places: A User’s Guide to Wisconsin Neighborhood...
Reflections from CNU 30: Sights of Oklahoma City
New urbanists from around the globe recently visited Oklahoma City for the 30th annual Congress for the New Urbanism. CNU-Wisconsin board member Pat Algiers attended the event and shared sights from around the city. Tour of downtown Tulsa hosted...
Reflections from CNU 30: Walking, biking, and breweries in OKC’s resurgence
Oklahoma City grew by 14 percent in the last decade—a trend that might not have seemed possible to local leaders in the early 1990s. Speaking to a large crowd at CNU 30 in late March, those leaders rightly pointed...
Calling all urbanists for Community Challenge
AARP Wisconsin is inviting local organizations and governments to apply for the 2022 AARP Community Challenge grant program, now through March 22. These grants fund quick-action projects that help communities become more livable in the long-term by improving public...
Member profile: Jane Grabowski-Miller
Jane Grabowski-Miller helped plant the foundational seeds of New Urbanism in Wisconsin almost three decades ago and continues supporting the movement today as a CNU Wisconsin board member and a development specialist with American Family Insurance. She worked for...
CNU Wisconsin is gearing up for 2022
This past year has been a mixed bag for many of us, but it was a big one for CNU Wisconsin. 2021 marked the chapter’s ten year anniversary, and ten years since urban professionals from across the country flocked...
Member profile: Joyce Tang Boyland
Featuring Joyce Tang Boyland in our first member profile is fitting as she is one of the people that championed forming a Wisconsin Chapter over 10 years ago. Joyce felt the need to have an entity in Wisconsin for...
Welcome to CNU Wisconsin
The Wisconsin chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism, the international organization that helps create vibrant and walkable cities, towns, and neighborhoods where people have diverse choices for how they live, work, shop, and get around.