Every year, the Congress of New Urbanism (CNU) holds a yearly congress where architects, urban designers and planners, engineers, and developers get together to discuss climate change, neighborhood diversification, and walkable cities. This year, the congress will be hosted at Oklahoma City, OK with topics focused on resiliency. Urban3 has the opportunity to not only attend, but present on several panels. In this month’s Decoder webinar, team members from Urban3 will be sharing their presentations to give you insight on how cities can be built to last centuries. Learn more below.

Guest Speakers

Nature’s Silver Bullets: An Equitable Approach for a Cooler Planet

Taylor Schenker

Cities and their inhabitants are the world’s best hope for addressing climate change in the midst of global warming. But cities heat up faster than the countryside, presenting a challenge to the creation of livable, walkable, transit served and healthy places. How do communities and professionals work together to bring the best traditional and contemporary approaches and new green infrastructure – nature’s silver bullets – to cool our urban environments? How is the culture of people and place honored in the process?

Public Assets

Josh McCarty

How valuable are the publicly owned properties in my community? When local governments consider how to fund much-needed infrastructure investments, they often overlook a readily available resource: their own real estate. The public wealth of cities is a new idea championed by economist Dag Detter. These analysis create innovative ways of funding infrastructure and boosting local economic growth. By leveraging their existing holdings, public entities can utilize development to advance community fiscal sustainability and public policy goals.

Public Assets

Phillip Walters

How valuable are the publicly owned properties in my community? When local governments consider how to fund much-needed infrastructure investments, they often overlook a readily available resource: their own real estate. is a new idea championed by economist Dag Detter. These analysis create innovative ways of funding infrastructure and boosting local economic growth. By leveraging their existing holdings, public entities can utilize development to advance community fiscal sustainability and public policy goals.