Events & News

Place Making with Form Based Codes
Lecture by Susan Henderson, Architect/Principal of Placemakers, LLC
Friday, April 24, 2009 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Oakland Park City Hall
Admission Free and Open to the Public

Stimulating Redevelopment through Public Private Partnership:
Sharing the risks & rewards

April 10, 2009 at the University of Miami
A Joint Program from The University of Miami Real Estate Development & Urbanism Program
The Florida Redevelopment Association & ULI Southeast Florida/Caribbean

Stimulus Bill Chart
Attached is a chart of state-by-state funding (provided by AASHTO) from the transportation portion of the recovery bill. It shows how much each state and urban area will receive in STP funds (which can be used for more than just roads and bridges despite their messaging) and the amount of transit capital funding and fixed guideway modernization funding will go to each urban and rural area.

Florida Redevelopment Association
South Florida Regional Meeting

When: Friday, February 20th
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (breakfast is included)
Where: Hilton Deerfield Beach, 100 Fairway Drive, Deerfield Beach, FL 33441
Cost: Free
Registration: required e-mail Jan Piland at jpiland@flcities.com or call (850) 701-3622 by February 16th
Speakers: Marwan Mufleh, Kimley-Horn/FRA South Florida Regional Representative; J. Gary Rogers, Executive Director of Community Redevelopment, City of Lauderdale Lakes/2008-09 FRA President will give an update on the Florida Redevelopment Association and introduction of the 2009 FRA Strategic Plan and Jim Carras, Principal, Carras Community Investment, Inc./FRA Board of Director; Chair, Housing Committee will present FRA Affordable Housing Best Practices for CRA’s in Today’s Challenging Market.
Sponsored by Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. and Urban Resource Group

Gas Prices May Revive Cities
July 17, 2008
US News & World Report

by Bret Schulte

Redevelopment and the Creative Economy
Oct. 20-24, 2008
Hyatt Regency
Downtown Tampa

Our Cities, Our Retailers: Mitchell Kaplan and Stacy Mitchell Talk with Carol Coletta
October 25, 2007 8 p.m.
Books & Books, Coral Gables, 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, FL
Carol Coletta, Mitchell Kaplan, , and Stacy Mitchell, discuss independent retail.

The Tenets of the New Urbanism
Lecturer: Andrés Duany
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Thursday, November 8, 2007 • 5:00 to 7:00 pm
Miami Beach Community Church
Lincoln Road at 1620 Drexel Avenue
Miami Beach, FL, 33139

2007 Florida Redevelopment Association Annual Conference October 24 - 26, 2007
The 2007 FRA Annual Conference will be held in Daytona Beach at the Hilton Ocean Front Resort located at 100 N. Atlantic Avenue, Daytona Beach, Florida

Florida Medical Assocation Resolution against Sprawl and for Climate Change - May 2007

ULI 2007 Vision Awards-Call for Nominations-Project of the Year
CNU Florida members are encouraged to enter their projects in the ULI 2007 Vision Awards for the ULI Southeast Florida/Caribbean District. You do not need to be ULI members, the focus will be on projects (not firms or individuals like last year). You can review the call for nomination details below, but the basic criteria include:

• the project must be located within the counties of Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie or Indian River, or in Puerto Rico.
• The project must be in stable operation, financially viable, and worthy of emulation.
• The project must embody excellence in one or more of the District Council's 2007-2008 priorities:
• Housing for the 21st Century
• Green and sustainable communities
• Public/private cooperation

Miami21 Update
June 25, 2007 6:30 p.m.
Glasgo Hall, University of Miami School of Architecture
1215 Dickinson Drive, Coral Gables

Author Navin Ramani introduces his new book Bombay Art Deco Architecture: A Visual Journey 1930 – 1953
April 27, 2007 6:00 p.m.
Books and Books
265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables

Articles

A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers, and Architects
Review by New Urban News
New Urbanists see chance to end sprawl. They may be a Dream Team, of sorts, the gold standard in city planning.

Off the Grid?
b by Charlotte Crane Florida Trend
July 2007

Trailblazer Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk talks about Miami 21
by Matthew Haggman Miami Herald
July 2, 2007

Hurricane-Proof and Affordable-Katrina Cottage
by Charlotte Crane Florida Trend
June 2007

The Visionaries
by By Doug MacCash on Nola.com
December 10, 2006

Update on Florida House Bill 391
by Doris Goldstein, Attorney
May 10, 2006

Duany: Apply New Urbanism to Affordable Housing
Orlando Business Journal
January 13, 2006

Luxury is as luxury does
How Charlotte cleaned Orlando's corporate clock

by Bruce Stephenson
Orlando Sentinel, November 17, 2005

ARCHITECTURE: A building apart
It looks like something ancient and strange, a medieval abbey or Byzantine church, dropped among the cozy little Bauhaus boxes of the University of Miami's School of Architecture.
Miami Herald, October 16, 2005

Mississippi Renewal Forum Creates Regional Planning Guidelines for Rebuilding Gulf Coast Communities (10/13/05)

Experimental community of Seaside is a model for weathering storms: Village built tough as nails, residents say
Article in the Sun-Sentinel, July 12, 2005

Editorial by CNU Member Bruce Stephenson
Appeared in the Orlando Sentinel, March 24, 2005

Past Events (and related Materials)

A Day of Inspiration at Windsor
Vero Beach
July 26, 2007

CNU Florida's Third Statewide Meeting
Winter Park
January 18 – 19, 2007

New Urbanism Special Focus: Developing at Town Center Today
Winter Springs
January 17, 2007

CNU Short Course: Transportation in the New Urbanism
Sponsored by the City of Port St. Lucie
April 20, 2006 All Day

Livable Communities Workshops
Learn about transportation & safety & their role in achieving sustainable, livable, active communities.
Hosted by: Florida Department of Transportation and FSU’s Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Confirmed Locations:
Marco Island June 26
Jacksonville August 8
Register On-Line today at www.fsu.edu/~durp/ or download flyer.

CNU Florida's Second Statewide Meeting
Winter Park
January 12 - 13, 2006

METROPOLIS Tropical Green
Miami
February 9 - 10, 2006

CNU Florida's First Statewide Meeting
Winter Park
January 13 - 14, 2005

Award Recipients

Charles A. Barrett Memorial Award - Awarded every two years
2007 - Scott Merrill
   

 

John Nolen Award
2007 - University of Miami, College of Architecture
 
2006 - Robert and Darryl Davis
 
2005 - Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council