This [The City Program] will be composed of a panel of sustainable development experts who will serve as a resource to cities in developing and implementing sustainable community development plans. The Institute’s members will have access to experts with the expertise and experience in addressing issues as varied and interconnected as urban sprawl, inner-city and brownfield redevelopment, economic development and growth, ecosystem management, agriculture, hydrology, biodiversity, green buildings, energy conservation, watershed management, and pollution prevention.

… CNU focuses on planning and developing communities for people, not just cars, and for all kinds of people doing different things.

 

Essentially, it’s a throwback to Mayberry R.F.D., a small town where the doctor lived next to the barber (or sheriff) and you could walk downtown to shop or get an ice cream cone. There was a park to throw a ball or have a picnic (baseball and apple pie). Now we talk about sustainability and new urbanism, mixed-use developments and TODs (transit oriented development). We don’t say you can walk to town, we say that it’s pedestrian-friendly or walkable — you get the gist.