In this episode, I reconnect with Lynn Richards, President & CEO of CNU (the
Congress for the New Urbanism), a membership-based organization dedicated to building places people love.
New urbanists are a diverse, multidisciplinary, action-oriented group working to build places people love.
As head of CNU, Richards has launched the organization’s
Project for Code Reform, which helps meet local governments where they are on their code reform process. Additionally, under her leadership, the organization has released two editions of
Freeways without Futures,
25 Great Ideas of New Urbanism and
Building Local Strength: Emerging Strategies for Inclusive Development.Additional Helpful Links:CNU's On the Park BenchVirtual Public Engagement featuring Victor Dover, with
Dover, Kohl, & Partners Town PlanningMike Lydon, with
Street PlansR. John Anderson and the
Incremental Development Alliance Four Easy Steps to Support My Efforts:2. If you enjoyed this episode, please give it a "thumbs up," leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and share it with a friend.
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All video and audio production by John Simmerman
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Background:
Hi Everyone, my name is John Simmerman.
I’m a health promotion professional with over 30 years of experience and my area of concentration has evolved into a specialization of how the built environment influences human behavior related to active living and especially active mobility.
In 2012 I launched the non-profit Advocates for Healthy Communities as an effort to help promote and create healthy, active places.
Since that time, I've been exploring, documenting, and profiling established, emerging, and aspiring Active Towns wherever they might be, in order to produce high-quality multimedia content to help inspire the creation of more safe and inviting, environments that promote a "Culture of Activity" for "All Ages & Abilities."
My Active Towns suite of channels feature my original video and audio content and reflections, including a selection of podcast episodes and short films profiling the positive and inspiring efforts happening around the world as I am able to experience and document them.
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