Place Summit
Place Summit 2024
A treasured ENU tradition, the Place Summit is a time to gather in person with local ENU members and share in the urbanist topics and experiences in one place. Place Summit is a meeting of people with various ages, backgrounds, and experiences who seek interaction with - and motivation from - others who share a passion for place, people, and purpose.
The Place Summit is comprised of multiple locations across the US - each customized to the local Urbanists' tastes and city's areas of interests. This year, ENU members met up in 5 different cities: Atlanta, Washington, DC, Miami, Chicago, and San Francisco. Members toured beautiful neighborhoods, shared presentations on urbanist ideas, and made lasting connections with like-minded professionals.
SAN FRANCISCO
MIAMI
ATLANTA
WASHINGTON, DC
Why Attend an ENU Place Summit?
Exploring Our Goals
To ENU, the Place Summit and the ideas it generated are catalysts for future involvement. It's the start of encouraging emerging professionals to sit at the table, equipping them through education, and connecting them with other emerging professionals and mentors. The Place Summit also enables emerging professionals within and tangential to the New Urbanist movement to connect with other like-minded professionals and advocates.
Fostering a Thriving Community
What happens when groups of passionate individuals from across the country gather with the opportunity to talk about any and all New-Urbanism-adjacent topics? How can emerging professionals in real estate, planning, urban design, landscape architecture, economics, transportation, and architecture contribute to the ever-evolving movement of New Urbanism? What can come of individuals being inspired by the passion projects, initiatives, and studies of others?
At the ENU Place Summit, inaugurated October of 2021, we ask these questions of ourselves. The takeaways? Education and empowerment. Learning motivates us and exploring inspires us.
Experiencing Great Urbanism
The ENU Place Summit took the presentations and prompts to the streets with walking tours through each of the cities where the Place Summit hubs met - every year in a different location and itinerary. In 2021, the hubs were San Francisco/Berkeley, Chicago, and New Haven. In 2024, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta, and Washington DC. Participants enjoy exploring new cities while engaging with other passionate individuals. Discussions continued through afternoon meals, coffee runs, boat tours, and evenings spent in roof-top bars.
What Can I Learn?
Previous Topics of Discussion
ENU members come from diverse backgrounds and have unique insights into issues and topics. At the Place Summit, participants discuss or present on a variety of topics:
Tactical Urbanism & Responses to the Pandemic,
Urban Responses to Climate Change,
Barrio Seguro ("safe neighborhoods") in Latin America,
New Urbanist Real Estate Investment Trust,
Planning in Developing Countries, and
many more!
Virtual/New Haven Presentations
8:54 | Third Places - Luke Sims
14:07 | Tactical Urbanism Responses to the Pandemic - Austin Cassidy
22:35 | Urban and Regional-Scale Responses to Climate Change - Matthew Gschwind
31:30 | El Barrio Seguro, “The Safe Neighborhood” - Olga Handal
38:36 | New Urbanist Methods for Combatting the Housing Crisis - Spencer Johnson
SF/Berkeley Presentations
0:00 | PLACE (Proactive Leadership Advocating for Climate & Equity) Initiative - Camille Cortes
5:14 | Confluence: Hydroelectric Production, Wealth Generation, and Community Building on Squamish IR Cheakamus 11 - Chris D’Amico
15:37 | Four Things I’m Interested In - Matt Lambert
25:37 | The Future of the Students for New Urbanism - Cal Kurtz
34:41 | Housing & Urbanism in Seattle’s University District - Max Erickson
47:25 | Missing Middle Housing - Singeh Saliki
Chicago Presentations
0:00 | New Urbanist REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) - Stig Terrebonne
4:07 | Planning in Developing Countries - Elysse Dallas
9:01 | Participatory Mapping - Alex Rosander
14:43 | Urban Edge Studio - Chuck Kluth
20:15 | How to Future-Proof Your Career - Brenda Diaz
26:53 | La Ciudad Hispanoamericana - Carlos A. Sainz Caccia
33:04 | Knowing Your New Urbanism Story - Gary Scott
SF Brochure 2024.pdfSan Francisco
ATL Itinerary.pdfAtlanta
Place Summit DC Itinerary.jpgWashington, DC
ENU Chicago Place Summit.pdfChicago
An Inspirational Beginning
As ENU's inaugural event, this Place Summit didn't just allow participants to talk about their passions and enjoy a beautiful city. This meeting of minds celebrated the creation of the Emerging New Urbanists and prompted the creation of the ENU Task Force, enabling the community of ENU to continue to expand and welcome emerging professionals from far and wide to join in the movement of New Urbanism.
We learned that in-person connection is essential to building momentum behind the Emerging New Urbanist community. Discussions about person and group goals help us discover our community's next steps. We love new perspectives and attendees. Join us!