What is CNU?
The Congress for the New Urbanism is a national organization dedicated to understanding how the quality of the built environment impacts our daily lives, and applying this knowledge to build vibrant and healthy communities.
What is CNU-Houston?
We are a local chapter of CNU, seeking to connect national best-practices to the issues facing our community.
What do we stand for?
The principles that embody our organization are defined in the Charter for the New Urbanism. In general, the Charter identifies many of the problems facing communities of all sizes in the US and abroad, and asserts that for each of these problems there is a dysfunction in the built environment that is entirely or partly the cause. The Charter acknowledges that environmental solutions alone will not solve social and economic challenges, but neither can these challenges be solved without a supportive built environment.