CNU Tampa Bay

Join the USF Live Move Student Group, Sun Coast Section of the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA) and the Florida Chapter of the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) for an evening with GABE KLEIN at the CNU Florida Annual Summit.

March 2, 2017

• 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Book Signing & Cocktail Hour
• 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Lecture

The Cuban Club 2010 N. Republica de Cuba, Tampa, Florida

CNU FL Summit attendees will receive complimentary admission included in the conference registration fee. Register for the CNU Florida summit here.

Single tickets for “An Evening with Gabe Klein” may be purchased from CNU Tampa Bay for $15 by clicking here. Proceeds for this separate ticketed event will go to benefit students at the University of South Florida.

ABOUT GABE
Gabe is the former Commissioner of the Chicago and Washington DC Departments of Transportation. In both cities he revamped technology platforms and government processes while focusing on putting people first vs. automobiles on city streets. This included launching two of the first and largest bikeshare systems in the U.S. and building protected bike lanes and better pedestrian infrastructure for vulnerable citizens citywide, as well as facilitating private services like carshare and rideshare that could help each cities mobility goals. Gabe honed his creativity and leadership skills working in business, including Zipcar, where he served as Vice President, Bikes USA as national Director of Stores and his own electric powered, organic food truck chain, On The Fly.

In 2016 Gabe co-founded CityFi to help city leaders, CEO’s and varied stakeholders to understand the complexity of 21st century challenges, facilitate people-centric solutions, utilize new models for delivery and technology-based tools to deliver triple-bottom line results. Clients range from foreign governments to cities, states, start-ups and publicly traded companies.

Post-government, and after an enriching fellowship with the Urban Land Institute in 2014, Gabe joined Fontinalis Partners as a Special Venture Partner on their $100 million 2nd fund. Gabe also advises governments and companies worldwide on innovation in cities including Singapore where Gabe has been a visiting fellow for the Centre For Livable Cities, working on creating a “car-lite” city-state. In 2015, Gabe also published Start-Up City with David Vega-Barachowitz on Island Press, a manifesto on revamping how (and how fast) we innovate in cities and rethinking public-private partnerships with a triple-bottom line approach as technology shapes a dramatically different future.

CNU Tampa Bay is thrilled to be hosting the CNU Florida Annual Summit on March 2 & 3, 2017 at the magnificent Cuban Club in the Ybor City Historic District of Tampa. We have an exciting lineup of speakers from near and far, including Laurie Volk, Andres Duany, John Anderson, and Gabe Klein.

The focus of this year’s Summit is built around plans, programs, and strategies that have resulted in positive change throughout Florida – from small scale infill, code hacks, and tactical projects to larger scale programs and initiatives that have produced tangible results. Getting Stuff Done.

To register for the 2-day summit or see more information, click here.

El Circulo Cubano (The Cuban Club) 2010 N. Avenida Republica de Cuba, Tampa, Florida

A reciprocal agreement with APA Florida invites APA members to register for the CNU Summit at the CNU member rate.

AIA Continuing Education Credits and AICP Certification Maintenance Credits Pending.

Thursday, October 8th, 2015
6:15 – 8:00 PM
Longleaf, Pasco County
(3104 Town Ave New Port Richey, FL 34655)

Based in Boston, MA, Jeff Speck is a city planner at the forefront of the movement to reinvent America’s downtowns and build more walkable urban places. Please join us for a lecture, book signing and reception with Jeff in beautiful Downtown Tampa.

Lecture by: Jeff Speck Author of Walkable City and co-author of Suburban Nation

Date: Monday, June 29, 2015

Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Event Schedule:
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM – Doors Open
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM – Lecture
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM – Reception & Book Signing

Venue: The Oxford Exchange (420 W Kennedy Blvd Tampa, FL 33606)

For more information about the event and to register click Here.

Presented by: University of South Florida LIVEMOVE Student Group APA-FL, Sun Coast Section  (1.00 CM Pending) Tampa Bay Group of the Florida Chapter, Congress for the New Urbanism The Oxford Exchange

Jeff Speck, AICP, CNU-A, LEED-AP, HON ASLA Principal, Speck & Associates LLC Jeff Speck is a city planner and urban designer who advocates internationally for more walkable cities.  As Director of Design at the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003 through 2007, he presided over the Mayors’ Institute on City Design and created the Governors’ Institute on Community Design.  Prior to his federal appointment, Mr. Speck spent ten years as Director of Town Planning at DPZ & Co., the principal firm behind the New Urbanism movement. Since 2007, he has led Speck & Associates, a boutique planning firm that specializes in making American downtowns thrive. With Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Mr. Speck is the co-author of The Smart-Growth Manual and the “modern classic” Suburban Nation, which the Wall Street Journal calls “the urbanist’s bible.”  His latest book, Walkable City–which the Christian Science Monitor calls “timely and important, a delightful, insightful, irreverent work” –was the best selling city-planning book of 2013-14. We hope to see you there!

  CNU-FL Event in the Tampa Bay area.

Join us Thursday, May 7< sup>th from 6:00 to 8:00PM as we bike along the Riverwalk and learn more about efforts to make Downtown Tampa a more walkable and bike-friendly place.  At stops along the ride, we will meet leaders from Coast Bike Share, Friends of the Riverwalk, the Tampa Downtown Partnership, Tampa Heights Neighborhood Association, and others.

The ride starts promptly at 6:00PM at the Coast Bike Share Station in Curtis Hixon Park.  If you plan to use a Coast bike, please make arrangements in advance. Visit Coast Bike Share to sign up and reserve your bike.

After the ride, stick around to enjoy live music, food, and refreshments at Rock the Park in Curtis Hixon Park.

We’re thrilled to announce that CNU Tampa Bay is hosting a meet and greet with Jim Kumon, Executive Director of Strong Towns. If you’ve never heard Jim or Chuck Marohn speak, please visit their website: www.strongtowns.org. Their message is that we can create wealth and get a return on our investment of public funds if we follow traditional development patterns with streets that have not been over-engineered and that are inexpensive to build and maintain. You can also follow Strong Towns on Facebook and Twitter @strongtowns.

Please join us on Friday, February 27^th at 5:30 p.m. We are meeting at Buddy Brew at 2020 West Kennedy Boulevard. They now serve beer and wine in addition to coffee.

Please RSVP to Catherine Hartley at hartleyc@hillsboroughcounty.org if you’re joining us. We hope to see you there!

Fellow Urbanists!

The Tampa Heights Civic Association, with a little help from CNU-Tampa Bay members, is holding a grassroots tactical urbanism/better block event this Saturday from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. The Heights is a hot neighborhood right now, but North Franklin Street from the Interstate North to Palm Avenue is in need of a little urban intervention.

The Better Block Event is a follow up event to a Summer 2014 Workshop organized by CNU Tampa Bay and Tampa Heights Civic Association. The concept will further explore the possibilities of what North Franklin Street can become.

The event will take place on North Franklin from Kay Street (Café Hey) to roughly 7^th Avenue.

CNU Tampa Bay is hosting one of the parklets (let’s play cornhole!). Please come Saturday to enjoy food, local craft beer, music, art, play games (thank you, Urban Conga!) and chat with folks who believe in grassroots planning.

Where: North Franklin from Kay Street (Café Hey) to roughly 7th Avenue

When: January 10^th from 10:00a.m to 3:00p.m

We hope to see you there!

Link to more info:

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Franklin-Street-Better-Block-Project-on-January-10th-.html?soid=1102424019835&aid=pbjO20cEfIk

Tactical Urbanism: Short term action, long term change

Members of CNU Tampa Bay and the Urban Charrette (left to right): Steve Schukraft, Vinod Kadu, Erin Chantry, Gui de Almeida, Ali Ankudowich, Evan Johnson, and Stephen Benson

We are thrilled to announce that Urbanism on Tap has won the 2014 Award of Excellence from the Sun Coast Section of the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association. This award recognizes an organization, initiative, urban planning process or project which is unique and revolutionary within the Tampa Bay Region. Urbanism on Tap was highlighted as an innovative concept that supports participatory planning principles and demonstrates excellence in the planning profession. If you haven’t yet experienced Urbanism on Tap – the program combines outreach, networking, and education into a unique series of events. Urbanism on Tap provides participants with an opportunity to engage in constructive informal conversations about current issues shaping the community. Events are held at neighborhood gathering places – not public institutions – usually a bar or pub that is family friendly. Both locals and professionals are welcome where a free exchange of knowledge and experiences is encouraged. The goal is to raise grassroots awareness and provide an opportunity for the average person to explore and engage with issues shaping their urban environment.  CNU Tampa Bay members and representatives from the Urban Charrette jointly accepted the award at an awards reception on November 21 at the Tampa Museum of Art.

CNU Tampa Bay’s Holiday Party @ The Canopy in St. Pete

Celebrate the holidays with fellow new urbanists and friends at CNU Tampa Bay’s Holiday Party at the Canopy on Beach Drive in Downtown St. Petersburg. Join us the evening of December 6^th to share some excellent company, an amazing view, a hearty selection of hors d’oeuvres, and a round of complimentary drinks for the first 25 followed by a cash bar.

Where: The Canopy Cabanas at the Birchwood, 340 Beach Drive, NE in Downtown St. Petersburg

When: December 6^th from 6:00 to 8:00pm

PLEASE RSVP HERE.