Category Archives: Chapter Events

October 9, 2014 – Grand Central, St. Petersburg Walkabout. Time – 5:30pm to 7:15pm, Venue – Downtown St. Petersburg

Meet 5:30pm at 3 Daughters Brewery and then walk with the group towards Green Bench Brewery. Attendees can join the organizers for a late Happy Hour at around 7:15pm. People who cannot make it to walk can directly join the rest of the group at Green Bench too.

Looking forward to see you there!

A CNU Florida Event in the Tampa Bay area.

PART I: Tuesday, Sept 9, 2014 – 5:45-7:15pm – P.J Dolan’s Irish Pub and Grille (2836 E.Bearss Ave, Tampa, FL)

PART II: Tuesday, Nov 18, 2014 – 5:45-7:15pm – P.J Dolan’s Irish Pub and Grille (2836 E.Bearss Ave, Tampa, FL)

PART III: Tuesday, Jan 13, 2015 – 5:45-7:15pm – P.J Dolan’s Irish Pub and Grille (2836 E.Bearss Ave, Tampa, FL)

Urbanism on Tap is a new series organized by CNU Tampa Bay and The Urban Charrette designed to give an opportunity for the community to engage in constructive conversations about current ideas shaping our city. The format is simple enough – We’ll provoke the conversation with a quick slideshow and then start a lively dialog Open Mic style.

Our fourth series is back! with the launch of The Role of Universities in Urban Design and Innovation, which is focused on the influence of universities on the development of our community.

#1 – The USF Factor! Shaping Tampa One Building and One Mind at a Time – Sept 9, 2014
This discussion will focus on USF’s influence on our economy, our politics, and our physical environment.

#2 – Town and Gown: Getting Along and Prospering – Nov 18, 2014 
What is the relationship like between universities and their host cities? How are they changing?

#3 – The Connected Future of USF and North Tampa? – Jan 13, 2015
How do we achieve our vision? How can the relationship between USF and its current/future partners with surrounding local government and community organization help to reshape the greater North Tampa area?

*Please note our new location for this series is P.J Dolan’s (2836 E.Bearss Ave, Tampa, FL). 

A CNU Florida Event in the Tampa Bay area.

In June, CNU Tampa Bay had the opportunity to join forces with  the Tampa Heights Civic Association to help the citizens of Tampa Heights envision the future of Franklin Street and the Tampa Heights neighborhood. The Visioning Workshop, organized and led by CNU Tampa Bay, was attended by residents and business owners alike, as members of the community who are working together to reinvigorate their neighborhood. It was the first step in the Build a Better Block Project that will be concluded in January 2015.

The Build a Better Block Project is a “demonstration tool that acts as a living charrette so that communities can actively engage” in the future of  a place. The Build a Better Block has been used as a tool across the country to help redeveloping communities experience the possibilities for change in their neighborhood. A project typically involves a temporary redesign of the street that enables multimodal transportation and placemaking while increasing economic development. In January, we’ll be hitting the streets with other urban design, planning, and community organizations to demonstrate the future of Franklin Street as a vibrant and walkable neighborhood center for the Tampa Heights neighborhood. Over one weekend, fun, exciting, and interactive, temporary installations will be installed along Franklin Street that will give an insight into Franklin Street’s potential as a “complete, livable street.”

Examples of temporary “tactical urbanism” installations

Before we jump to the fun stuff, it’s important that these temporary installations represent the permanent changes that the community envisions. To do that we had neighborhood residents participate in a series of exercises to help direct and define a unified vision. Visioning, visual preference, map, and street section exercises gave a variety of opportunity to gather the DNA of Franklin Street’s future.

Visioning Boards

Visual Preference Surveys

Street Section exercises

CNU Tampa Bay will be taking these results, and with The Urban Charrette and Tampa Heights Civic Association, we’ll create a window into Franklin Street’s future. Check back here or sign up to our email list here to stay up to date with the next steps of the Build a Better Block project in Tampa.

A CNU-FL event in the Tampa Bay Area.

Urbanism on Tap’s Youthentrepreneurs
Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
5:30 – 7:00 PM
Pour House (1208 E. Kennedy Blvd, #112 Tampa, FL 33602)

Developing Communities Sustainably: Exploring LEED for Neighborhood Development.

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

12:00-1:30 PM

The Chart House (7616 W Courtney Campbell Causeway, Tampa, FL 33607)

USGBC Florida Gulf Coast Chapter and CNU Tampa Bay welcome you to attend a comprehensive introduction to the USGBC LEED ND Rating System. CNU’s involvement in LEED ND’s creation and the urban design principles upon which LEED ND is based – as well as many other related topics – will be discussed by LEED ND and CNU-A accredited urban designers Erin Chantry and Vinod Kadu.

Additionally, local developer Frank Starkey (Longleaf Development, Pasco County) will join the program to discuss his perspective and experience of the LEED Rating System, as well as his thoughts on its role in future development.

Cost for USGBC and CNU Members: $25.00 (Includes Lunch)

Registration for the event is required HERE.

A CNU Florida event in the Tampa Bay area

“Do the Local Motion” Channel District Walkabout
Friday, March 7, 2014
12:00-1:00 PM
Lykes Gaslight Square Park (1210 E. Ray Charles Boulevard, Tampa, FL, 33602)

Please join CNU Tampa Bay as they partner with the Tampa Downtown Partnership on their series “Do the Local Motion,” the free walking tour series of Downtown Tampa! We will walk from Lykes Gaslight Square Park, through downtown, and over to the Channel District. Here we’ll check out the most recent developments, some local businesses important to the neighborhood, and a treat at Le Mouton Noir Bakehouse. Hope to see you there!

For additional “Do the Local Motion” events, please click here.