Registration is open for this year’s CNU New York Chapter event, Reimagining the Suburbs, the suburban retrofit themed CNU New York Chapter Summit focusing on “new towns” and emerging transit corridors in Amherst. Early registration has been extended until Sunday, September 30.

We will meet in Williamsville, a 200-year-old mill town, for a weekend of expert speakers, tours, and charrettes aimed at unique retrofit opportunities. Registration is $89 (the bus tour is an additional $30). See program below:

Friday 10/12

8:00 | Breakfast, Welcome Plenary (at Milo’s Restaurant)

Brian Kulpa, Supervisor, Town of Amherst
Hal Morse, ED, Greater Buffalo Niagara Regional Transportation Council
Robert Shibley, Dean, UB School of Architecture and Planning

10:00 | Tour of Retrofit Charrette Sites

1:30 | Lunch

2:00 | Expert Speakers on Retrofit (at Town Hall)

Rob Steuteville, Senior Communications Advisor CNU, & Editor, Public Square
June Williamson, Professor, CCNY Spitzer School of Architecture
Marc Wouters, Architect and Urban Designer, Marc Wouters Studios
Norman Garrick, Professor, UCONN Civil/Environmental Engineering
Victor Dover, Founding Principal, Dover-Kohl & Partners

6:00 | Reception (at Wyndham)

Howard Zemsky, President/CEO, Empire State Development Corp.
James H. Kunstler, Author

Saturday 10/13

8:00 | Breakfast; Charrettes (at High School)

Niagara Falls Boulevard Light Rail Transit Corridor: Boulevard Mall, Transit-Oriented Development
New “College Town” along Sweet Home Road
Audubon “New Town,” Civic and Business Uses
Safety & Walkability, Niagara Falls Boulevard, North to I-290/Ellicott

12:00 | Lunch, followed by Charrette Report-out

1:45 | Wrap-up

2:00 | Tour: How CNU 22 Changed Buffalo & Western New York (extra charge)