<div dir="ltr">Hello!<div><br></div><div>Tim Shea here - a Providence planner - sneaking into the MA Planners listserv to amplify the <a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CNU33-Legacy-Project-Call-for-Interest.pdf">CNU33 Legacy Projects Call for Interest (linked here).</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>You might've heard the news that Providence has been selected to host the annual Congress for New Urbanism next year from June 11-14, 2025. </div><div><br></div><div>In the run-up to the Congress, CNU will be organizing a handful of “Legacy Projects” – charrettes in communities in and around Rhode Island that pair nationally recognized designers, planners, policy and data analysts, etc. with a local host organization (or organizations) to produce a plan that can catalyze short-term progress and long-lasting impact.  To give a sense of the caliber of potential consultants, last year’s project teams included Opticos, Arup, Perkins & Will, Stantec,  Street Plans, Zimmerman/Volk, and ZoneCo.  To explore previous years’ Legacy Projects, check out: <a href="https://www.cnu.org/our-projects/legacy-projects" target="_blank">https://www.cnu.org/our-projects/legacy-projects</a> . <b>Deadline for Letters of interest is September 13th!</b> </div><div><br></div><div>A geographic boundary of eligibility has not been officially set by CNU, but there is some understanding that Legacy Projects must be within an hour or so of Providence. I'm sure there would be some great projects in the Fall River / New Bedford area and other parts of southeastern MA! </div><div><br></div><div>Feel free to reach out to Joel VanderWeele with any questions at: <a href="mailto:joel@unionstudioarch.com" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14.6667px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">joel@unionstudioarch.com</a> </div><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div>Tim </div><div><table style="font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0);border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2" style="width:151.992px;height:155.742px;padding:0.75pt"><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><img src="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.providenceri.gov%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2022%2f01%2fcityseal.png&c=E,1,D48e4-4MQD2w-wF59duv4ceuiX1brQxJFNF03z3P2dQSIIOe8aMwYAAc0mN72pRgr2Y8-zlrj9hF-uiVEfQlPvFFl5uvXcPZx-Y3TqXzeHjnNOS1CiY,&typo=1" alt="cityseal" id="m_3379040752608832500gmail-_x0000_i1029" width="150" height="150" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit; width: 150px; height: 150px;"></p></td><td style="width:175.664px;height:2.14844px;padding:0.75pt"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:175.664px;height:153.594px;padding:0.75pt;vertical-align:top"><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Tim Shea</b> </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:8pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i>(he/him)</i></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><br></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:7.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i>Community Planning Manager</i></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><br></span><span style="border:0px;font-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