Philanthropic Impact
Alice Connell, a highly regarded and leading member of ULI, passed away from a brain tumor on Friday, February 24. She was 70.
Teams from Carnegie Mellon University, Université Laval in Quebec, the University of Maryland, and the University of Texas at Austin have been selected as the four finalists for the 15th annual ULI Hines Student Competition.
Four district councils have received grants to support creative placemaking projects that will use arts-based placemaking strategies and programming to strengthen the connection between the built environment and human health.
Joan Campbell is ULI’s research librarian and brings more than 35 years of research experience to her role. Over her 27-year career at the Institute, she has helped thousands of ULI members with research assistance on real estate, planning, and urban development topics.
In sprawling metro areas such as Atlanta, the very notion of a “suburb” is in flux. No longer is the delineation between urban and suburban housing types and community attributes crystal clear as certain types of suburbs are evolving to include higher densities, walkability, and other urban characteristics.
The Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) Singapore is hosting a special daylong tour of the city-state’s cultural and historic sites on the Monday prior to the 2017 Asia Pacific Summit, which takes place June 6–8 at the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore.
Newer suburban developments have embraced the idea of a vibrant and inviting public realm and mixed-use environments to go with it. Though the town center concept is not new, it is being reinvented and adapted to a variety of contexts.
The pressing need for inclusivity to be part of urban revitalization was a key topic at ULI’s recent Mid-Winter meeting in Washington, D.C., attended by the Institute’s global trustees, with former ULI visiting fellow Richard Florida and ULI trustee Edward Glaeser leading a discussion on the future of cities.
Spring Meeting cochairs Greg Johnson and Patrick Callahan explain what makes their hometown--technology capital, destination for outdoor enthusiasts, a city of innovators--unique.
In an effort to strengthen land use decision making among local government leaders and to foster regional solutions to land use challenges, ULI Washington has launched the Regional Fellows program, modeled after the Daniel Rose Fellowship, a program of the Rose Center for Public Leadership in Land Use, which is jointly operated by ULI and the National League of Cities.