Agenda

May 30

4:00 - 7:00 Pm: Registration (Westin Foyer)

7:00 - 9:30 Pm: opening Reception (Grand Ballroom)

  • PechaKucha Session (Applications open soon)

  • Cash Bar

May 31

8:00 - 9:00 am: Breakfast

  • Welcome Breakfast for all attendees (Westin Foyer)

  • Friends and Sponsors Breakfast (Theaters A and B)

9:15 - 10:30 am: BreakOut 1 (Rooms TBD)

  • “How to Start a Strong Towns Local Conversation” - John Pattison

  • “How to Start Your Own Crash Analysis Studio” - Edward Erfurt

  • “Panel: Strong Towns Creators” - Tiffany Owens (columnist), John Simmerman (Active Towns), Ray Delahanty (CityNerd), and Alan Fisher (YouTuber). Moderated by Mike Pasternock.

  • “12 Steps to Creating the Ecosystem for Incremental Developers to Succeed” - Monte Anderson, Gracen Johnson, Mike Keen, Barbara Taylor and Bernice Radle

  • “Strong Towns 101” - Charles Marohn

10:45 Am - 12:00 Pm: BreakOut 2 (Rooms TBD)

  • “The Dollars and $ense of City Economics” - Joe Minicozzi

  • “How Zoning Broke the American City (and How To Fix It)” - M. Nolan Gray

  • “Taming the Parking Beast in Your Community” - Tony Jordan and Jane Wilberding

  • “Panel: The 4-Corners Coalition on Ending Highway Expansion in Louisiana” - Amy Stelly, Dorothy Wiley and more. Moderated by Asia Mielszko.

  • “Changing Minds in Your Community: What Works” - Daniel Herriges and Norm Van Eeden Petersman

12:00 - 1:30 Pm: Lunch (grand Ballroom)

  • Strongest Town 2023 Award Presentation, Remarks and Video Premiere

  • Lunch provided

1:30 - 2:45 Pm: BreakOut 3 (Rooms TBD)

  • “Escaping the Housing Trap” - Daniel Herriges

  • “Take Back Your Streets: Tactical Urbanism in Kansas City, MO” - Abby Kinney and Kevin Klinkenberg

  • “Just Accounting in North Carolina and Beyond” - Lanier Hagerty and Joe Minicozzi

  • “Safe and Productive Streets Walking Tour” - Edward Erfurt

  • “Panel: Strong Towns Advocates in Public Office” - Panel list coming soon. Moderated by Rachel Quednau.

3:00 - 4:30 Pm: Keynote Presentation (Grand Ballroom)

4:00 - 8:00 Pm: CNU Opening Party (7th Street Market)

  • Attendees from the Gathering are invited to walk 6 blocks down Tryon Street (or 3 stops on the Light Rail) to 7th Street Market for a sample tasting menu from local vendors and enjoy the Victoria Yards beer garden, hosted by CNU, the Local CNU Host Committee, and Charlotte Central City Partners.

Presentation descriptions, bios and additional sessions will be added soon. Titles subject to change.

Choose Your National Gathering Path

  • Breakout 1: “A Strong Towns Approach to Housing” OR “12 Steps to Creating the Ecosystem for Incremental Developers to Succeed”

    Breakout 2: “Getting Rid of Single-Family Zoning and Saying Yes to Greater Housing Options”

    Breakout 3: “Panel: Incremental Development Successes from South Bend, IN”

  • Breakout 1: “How to Start a Strong Towns Local Conversation”

    Breakout 2: “Panel: Lessons from Local Conversation Leaders”

    Breakout 3: “How to Speak Up for Strong Towns in Public”

  • Breakout 1: “Crash Analysis Studio: What We’ve Learned So Far”

    Breakout 2: “Starting Your Own Crash Analysis Studio”

    Breakout 3: “Take Back Your Streets: Tactical Urbanism in Kansas City, MO”

  • Breakout 1: “Strong Towns 101, Part 1” OR “A Strong Towns Approach to Housing”

    Breakout 2: “Strong Towns 101, Part 2”

    Breakout 3: “Confessions of a Recovering Engineer”

Or just attend the sessions that interest you most.