Good Urbanism

Good Urbanism is our popular smart growth planning seminar, which teaches planning and design professionals, government officials and neighborhood residents about the importance of creating sustainable communities.

The courses are taught by dynamic lecturers, including several faculty members from Georgia Tech's College of Architecture.

2012 Good Urbanism Courses

Good Urbanism 101 Road Show – Columbus, April 28
Good Urbanism 101 Road Show travels to Columbus to discuss how the history, principles and current practices of designing sustainable communities can be applied to Columbus’ ongoing downtown revitalization efforts. Click here for more information and to register.

Good Urbanism 101 – metro Atlanta Locations, fall.
We will be offering two half-day Good Urbanism 101 courses in the metro Atlanta region this fall. Please check back for dates, times, and locations.

Good Urbanism 201 - Atlanta, fall
Due to popular demand, we will be offering one Good Urbanism 201 course this fall at an Atlanta location. Please check back for more information.

Good Urbanism Lecture Nights
We will also host lecture nights throughout the year that will give attendees the chance to hear from the foremost experts in the fields of sustainable design and planning. Please check back regularly for dates and locations.

Good Urbanism 101

In Good Urbanism 101, attendees learn the history, principles and current practices of urban design and planning in America with an emphasis on ways that existing infrastructure -- roads, blocks and buildings -- can be refashioned into more walkable, sustainable places. The foundation of this course is that the decisions we make in dividing our land into lots, blocks and streets either do or do not allow for change over time. Accommodating change over time is fundamental to a more sustainable future. Lecture themes include platting and subdivision, street design and transportation, zoning, and urban design.

Click here for a preview of our Good Urbanism 101 lecture series.

Good Urbanism 101 Road Show
Good Urbanism 101 Road Show is a four-hour version of our original Good Urbanism 101 course. This condensed version allows us to provide this educational course to cities throughout the state, including Savannah, Augusta and Macon.

Good Urbanism 201

In response to the success of our 101 classes and the demand for additional offerings, our Growth Management team developed Good Urbanism 201. This advanced class allows attendees to participate in a real-life design project and attempt to retain principles of the 101 courses in developing a site plan. The 201 course includes a limited refresher of 101 principles; then, the class is divided into teams and given a challenging site within metro Atlanta and directions for a site plan. The teams work over two weeks to develop their proposed site plans, which are presented in the final class. Good Urbanism lecturers provide critiques to each team’s plan before selecting a winner. Then, the real world design proposal for the site is revealed.

Click here to learn more about the Good Urbanism 201 course.

For more information on Good Urbanism, contact Katherine Moore at kmoore@gaconservancy.org