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National Urban Design Organizations

The following national organizations provide advocacy and leadership for the built environment.

• Affordable Housing Design Advisor
• Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), Chicago, Il.
• Governors’ Institute on Community Design, Washington, D.C.
• Green Communities, Columbia, Md.
• Mayors' Institute on City Design, Washington, D.C.
• Municipal Art Society, New York, N.Y.
• National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, D.C.
• Partners for Livable Communities, Washington, D.C.
• Partners for Sacred Places, Philadelphia, Penn.
• Project for Public Spaces (PPS), New York, N.Y.
• Public Architecture, San Francisco, Cal.
• Trust for Public Land, San Francisco, Cal.
• Van Alen Institute, New York, N.Y.
• Walkable Communities, Inc., High Springs, Fla.

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