Resources

In the News

Syracuse.com: What is the Syracuse Urbanism Club? Group works to build more ‘human-centered’ city

Central Current: A New Club Takes on the Question: “Why Can’t We Make Syracuse the Most Beautiful City in the World?”

Syracuse.com: As good as I-81 plan is, more attention is needed to these key aspects (Guest opinion)

Central Current: Syracuse’s new bike festival centers women and gender nonconforming people

Daily Orange: Mini Meadows broadens Syracuse’s biodiversity, 1 flower at a time

Central Current: Syracuse Urbanism Collective to hold its first smart growth conference

General Resources

Congress for the New Urbanism

We are a member of the SustainCNY Coalition, led by GreeningUSA.

Urbanist Readings

Groups We’ve Worked With

SustainCNY Coalition

City of Syracuse

Ocara Fine Arts

McCarthy Mercantile

IEEE Young Professionals

Congress for the New Urbanism

Tomorrow’s Neighborhoods Today

Just Places Lab

NYS Safe Streets Coalition

And more!

Ongoings, Organizations, & Resources in Syracuse Urbanism

Please feel free to send us additional resources if we’re missing any!

Directory of Local Organizations

Public Hearings in Syracuse – Zoning, Common Council, City Planning, Syracuse Industrial Development Agency, Landmark Preservation Board, & Public Art Commission

Directory of Local Organizations

https://www.cnysolidarity.org/directory/

The I-81 Project: Community Grid Option

https://webapps.dot.ny.gov/i-81-viaduct-project

2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan

https://smtcmpo.org/mtp2050/

Micron

https://www.syracuse.com/business/2022/10/micron-picks-syracuse-suburb-for-huge-computer-chip-plant-that-would-bring-up-to-9000-jobs.html

https://www.syracuse.com/news/2022/11/onondaga-county-to-start-planning-micron-fueled-communities-no-bottom-feeding-allowed.html

https://www.syracuse.com/business/2023/05/onondaga-countys-plan-for-micron-housing-surge-put-more-people-closer-together.html

Major Developments of New Housing Underway

https://www.syracuse.com/news/2023/03/builder-shows-plans-for-600-housing-units-including-townhomes-near-syracuses-tipp-hill.html

Southern Downtown Revitalization

https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/transformational-projects-announced-for-syracuses-southwest-gateway/

Lakefront Area Improvements

https://www.syracuse.com/outdoors/2022/12/syracuse-unveils-108m-master-plan-to-revamp-undeveloped-areas-around-onondaga-lake-inner-harbor-photos.html

Bus Rapid Transit

https://centralcurrent.org/centros-plan-for-bus-rapid-transit-in-syracuse-evolves-updates-on-funding-drivers-and-routes/

Blueprint 15

https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2022/01/26/public-housing-transformation-gets-boost-freeway-teardown

Urbanism Blogs

http://www.thomasbardenett.com/

https://inthesalt.city/

Exploring Tomorrow’s Transit

https://smtcmpo.org/centroett/

Park(ing) Day

https://www.myparkingday.org/

Bike to Work Week

https://bikeleague.org/events/bike-month/dates-events/

Greater Syracuse Pedestrian Planning Map

https://smtc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/minimalist/index.html?appid=51b9db1bd1b74a49ba51f69e2d171044

ReLeaf Syracuse

https://www.syr.gov/Departments/Parks-Recreation/ReLeaf-Syracuse

Historic Aerial Images of Syracuse

http://www.terra-perspectives.com/1926-syr-aerials.html

Citizens Academy

https://www.focussyracuse.org/citizens-academy

Syracuse Urban Food Forest Project

https://www.esf.edu/suffp/index.php

Urbanist Works by Our Members

Baxter Hankin (President)

http://15th-ward-north.baxterhankin.com/

https://placeinitiative.org/receiver-places/

Jaynelle Nixon (Vice President)

https://fisherpub.sjf.edu/gatherings/vol1/iss1/7

Jason Luscier

Conserving Biodiversity in a Crowded World: Urban Wildlife Research in Syracuse