
Walkable City Community Read #5
Free
Learn more about the importance of walkability for creating healthy and successful communities. Attend one or all of the events. Each will focus on a different section of the book or include a different activity. This gathering will focus on “The Comfortable Walk” and “More Comfort,” pp.71-72, 213-233, 345-353.
About the book: Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America One Step At A Time, by Jeff Speck (10th edition)
“Making downtown into a walkable, viable community is the essential fix for the typical American city: is it eminently achievable and its benefits are manifold.” This book “lays out a practical, necessary, and inspiring vision for how to make American cities the best they can be.”
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Details
- Date:
- Wed, Dec 9, 2026
- Time:
- 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
- Cost:
- Free
- Event Categories:
- Transportation
- Website:
- https://cahss.d.umn.edu/research-creative-work/centers-institutes/urban-excellence-institute
Organizer
- UMD Urban Excellence Institute
- jdwebb @ d.umn.edu
- View Organizer Website
Event Links
Venue
- Spirit of the Lake Community Arts
- 5401 E. Superior St.
Duluth, MN, 55804 United States - + Google Map
- 218-721-4236
- View Venue Website
