Please join us for the

NC State College of Design
Community Growth and Development Conference

Design Imperatives:
Place, Community, Planet

The NC State College of Design is thrilled to restart the formerly named Urban Design Conference. The Fall 2022 conference will examine Place, Community, and Planet and offer ideas for how individuals, companies, local governments, and other institutional partners can work together to address and resolve the challenges of today and tomorrow.

We will begin with mobile workshops intended to showcase the diversity of work currently underway in South Raleigh, including NC State’s Centennial Campus, Dix Park, Shaw University, and across Southeast Raleigh. Thursday evening, NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson will lead a discussion focusing on community growth and development strategies being implemented across North Carolina.

Friday session speakers will explore the theories and policies of climate change, transportation, and community development, focusing on programs and projects that offer state-of-the-practice solutions. Also on Friday, Town Hall-inspired discussions will encourage audience participation and then the conference will conclude with a look ahead, focusing on ways that the design community is engaging with these issues.

September 15-16, 2022
Sheraton Downtown Raleigh

 Registration and More Information

 Please visit our website using the link above for more information about the program. 

We encourage our traditional design partners and audience to engage and attend. We also want to invite a broader range of disciplines as well, including engineers, scientists, economists, real estate interests, travel and tourism specialists, community organizers, and specialists in transportation, affordable housing, and gentrification to attend. We strongly encourage elected officials to attend. We will offer CEUs to architects and landscape architects.