Many members may have participated in the 2021 online series of conversations called The Case for Cities, sponsored by the UC School of Planning and the Mercantile Library of Cincinnati. Those rich conversations focused on strategies for the revitalization of historic cities like Cincinnati and explored the creative tension between the two great values on which the vigor of cities depends: that they should be “Cities of Choice” and “Cities of Justice.” The conversations featured experts from the academic, professional, and civic sectors who showed how these two values are symbiotic and that promoting both leads to viable, sustainable urban resurgence.

Just published is a book, The Case for Cities, that brings together the insights of those conversations. The book covers themes like housing, mobility, nature, health, entrepreneurship, public space, culture, and philanthropy and will be of keen interest to urban advocates and civic leaders, journalists covering urban affairs, and to practitioners in urban planning, urban design, real estate, architecture, and landscape architecture.

You’re invited to participate in a launch event for this important book on Monday, September 30, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the University Club of Cincinnati, 401 East Fourth Street. Register at https://form.jotform.com/242426232636150.