Columbus will be a featured destination for about 25 conference-goers at the Congress for the New Urbanism event in Louisville, Kentucky next week.
As a part of the international gathering in Louisville from June 12 through 15, conference-goers have been offered the chance for an all-day bus tour of Columbus the day before the conference begins, said Lisa Schamess, communications manager for the Congress, which is based in Washington D.C.
The tour is being coordinated through the Columbus Visitors Center and will feature architectural highlights of the city and a chance for conference-goers to experience what makes Columbus unique, Schamess said.
The annual Congress attracts more than 1,500 planners, architects, landscape architects, environmental consultants, engineers, city officials and real estate developers from nearly every state in the United States and from dozens of countries around the world, Schamess said. The gathering offers an opportunity to exchange ideas, explore neighborhoods, engage with residents and learn in the field of urban development.
Each year, with the selected location, the Congress reaches out to local partners to give those attending the conference a sense of place and to honor the context where the conference is happening, Schamess said.
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