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Next American Vanguard 2010
URBANEXUS: Great minds meet great cities

URBANEXUS brings together great minds in lectures and salon-style discussion centered on the future of the urban life in great cities across the country.

URBANEXUS might be headed to your city next! Our 2009 cities include stops in Boston, Austin, Memphis, Detroit and DC for starters! For more information on the URBANEXUS series, please send us an email to events@americancity.org.

New Orleans April 2010

Join Next American City, The New Orleans Lens and Transforma for a powerful panel conversation about the state of New Orleans four-and-a-half years after Hurricane Katrina. How has outside talent and capital transformed the city’s demographics, culture and physical state?

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San Francisco February 2010

Next American City went to San Francisco on February 22-23, 2010 and hosted three spectacular events with terrific local partners: AIASF, City Hall Fellows, The Craigslist Foundation, ITVS and SPUR. Click through for our audio slideshow that recaps all three events.

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Baltimore December 2009

Thank you to everyone who came to Baltimore for our last URBANEXUS event of 2009 — especially the strong showing from Project HEALTH! The esteemed panel included Dr. Rick Barth of University of Maryland, Pastor Heber Brown of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church, David Dudley of Urbanite, Dr. Chris Gibbons of Johns Hopkins, Mark Marino of Project HEALTH, and Kathleen Westcoat of Baltimore HealthCare Access. A lively discussion was had about Baltimore’s strong research institutions and the health care disparities among its population. A full recap is forthcoming; meanwhile check out the pictures.

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St. Louis September 2009

Next American City would like to thank all our new friends in St. Louis for joining us for a conversation on retaining and attractive creative individuals.

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Philadelphia July 2009

Thank you to all 450+ attendees who braved the rain to join us for our URBANEXUS in Philadelphia this past week.

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Cincinnati June 2009

Thanks to everyone that came out to the Cincinnatti event, it was a huge success! We will have a full recap posted soon!

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DC December 1969

Thank you to the 200+ people who joined us for our DC URBANEXUS event series! We had a great time visiting DC - we explored the city, met with locals and learned why everybody falls in love with DC!

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Detroit April 2009

Thank you to the 250+ people that joined us in Detroit for our URBANEXUS event! We had a great time visiting Detroit, exploring the area and talking to the people so passionate about improving their city. A special thanks to model D for hosting us while in town!

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Memphis March 2009

Thank you for joining Next American City in Memphis! We had a great time meeting all of you, exploring the city and learning more about what makes Memphis so special!

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Austin February 2009

Thank you to all of the attendees who made it to the URBANEXUS Austin event series! We had a great time exploring Austin, learning more about the city and talking to the locals about the reasons why they call Austin home.

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Boston January 2009

We played in the snow, we met over 100 locals and we talked about everything from housing to public art.

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Los Angeles October 2008

Thank you for joining us in Los Angeles for the kick off to our Urbanexus series! Over 150 attendees can’t stop talking about the fun we had at our lecture and salon events.

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