Join the NTBA in Richmond, Virginia, where the capital of the Commonwealth blends its pivotal role in American history with a vibrant modern identity, showing the enduring value of walkable urbanism and mixed-use neighborhoods. We’ll explore revitalized, century-old neighborhoods such as the Fan—an 85-block Victorian radial residential streetscape dotted with small commercial businesses, Church Hill—where Patrick Henry gave his famous speech, Manchester—a thriving port town from the mid-1700’s and part of the “slave trail”, and Oregon Hill—a rare example of surviving blue-collar urban housing stock from Richmond’s industrial age. We’ll tour Monument Avenue, one of the handful of U.S. streets listed in Jacob’s Great Streets, with its new challenge in the absence of most of its monuments. You will see the successful redevelopment of Richmond’s riverfront as the city re-knits this exciting area of recreation and housing back into the urban fabric while enriching that fabric with the successful adaptation of old tobacco warehouses into condominiums and apartments and the success of Rocket’s Landing, an industrial complex adaptation. Building on that success, Richmond’s development community has turned its attention to the former manufacturing centers of Scott’s Addition and old Manchester. Historic tax credits funded breweries that have led to mid-rise multifamily apartments drawing on the city’s established foodie culture, thriving college campuses, and one of the country’s top modern arts destinations. Despite the widespread success of the principles of New Urbanism in Richmond, area New Urbanist projects, including a city master plan and several large-scale mixed-use communities, have had mixed results, and we’ll discuss these as well. This roundtable offers a unique chance to see how Richmond has leveraged its historic urban bones as a hub for education, law, and finance while maintaining the authentic neighborhood character and powerful sense of community that makes traditional town building economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable.