About us
SIGN UP AS AN OFFICIAL MEMBER ON OUR WEBSITE <- Since Meetup.com treats every RSVP as a "member", use our official membership form to become an official member. Upon joining, you’ll receive an email with an invite link to join our members-only Discord server. The email will also have a link for you to schedule a New Member 1:1 meeting with one of our Local Conversation leaders to talk about your interests and discuss the best fit for you in this movement.
What is Dallas Urbanists?
We are an advocacy group in Dallas, Texas composed of people who care about making our city a better place to live, work, and play for everybody. Our group aligns with the New Urbanism movement, and we are an instance of what Strong Towns calls a "Local Conversation", whose purpose is to connect nearby, like-minded advocates to put Strong Towns ideas into action where we live.
- Learn more about us on our website
- Subscribe to our emails via Substack
- Join us by submitting our membership form
- Meet us by attending our events
- Contact us by emailing [contact@dallasurbanists.org](mailto:contact@dallasurbanists.org)
- Start a conversation by posting on our subreddit.
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Upcoming events
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Brentwood/Trinity Heights Hyperlocal Conversation: Kickoff Gathering
Smittox Brewing, 930 E Clarendon Dr, Dallas, TX 75203, USA, Dallas, TX, USJoin us for our first hyperlocal conversation in the Brentwood/Trinity Heights neighborhood in Dallas! This conversation will be facilitated by Paul Carden, a board member of Halperin Park and a local developer focused on transit-oriented walkable development. This kickoff gathering is our opportunity to:
- Meet our neighbors and learn who are the key stakeholders in the community.
- Identify on a map the hot spots, points of interest, and popular "third places" in the neighborhood.
- Share success stories that give you hope and make you feel proud of this area you call home.
- Share pain points that you'd like to see solved through better urban design and planning.
If you live/work in the neighborhood or are just curious to learn more about this special part of the city, then this gathering is for you! Please RSVP, share this event, and bring your friends and neighbors!
---Hyperlocal conversations are neighborhood-specific monthly gatherings where neighbors explore ways to improve walkability where we live. As of October 2026, we have conversations every month in seven Dallas neighborhoods, our latest being here in the area of Brentwood, Trinity Heights, 10th Street District, The Bottoms, Dallas Zoo, Halperin Park, East Docks, Cedar Oaks, Beckley Club Estates, Zoo Creek Park, and around four DART stations: 8th & Corinth, Dallas Zoo, Morrell, and Illinois.
These conversations are organized by Dallas Urbanists, whose mission is to make Dallas more walkable so that more people feel proud of the neighborhood they call home. Our vision is for our city to be useful, safe, comfortable, and interesting for all walks of life. We value:
🏠 housing that is affordable, abundant, and adaptive;
🚍 transportation that is safe, frequent, and reliable;
🏫 development that is mixed-use, incremental, and transit-oriented; and
🚴♀️ planning that is sustainable, community-led, and prioritizes people over cars.3 attendees
Past events
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