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The New Urbanist

Smart growth:. Compact, mixed-use development -- saves land, expands travel choices Array of living styles and housing choices, including affordable homes Conservation of working, natural lands and systems Efficient use of infrastructure Revitalization and infill of built-up areas. New urbanism: smart growth plus design.

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The New Urbanist

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    1. The New Urbanist/ Smart Growth Connection A home for affordable housing? Douglas Porter, Growth Management Institute October, 2007

    2. Smart growth: Compact, mixed-use development -- saves land, expands travel choices Array of living styles and housing choices, including affordable homes Conservation of working, natural lands and systems Efficient use of infrastructure Revitalization and infill of built-up areas

    3. New urbanism: smart growth plus design Significant public realm: Civic uses and spaces Landscaped, walkable streets Small and large parks Shopping, business services nearby Small lots, setbacks, yards Connected streets, parking in back Tendency for “traditional” building design

    4. Kentlands, Gaithersburg, MD “Classic” NU: but no affordable homes

    5. Opposition to NU, SG designs Especially in suburban jurisdictions Some also in urban infill neighborhoods Regulatory regimes erected obstacles Cascading effects of opposition: Small lots, narrow streets, alleys deemed undesirable MF housing changed “character” of area Affordability foregone

    6. I’on: Mt. Pleasant, SC (Charleston) Town adopted TND strategy, ordinance in 1990s Planned by Dover Kohl, DPZ in 1995 800 sf, 440 mf units (150 adu) Reduction: to 730 sf, 120 mf (3.5/acre) Final plan: 762 sf units (3.1/acre) Dropped 150 affordable units

    7. I’on: Mt. Pleasant, SC High-priced – and getting more-so

    8. LeMoyne Gardens, Memphis HOPE VI project (renamed College Park) Design patterned on local styles Single-family neighborhood character house-size small apartment buildings one-story units senior building

    9. LeMoyne Gardens Helped introduce SG, NU ideas

    10. King Farm: Rockville, MD SG/NU design in a suburban infill location 430-acre site, 3,200 dwelling units 2.2 million sq. ft. commercial space including Village Center w/ 49 apts. Metro access ź mile from site + shuttle bus and future LRT or BRT service

    11. King Farm: Inclusionary housing 400 units, 12.5% of total units Half rental, half sales Most dispersed, two clusters 60 – 80% AMI All completed

    12. King Farm “Modified” new urbanist design

    13. King Farm: Density/historic barns/on-street parking

    14. King Farm: housing mix/transit

    15. King Farm: retail and apartments

    16. King Farm: sf homes -- tight lots, green streets

    17. Wellington Neighborhood Breckenridge, CO Remediated mining site 122 homes, 22 acres 80% of units re-served for local workers, 1/3 median housing price 20-acre park, free transit to downtown

    18. Longmont, CO Moderate-cost housing in the NU mode

    19. Arlington, VA: Avalon at Arlington Square

    20. Avalon at Arlington Square 20-acre site, 27 buildings, 943 units (167 affordable units) 2-over-2 live/work townhomes with parking off alleys Garden apartments with structured parking behind Village green with civic building/pool

    21. Avalon at Arlington Square

    22. Crown Farm (Aventiene) Gaithersburg, MD Suburban infill: 180 acres, 2,250 units (250 affordable units) 320,000 sq. ft. retail high school site transit hub plan influenced by 4-day charrette

    23. Crown Farm (Aventiene) Site plan

    24. Aventiene: “CNU Place”

    25. Aventiene: Residential

    26. Smart Growth, New Urbanism: Inclusion Conclusions Past difficulties in these developments overcome in many markets: More familiar design techniques Proven market acceptance and value Regulatory adaptations underway Conclusion: No impediments to requiring inclusionary housing as a condition of development

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