Best Practices In Suburbia

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Beacon Hill, Boston

1550 feet from:•THE CHEERS BAR•18 Restaurants•8 Delis•6 Other Bars•5 Churches•4 Banks•2 Florists•Grocery, Pharmacist, Hospital, & dozens more.

1550 feet from:•THE CHEERS BAR•18 Restaurants•8 Delis•6 Other Bars•5 Churches•4 Banks•2 Florists•Grocery, Pharmacist, Hospital, & dozens more.

Growth Clusters

Lifting the role of people in design and development to serve the needs of the people – the ultimate judge of whether places work, please, and sustain. Places are not just commodities

planning for the future of suburbia…

Best Practices In Suburbia

Mix uses!

Encourage compact, clustered development

Place higher residential density near commercial development,

transit stops, parks, and public facilities

Make subdivisions into neighborhoods with well-defined

centers and edges; provide pedestrian and vehicular connectivity to schools, parks, and

activity centers

Make shopping centers and business parks into all purpose

activity centers

Maintain a jobs-housing balance

Traditional neighborhood developments (TND)

Maintain a jobs-housing balance

Traditional neighborhood developments (TND)

Conservation subdivisions

Infill development/redevelopment

Market Study

Sign ordinance

Landscape ordinance

Design guidelines

Best Practices In Suburbia

So how do we create “sustainable suburbs?”

5 General Trends that will guide growth…

Support for Density and Diversity

Environmental Reform

Transportation Reform

Quality of Life Initiatives

Community Initiated Livable Centers