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Best Practices In Suburbia
America’s First Development
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