Sentences with phrase «of walkable communities»

The video also looks at the latest trends in contract signings and NAR research showing the importance of walkable communities to the country's millennial generation.

Watch: REALTOR ® University visiting lecturer Christopher Leinberger talks about the economics of walkable communities.

Keith also educates clients about the value of walkable communities and encourages them to consider the distances to school, work, parks, and other amenities to cut down on driving.

At a time when budgets are tight, obesity epidemic, and fuel costs likely to rise, schools at the center of walkable communities are seen as both healthful and thrifty.

Azul Baldwin Park is positioned in the heart of a walkable community.

Not exact matches

San Francisco offers many libraries, high rates of philanthropy, a large number of five - star nursing homes, few car crashes per capita, walkable communities, and mild weather.

«We're big fans of Mueller's diverse, sustainable, and walkable community and are looking forward to being a part of this dynamic urban village in the heart of Austin,» Ayer says.

If you enjoy on - foot travel more, our Downtown, the heart of our community, is very walkable and enjoyable, and the same is true of our many neighborhoods.

Among the nine criteria used to evaluate projects are the location of the development in relation to the municipality's master plan, efforts to advance the creation of walkable neighborhoods, a «significant unmet need» in the community for senior housing, and whether the project will be at least 50 % occupied by seniors with an income at or below 60 % of the median income in Erie County.

A state assemblymember is pushing back against a string of major development plans in the Elmwood Village, arguing it is damaging a livable and walkable community.

North Tonawanda, NY (WBEN) As part of the Buffalo Billion II initiative Governor Cuomo announced $ 10 million will go to four cities to support placemaking, walkable communities and sustainable development.

Despite the well - documented benefits of walking, we — as a nation — need to walk more and make our communities more walkable.

Now they must choose: Pay $ 2,500 or more on a small rental unit that may give them enough space to raise a small family, or move out of the downtown core, into a not - so - walkable, not - so - close - knit community in an inner suburban area or even further out.

An hour from Queenstown, it's popular year - round with New Zealanders for its stunning location, variety of outdoor activities, and walkable community that punches above its weight when it comes to food and wine.

The villa is part of the exclusive Las Catalinas community, a lively new village near Playa Danta that's designed to be walkable and sustainable.

«So we created this walkable community event as a way to support the businesses and strengthen the feel of Abbot Kinney.»

Hank Dittmar, the American - born chief executive of the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment, has an op - ed in today's Guardian on a scheme to accommodate England's 3 million planned housing units in walkable, mixed - use, low - carbon neighborhoods where residents benefit from connectedness to city and community life.

The current transportation bills in the House are a gift to Big Oil at the expense of walkable, bikeable communities.

And that a walkable community promotes better health, a reduction in greenhouse gases, a variety of transportation options, increased social capital and stronger local businesses.

Of course, as with any of the other solutions StreetFilms offers up, diverters won't work in every situation — but by providing an overview of the vast diversity of strategies we can deploy, Clarence and co are certainly helping us understand that walkable, bikeable, liveable communities need not remain a pipe dreaOf course, as with any of the other solutions StreetFilms offers up, diverters won't work in every situation — but by providing an overview of the vast diversity of strategies we can deploy, Clarence and co are certainly helping us understand that walkable, bikeable, liveable communities need not remain a pipe dreaof the other solutions StreetFilms offers up, diverters won't work in every situation — but by providing an overview of the vast diversity of strategies we can deploy, Clarence and co are certainly helping us understand that walkable, bikeable, liveable communities need not remain a pipe dreaof the vast diversity of strategies we can deploy, Clarence and co are certainly helping us understand that walkable, bikeable, liveable communities need not remain a pipe dreaof strategies we can deploy, Clarence and co are certainly helping us understand that walkable, bikeable, liveable communities need not remain a pipe dream.

We know that we're capable of building really dense new neighborhoods and even of using good design, infill development and infrastructure investments to transform existing medium - low density neighborhoods into walkable compact communities.

More car - dependent communities are less walkable and linked to higher incidents of obesity and other health concerns associated with less active lifestyles.

Transportation is on the cusp of a major transition, with more efficient cars and trucks, new technologies such as electric vehicles and zero - emission buses, services such as ride sharing, and a renewed emphasis from planners on creating accessible, livable, walkable, and bikeable communities.

Creating walkable communities is a key goal of urban planners today who want to get more cars and buses off the road and bring people closer to nature.

to clean energy; yes to dense, beautiful, and affordable communities; yes to safer streets for everyone from children to the elderly; yes to a walkable, bikable, transit - rich transportation system; yes to electric vehicles, internet - speed ride sharing, and the smart grid; yes to wind, solar, and ultra-efficiency; yes to innovation and science and solutions we haven't even imagined yet; yes to restored, carbon - absorbing grasslands, to oceans no longer endangered by acidification, and to towering Northwest forests regrown to once again capture vast quantities of carbon.

Abstract: Green Illusions pioneers a critique of alternative energy from an environmental perspective, arguing concerned citizens should instead focus on walkable communities, improved consumption, governance, and most notably, women's rights.

Solutions could range from better and more reliable buses and trains to smarter planning that enables more people to get out of their vehicles, live in walkable and bikeable communities, and take advantages of new and innovative technologies, services, and economic opportunities.

TransForm promotes walkable communities with excellent transportation choices to connect people of all incomes to opportunity, keep California affordable, and help solve our climate crisis.

Also, do you think people are waking up to the fact that the built environment is the primary cause of the growing obesity epidemic and are therefore now demanding more walkable communities?

She also cosponsored a bill to expand and encourage the use of public transportation and help local governments create walkable and bike - able communities.

But it is no substitute for good urban design that gets us out of our cars, denser housing types that can support walkable communities, and better buildings that use less energy in the first place.

Sure, I wholeheatredly agree that public transportation (and walkable / bikeable communities) is the greenest option, but tell that to your average midwesterner, who lives in a sprawling community without a lick of viable transit.

To do Step One of Jeff Speck's ten step program for walkable communities: Put cars in their place to reclaim our cities for pedestrians.

If we are ever going to reduce our carbon footprints and get off foreign oil (since not every car will be electric for a long, long time) we need to promote dense, walkable communities, good, safe and clean transit, and bikes, lots of bikes.

But for every thing we give up, we gain something else — like vibrant, walkable communities, safe routes to schools and, of course, teeny tiny energy bills.

The plans work together to protect agricultural lands, water resources and natural areas; they support the achievement of complete communities that are compact and walkable; and, where appropriate, are transit - supportive which will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and work towards low - carbon communities, and the long - term goal of net - zero communities.

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, a growing number of aging and obsolete shopping malls are being transformed into vibrant, walkable mixed - use communities, creating more - profitable retailers and developers, property - tax - flush governments, and more content and less harried residents and workers.

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, a growing number of aging and obsolete shopping malls are being transformed into vibrant, walkable mixed - use communities, creating more - profitable retailers and developers, property - tax - flush governments, and more...

Calgary's sprawl is contrary to the current and future needs of baby boomers who want walkable, low - maintenance communities.

Baby boomers» preferences seem to be merging with those of Millennials, particularly when it comes to walkable communities, says Amy Levner of the AARP in Washington.

«Walkability plays a big part in an area's economic vibrancy,» says Scott Bricker, executive director of America Walks, a national nonprofit that promotes walkable communities.

The 2017 National Community and Transportation Preference Survey, www.nar.realtor / reports / nar -2017-community-preference-survey, which polled adults from across the U.S. about what they are looking for in a community, found that 62 percent of millennials and 55 percent of the silent generation prefer walkable communities and short commutes, even if it means living in an apartment or tCommunity and Transportation Preference Survey, www.nar.realtor / reports / nar -2017-community-preference-survey, which polled adults from across the U.S. about what they are looking for in a community, found that 62 percent of millennials and 55 percent of the silent generation prefer walkable communities and short commutes, even if it means living in an apartment or tcommunity-preference-survey, which polled adults from across the U.S. about what they are looking for in a community, found that 62 percent of millennials and 55 percent of the silent generation prefer walkable communities and short commutes, even if it means living in an apartment or tcommunity, found that 62 percent of millennials and 55 percent of the silent generation prefer walkable communities and short commutes, even if it means living in an apartment or townhouse.

Too many of the nation's malls have been flailing for years, but there now appears to be consensus in the development sphere that the best way forward is to transform many of them into major mixed - use and walkable communities that will serve as a base camp for residents, businesses, and visitors.

WASHINGTON (May 15, 2015)-- Realtors ® from across the country gathered today to learn about the importance and benefits of walkable urban communities in real estate development during a panel organized by the REALTOR ® University Richard J. Rosenthal Center for Real Estate Studies during the REALTORS ® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo.

Realtors ® from across the country gathered today to learn about the importance and benefits of walkable urban communities in real estate development.

Despite the rising prices commonly frequently seen in walkable areas, those communities are inherently more affordable since individuals living in walkable areas usually spend about 43 percent of their income on housing and transportation, as opposed to those living in non-walkable areas, who spend about 48 percent.

«Also, the new generation is looking at urban, walkable communities, and the idea of a community - oriented setting is making a lot of sense.»

The New Town project team studied St. Charles and other communities in the region with vibrant urban fabrics, cataloging street widths, setback distances, building facades and other urban characteristics — the DNA of compact, walkable, mixed - use neighborhoods — at a block by block level.

A national poll of 3,000 adults in the fifty largest metro areas found that it is no longer just Millennials propelling interest in walkable communities.

The differing needs of the new Millennial - friendly employers, who value walkable communities and urban environments, have drawn activity away from the more traditional sub-markets like Cambridge and back into the Boston CBD.