Sentences with phrase «smart growth neighborhoods»

Americans favor walkable, mixed - use neighborhoods, with 56 percent of respondents preferring smart growth neighborhoods over neighborhoods that require more driving between home, work and recreation.

Offer and sponsor this four - hour course that teaches REALTORS ® state - of - the - art community planning concepts, the value of smart growth neighborhoods to homebuyers and their communities and how REALTORS ® can help make smart growth happen.

«Kids get more exercise in smart growth neighborhoods.»

Not exact matches

This was to assure that every rezoning designation struck the important balance between development and smart growth, and each neighborhood's most pressing issues as well as the existing character of the area.

«We must redouble our efforts to ensure that growth in East Harlem is smart, and it delivers real benefits for the neighborhood's committed, long - term residents,» she said.

Senator Tim Kennedy said, «Funding from the Buffalo Billion continues to enhance municipalities across Western New York by generating smart growth and revitalizing economies, neighborhood by neighborhood.

Children who live in «smart growth» neighborhoods — developments that are designed to increase walkability and have more parks and green space areas — get 46 percent more moderate or vigorous physical activity than kids who live in conventional neighborhoods, finds a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

In fact, younger children in the smart growth community were 62 percent more active in their neighborhood than older children.

Can there be smart growth in our cities without major neighborhood demographic shifts?

Patrick's talk also referred to research analyzing transport patterns of residents in Southern Village, a mixed - use development in Chapel Hill that has been championed as a prime example of Smart Growth and New Urbanism, compared to residents in a similar non-mixed use neighborhood.

LEED - ND looks to «encourage smart growth and new urbanist best practices, promote the design of neighborhoods that reduce vehicle miles traveled and communities where jobs and services are accessible by foot or public transit».

The group decided they wanted to increase the density of development, to build a light rail system, to redevelop older neighborhoods and brownfields sites, and to educate consumers about density and smart growth.

Smart growth touches who we are as REALTORS ®, consumers, and members of the community, and almost everything we do in life — from where our homes and neighborhoods are built to the location of streets, sidewalks, grocery stores, shopping centers, businesses, government buildings, parks, public schools, and playgrounds.

With sprawl, congestion and other ills making the typical suburban model less and less sustainable, more and more places are using form - based codes to recreate the compact, walkable, mixed - use neighborhoods of the past — a style that's often referred to as new urbanism and which fits hand - in - glove with smart growth.

A 2007 smart - growth study in Atlanta found that 37 percent of residents in highly walkable neighborhoods met the U.S. Surgeon General's recommendations of 30 minutes of daily moderate physical activity, compared with just 18 percent in the least walkable neighborhoods.

Sloan Devlin: The Obama administration is committed to smart growth, which involves mixed land uses, walkable neighborhoods with affordable housing, open space, and public transportation.

On October 31st, NAR's Smart Growth Program released the latest version of its Consumer Preference Survey, which aims to shed light on the characteristics that people desire in their neighborhood and the trade - offs folks are willing to make to live in that preferred setting.

This summer the Bronx - Manhattan North Association of REALTORS ® utilized a Smart Growth Action Grant to partner with the eight neighborhoods that comprise Bronx Community Board 9 (BXCB9) to develop a comprehensive plan, and help ensure future growth benefits existing communities, new residents, and businGrowth Action Grant to partner with the eight neighborhoods that comprise Bronx Community Board 9 (BXCB9) to develop a comprehensive plan, and help ensure future growth benefits existing communities, new residents, and busingrowth benefits existing communities, new residents, and businesses.

Smart growth — the idea of creating or redeveloping neighborhoods, towns, and cities to have diverse amenities and transportation options that maximize quality of life for residents and visitors — has transformed places across the globe.

«REALTORS ® aid in improving and revitalizing neighborhoods with smart growth initiatives, helping create walkable, urban centers, which is what more Americans want in their neighborhoods.

«Transit - oriented development continues to emerge as a smart growth solution for urban cities throughout the U.S.,» said John Huskey, president of Meta Housing Corp. «By strategically placing our properties in pedestrian - friendly neighborhoods and utilizing public metro and bus systems, we have identified a viable and environmental solution to many of the traffic and parking issues which are typical in an urban neighborhood.»

Community Outreach Programs Encourage and assist REALTOR ® Associations, and their members, to become leaders in their communities on issues that affect the real estate industry, including housing opportunity, smart growth, and diversity and fair housing, which can improve neighborhoods and increase community vitality, and may help to increase property values.