Sentences with phrase «use walkable community»

It's true that the mixed - use walkable community isn't new.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

We envision a dense, truly walkable mixed - use community.»

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.

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.

Large - scale mixed - use projects were the hottest development trend in the mid-2000s, as the appeal of urban living and walkable communities was taking hold.

NAR recently released its 2013 Community Preference Survey, which revealed that walkable, mixed - use communities are the most desired community choice among prospective homCommunity Preference Survey, which revealed that walkable, mixed - use communities are the most desired community choice among prospective homcommunity choice among prospective home buyers.

Choosing a community is one of the most important factors for consumers as they consider buying home, and research by the National Association of Realtors ® has consistently revealed that Americans prefer walkable, mixed - use neighborhoods and shorter commutes.

The new term, discussed by a panel of experts at the recent Urban Land Institute Annual Meeting in Chicago, refers to a cohesive design used to create more urban, «walkable» communities with gathering places for socialization and connectivity.