Virginia A. Faust, AICP NC Department of Commerce, Division of Community Assistance

With funding provided by the Appalachian Regional Commission

2006Recreating Neighborhoods:Putting the Pieces Together

Public Buildings and Spaces

Summary, Public Buildings and Spaces• Site civic buildings so they are integral to community fabric, accessible to all

• Use building materials to last for generations, evoke civic pride

• Develop streetscape guidelines that address street, sidewalks, building setbacks, façades, signs

Summary, Public Buildings and Spaces, continued

• Ensure new and/or redeveloped public and private buildings provide plazas, courtyards, lawns of appropriate scale

• Improve existing public, private parking lots with landscaping and marked pedestrian ways

• Provide convenient public spaces of varying sizes, purposes