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Complete Neighborhoods:Exploring Holistic Community Planning
June 26, 2015
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Panelists• Josh Fiala AIA AICP LEED AP, Associate, The
Cecil Group
• Dr. Justeen Hyde PhD, Director of Research and Evaluation, Institute for Community Health
• Gayle Epp, Partner, EJP Consulting Group
Session and Panelist IntroductionComplete Neighborhoods:Exploring Holistic Community Planning
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This presentation will outline the Complete Neighborhoods approach to community building, provide a review of current best practices.
The learning objectives for the session include:
1. Participants will be able to define the objectives and goals of a CompleteNeighborhoods approach to community building.
2. Participants will be able to describe the existing programs and practices that are consistent with the goals of Complete Neighborhoods.
3. Participants will be able to identify the relationship between community needs and creation of a Complete Neighborhoods plan, using panelist case studies as an example.
Learning Objectives
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Image Source: Arlington Magazine, Ellen Byrne “10 Great Neighborhoods”
1. Complete Neighborhoods – What does it mean? What is the context?
2. Community Health and Complete Neighborhoods
3. Choice Neighborhoods and Public Sector Approaches
4. Complete Neighborhoods and Private Sector Approaches
5. Interactive Exercise – Building a Complete Neighborhood
6. Open Q&A and Wrap-up
Session Agenda
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Complete Neighborhoods:What does it mean? What’s the context?
Image Source: Arlington Magazine, Ellen Byrne “10 Great Neighborhoods”
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• Overcrowding and industrial revolution cause focus on space, order and landscape
• Sir Patrick Geddes, Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow (1898)
• Utopian city living in harmony with nature• The origin of suburban neighborhood patterns and ideal
Evolution of Neighborhood Planning
Image Source: Wikipedia
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• Clarence Perry (1923)• Neighborhood Unit Formula• Consistent neighborhood components• Centered on the school• Radburn, New Jersey (1929)• Separate traffic by mode• Schools at neighborhood center
Image Source: Wikipedia – New York Regional Survey, 1929
Evolution of Neighborhood Planning
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• New urbanism – traditional, compact and walkable places• Demographic and market shifts toward city neighborhoods• Connections to range of uses, housing and jobs• Choice Neighborhoods, LEED ND as examples of holistic
planning
Image Source: Wikimedia Commons
Evolution of Neighborhood Planning
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Complete Streets
Image Source: Boston Transportation Department
• The new Boston Complete Streets approach puts pedestrians, bicyclists and transit users on equal footing with motor-vehicle drivers. The initiative aims to improve the quality of life in Boston by creating streets that are both great public spaces and sustainable transportation networks. It embraces innovation to address climate change and promote healthy living. The objective is to ensure Boston's streets are multimodal, green and smart.
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Complete Neighborhoods• Working Definition:
Complete Neighborhoods are places where all types of resident needs and business needs for work, living, gathering, recreation and health can be met within a comfortable walking distance. A complete neighborhood is diverse, healthy and prosperous and includes:
Image Source: Local Initiatives Support Corporation
• Neighborhood Center• Orientation to Transit• Walkability
• Density• Mixed-uses• Mixed-incomes
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• Portland Plan (April 2012) - Portland, Oregon• 20-Minute Neighborhoods –
“An area where residents have safe and convenient access to goods and services they need on a daily or regular basis. This includes a range of housing options, grocery stores and other neighborhood-serving commercial services; quality public schools; public open spaces and recreational facilities; and access to frequent transit. In a complete neighborhood, the network of streets and sidewalks is interconnected, which makes walking and bicycling to these places safe and relatively easy for people of all ages and abilities.” Source: Portland Plan (April 2012)
Other Examples and References
Image Source: www.buildabetterburg.org
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• Portland Plan (April 2012) – • 20-minute neighborhoods
• Gerding Edlen – 20-minute living
• AARP Livability Index• Walkscore• Blog at:
www.completeneighborhoods.org
• Articles at:• www.communitybuilders
.net • www.theatlantic.com
Image Source: www.communitybuilders.net
Other Examples and References
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Image Source: Arlington Magazine, Ellen Byrne “10 Great Neighborhoods”
Complete Neighborhoods:Community Health and Complete Neighborhoods
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Justeen Hyde, Ranjani Paradise, Reann Gibson, Shirma Pierre, Michelle Keenan
Community Engagement Games: A Strategy for Expanding Local
Stakeholders in Community Health Planning Processes
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Place Matters
HealthyCommunities
Livable natural & built environment
Equitable social environment
Viable economicdevelopment
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Growing demand for community input
Affordable Care Act
Public Health Accreditation
Sustainable Planning
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Central Challenge of Community Health Needs Assessments
Same people tapped over and over again
Same people show up for focus groupsand community meetings
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An Experiment in More Inclusive Participation
Brigham and Women’s Hospital• Completed 2 prior community health needs
assessments (2012 and 2013)• Identified key issues in 5 priority
neighborhoods of Boston• Interest in improving community health
through grant-making program– Funding from a Determination of Need
process
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Our Goal: Engage Residents in Process to Prioritize Community Health
NeedsCommunity mental
healthViolence prevention
Chronic disease prevention
Healthy agingImproved birth
outcomesYouth & Workforce
developmentRacial Equity
Top Priorities
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Three one-week missions
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Answer challenge questions to earn coins:
multiple choice
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Answer challenge questions to earn coins:
open ended
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Answer challenge questions to earn coins:
trivia
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Compete to earn the most coins
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Pledge coins to causes
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Top three causes selected by players Win $$$
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Game Players
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Who Played?
24 and Under
25-54
55 and Older
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
25%
56%
19%
Gender
Female
Male
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
74%
26%
Age
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Who Played?
Other
Multi-Racial
Asian
Hispanic
African American/Black
White/Caucasian
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
3%
2%
6%
15%
30%
45%
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Who Played?
56%
15%
29% Priority neighborhood res-identNon-resident of priority neighborhoodsUnknown
30% Dorchester24% Jamaica Plain20% Roxbury18% Mattapan8% Mission Hill
60% reported no prior involvement in a community planning process
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What is one thing about your health you would like to improve?
Physical FitnessHealthy Eating
ManageMental Health
and Stress
Manage Health
ConditionsSleep
Financial Stability
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What would make your neighborhood a healthier place for you and your
family?
Economic Developm
ent
Improved Public
Transportation
Improved Safety
Opportunities for Social
Connection
Opportunities for Physical
Activity
Improvements in the Built
Environment
Access to Healthy Food
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What would make the City of Boston a healthier place to live?
Improve Educational
Opportunities
Quality Affordable
Housing
Improved Public
Transportation
Community Connections
Improvements in the Built
Environment Safer Communities
Economic Opportunities
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What would make the City of Boston a healthier place to live?
Investments in grassroots
organizations
Resources for Poor &
Homeless Families
Access to Healthy Foods
Improve Public
Education
Quality Affordable
HousingImproved Public
TransportationCleaner,
Safer Streets
Community Connections
More Green Space
Safer Communities
Economic Opportunities
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Players’ Priority Areas
• Community mental health
• Violence prevention• Chronic disease
prevention• Health aging• Improved birth
outcomes• Youth and Workforce
development• Racial Equity
Youth and Workforce Development
Community Mental Health
Chronic Disease Prevention
RacIal
EquiTy
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Example: Chronic Disease Prevention
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Example: Mental Health
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Lessons Learned - Challenges
• Time– Many collaborating partners– Many moving parts
• Game platform and structure of game play was relatively fixed
• Marketing of the game was challenging– Unusual, abstract idea until you play
• Game was not successful in engaging certain groups of people
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Benefits on On-line Game Technologies
• Exciting, innovative way for gathering community input
• Attracted people who do not usually take part in community health planning processes
• Game accessible on computers, tablets, and smart phones
• Player contributions have relevance and use beyond this particular planning process
• New ability to communicate with people to keep them updated on the project
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Thank you!
View the game:http://communityplanit.org/healthmatters
For additional questions:Justeen Hyde
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Image Source: Arlington Magazine, Ellen Byrne “10 Great Neighborhoods”
Choice Neighborhoods:Public Sector Approaches to Complete Neighborhoods
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HUD’s Complete Neighborhoods Program:Choice Neighborhoods Initiative
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A Little History: HOPE VI
• HUD has 15+ years experience developing mixed-income housing which leads to neighborhood revitalization
• Since 1996, awarded $6.3 billion to develop housing in 262 neighborhoods
• Produced 111,059 new and rehabbed units of which 50% served public housing-assisted families
• Key outcomes: – Quality, ‘green’ housing
– Residents’ quality of life improved
– Built development capacity of PHAs and their partners
– Neighborhood conditions improved
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Choice Neighborhoods Initiative
• HUD initiative that focuses on the comprehensive transformation of distressed housing, residents and the surrounding neighborhood
• Key requirements: One-for-one replacement Mixed-income community Residents right of return Comprehensive network of services Improved educational outcomes for all ages Resident and community engagement Experienced partners to ensure timely and
effective implementation Goal: Long-term sustainability
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CNI: 3 Core Goals• Housing: Transform distressed public and
assisted housing into energy efficient, mixed-income housing that is physically and financially viable over the long-term
• People: Support positive outcomes for families in the targeted development and neighborhood, particularly outcomes related to health, safety, employment, and education
• Neighborhoods: Transform neighborhoods of poverty into viable, mixed-income neighborhoods with access to well-functioning services, schools and education programs, public assets, public transportation and improved access to jobs
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South Norwalk, CT CN Effort
2010 CN Planning Grant (2 years) • Undertake detailed needs assessments• Establish vision, goals and objectives for:
Neighborhood, Housing, People, Education• Develop strategies (research-based) and
identify partners to address prioritized needs • Prepare implementation plan: what, how,
when, partners and resources 2013 CN Implementation Grant
award (6 years)
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South Norwalk Neighborhood
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CN Program Components
Neighborhood Housing People/Education
Coordination (CN office for all staff) and Transparency (annual public data summit)
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PEOPLE InitiativesVision for People: Create opportunities for families to increase economic self-sufficiency and thrive
• Individualized case management system coordinated with existing service providers
• Employment, training and asset building opportunities through a robust Sec 3 and other workforce programs
• Health and wellness programs• Education and developmental
programs for children from cradle to college/career
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Housing Program
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Income MixIncome Target
Unit Type No. % AMI*Public Housing 136 50% 0% - 50% AMITax Credit 67 25% 50% - 60% AMIMarket-rate units 70 25% unrestrictedTotal 273 100%*2014 Area Median Income for Norwalk is $125,100 (Family of Four)
Proposed Units
• Resource Center and Tenant Amenity Space
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On- and Off-site Housing
Vacant city lots
Washington Village
S. Norwalk Train Station
SONO
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South NorwalkNeighborhood
Vision for Neighborhood: Capitalize upon the assets of the neighborhood to transform it into a socially and economically diverse community of choice
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• Steering Committee • Surveys
⁻ Targeted housing residents⁻ Neighborhood residents
• Task Forces (topic specific)• Focus groups• Housing residents meetings (capacity building;
relocation)• Youth engagement (photo exhibit)• Community-wide information fairs/design
charrettes• Public hearings• Dissemination: websites, newsletters, social
media
Community Engagement Methods
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Selected NEIGHBORHOOD Outcomes Storm-resilient approaches implemented for all new
development Reduction in Part I violent crime rate per 1,000
residents Increase in percentage of residents who report
feeling safe in their neighborhood Sustainability of Neighborhood Crime Watch Increase number of affordable housing opportunities Improve unemployment rate for South Norwalk
residents Increase median family income in South Norwalk Increase in number of business permits issued Increase in value of building improvements Reduction in retail/commercial vacancy rates Increase in retail/commercial sales
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Image Source: Arlington Magazine, Ellen Byrne “10 Great Neighborhoods”
Complete Neighborhoods:Private Sector Approaches
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Boston – A City of Neighborhoods
• Appropriate context for exploring the structure of neighborhoods
• Compactness and walkability is common among all neighborhoods
• Unique characteristic of Boston relative to other cities
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Fairmount Indigo Transit Corridor
• 9.2 mile MBTA Commuter Rail
• Travels through Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan and Hyde Park
• 122,000 people within ½ mile walk of stops between Newmarket and Readville
• 1/6th of the population of the City of Boston
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Newmarket Station – Open Fairmount Indigo Corridor
Image Source: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
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Four Corners/Geneva Station – Open Fairmount Indigo Corridor
Image Source: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
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Talbot Avenue Station – Open
Fairmount Indigo Corridor
Image Source: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
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Fairmount Indigo Neighborhoods• An extensive and
ongoing process with many partners:• City of Boston (BRA, DND,
BTD, PWD)• Metropolitan Area Planning
Council• The Boston Foundation• The Garfield Foundation• Fairmount Indigo CDC
Collaborative• Community Development
Corporations• Choice Neighborhoods
Initiative• (6) Main Streets
Organizations• Many others ….
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CorridorCity Context Station Areas
• Guide physical and economic development
• Encourage sustainable growth and transit-oriented development (TOD)
• Limit displacement of existing residents and businesses
• Incorporate existing planning initiatives (City-led and Community-based) into one vision for the future
Fairmount Indigo Planning Initiative
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Complete Neighborhoods• Topic Areas established to plan for Complete
Neighborhoods• Prosperity• Home• Place• Getting Around• Parks and Public Space• Quality of Life
• Informed by the planning process and community involvement, origins in the idea of an “urban village”
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Land Use Connecting Transit Public Amenities
Fairmount Indigo Corridor
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Median Income Residential Density Open Space
Fairmount Indigo Corridor
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Prosperity
Image Source: Upham’s Corner Station Area Plan
• Neighborhood planning explore redevelopment opportunities
Image Source: Upham’s Corner Main Street
• Main Street districts - local-serving and neighborhood destination
• Community-led business district planning
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Prosperity
Image Source: Cropcircle Kitchen (cckpearl.squarespace.com)
• Building opportunity, wealth creation and entrepreneurship in the neighborhood
• Pearl Food Production Facility, Dorchester Bay EDC and Cropcircle Kitchen (36k SF)
• Local resident and artist participation
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Housing
Image Source: Fairmount Collaborative, CSNDC
• Infill redevelopment, community development corporations• City disposition of land – Department of Neighborhood
Development• Sustainable real estate development, LEED Neighborhood
Development (ND)• Mixed-use with affordable rental units• Housing displacement prevention
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Place
Image Source: “Do you see yourself in Upham’s Corner?” A Case Study of Belonging, Dis-Belonging and the Upham’s Corner ArtPlace Initiative
• ArtPlace – creative placemaking• Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI), The Boston
Foundation (TBF)• “Public Kitchen” brings passer-by together• Public art commission – the UpTruck
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Getting Around
Image Source: MyDorchester.org, Mattapan Food & Fitness CoalitionImage Source: Boston.com
• “Mobility Hubs” - transit connections, multi-modal considerations
• Overall Boston has a Walk Score of 80 (out of 100)• Most errands can be accomplished on foot• Walkable amenities, parks and services• Streetscape, public realm and walkability investments• City of Boston, Public Works
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Parks and Public Space
Image Source: Wikimedia Commons Image Source: City Growers, Boston.com
• Creative use of open space• Public art programs, Pop-up events and programs• Activation of vacant lots• Fairmount Greenway connections, Urban agriculture
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Quality of Life
Image Source: Metal Sales
• Services and convenience• Gathering and community space• Art and gallery space
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Station Gateways = Amenity Centers with Placemaking Components
Education/training place and programs
Health care facilities and programs
Convenient service establishments
Mobility hubs
Food choice and quality
Open space amenities
Housing choice
Quality of Life
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Quality of Life
Image Source: Boston.com, Dorchester Reporter
• Community Health Centers• Branch bank, pharmacy, health services, community
rooms, recreation centers• Public/private partnerships with many partners
Image Source: Upham’s Corner News
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Complete Neighborhoods• Connecting the
Fairmount Indigo Corridor as a series of linked neighborhoods and assets
• Representative of a continuum evolving toward becoming Complete Neighborhoods
• Understanding the consistencies and diversity of the places is critical in filling the gaps
• Not an evolution toward homogeneity
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Image Source: Arlington Magazine, Ellen Byrne “10 Great Neighborhoods”
Interactive Exercise:Building a Complete Neighborhood
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Exercise: Building a Complete Neighborhood
• Quick, small group discussion• Consider your neighborhood role• From the perspective of your role:
What would make your neighborhood more complete?
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Exercise: Building a Complete Neighborhood
• Neighborhood context:
CONTEXT 1:• Established
neighborhood• More urban
context• Some historic
homes• Some uses other
than residential
• Diverse community
CONTEXT 2:• Newer
neighborhood• Suburban
context• Relatively new
construction• Predominantly
residential• Somewhat
diverse community
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Image Source: Arlington Magazine, Ellen Byrne “10 Great Neighborhoods”
Open Discussion:Q&A and Wrap-up
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Image Source: Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Closing: Complete Neighborhoods• Working Definition:
Complete Neighborhoods are places where resident and business needs for work, living, gathering, recreation and health can be met within a comfortable walking distance. A complete neighborhood is diverse, healthy and prosperous and includes:• Neighborhood Center
• Orientation to Transit• Walkability
• Density• Mixed-uses• Mixed-incomes
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Closing: Complete Neighborhoods
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• Role of planning in continuing the evolution to complete neighborhoods
• Many viewpoints, dimensions and partners• Complete neighborhoods require comprehensive involvement,
activity and participation and a holistic approach• Private, public, resident, business, visitor
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Closing: Complete Neighborhoods• Evolution to Complete Neighborhoods is:
• Comprehensive • Incremental• Transformational