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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