New Urbanism defined, according to cnu.org:
New Urbanism is an urban design movement that burst onto the scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s. New Urbanists aim to reform all aspects of real estate development. Their work affects regional and local plans. They are involved in new development, urban retrofits, and suburban infill. In all cases, New Urbanist neighborhoods are walkable, and contain a diverse range of housing and jobs. New Urbanists support regional planning for open space, appropriate architecture and planning, and the balanced development of jobs and housing. They believe these strategies are the best way to reduce how long people spend in traffic, to increase the supply of affordable housing, and to rein in urban sprawl. Many other issues, such as historic restoration, safe streets, and green building are also covered in the Charter of the New Urbanism, the movement's seminal document.I would love to see the coast renaissance come in the form of "walkable neighborhoods which contain a diverse range of housing and jobs". The Cotton District in Starkville is a renewal effort in this vein, as is Atlanta's Riverside by Post a similar new development.
Hopefully the folks from CNU will make some outstanding, workable suggestions and hopefully our fierce independence and statist pride won't get in the way of what could be a tremendous opportunity to correct some of our earlier city planning mistakes. Stay tuned.
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Strict zoning and good planning will make the place pop back up faster and better. Of you could end up like the wal-mart side of starkville, just a hodge podge that shows no effort to plan -- simply reacting.
I hope that will work. The MUFC (ms urban forestry council) has some good stuff out there about how trees in urban settings add to quality of life.
Might want to take a look at them. They have lots of grant money sometimes too.
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