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Three Reasons Neighborhood Identity is Paramount in Smart Growth

February 13, 2014 By Bill Adams

La Mesa CAIn this age of planning emphasis on “smart growth,” “new urbanism,” “transit oriented development,” “infill development” and so on, density and proximity to transit corridors sometimes overshadow all other considerations.  Zoning and Community plans years in the making, with wide participation, are now being viewed by some property owners and city officials as obsolete and vulnerable.  Local residents are increasingly resentful as they experience frontal assaults to the scale and character of their neighborhoods – the essence of how they identify with their neighborhoods. Continue Reading Three Reasons Neighborhood Identity is Paramount in Smart Growth

Filed Under: Feature Posts, Planning, Revitalization, San Diego Tagged With: Affordable Housing, Agenda 21, community planning groups, congress for new urbanism, council policy 600-24, multi-family housing, parking garages, parking minimum, sandag, smart growth, spot zoning, subsidized housing, surface parking, TOD, underground parking, Urban Design, urban planning, walkable, zoning amendments

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