1. EPA SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES
1
Mix land uses
2
Take advantage of compact building design
3
Create a range of housing opportunities and choices
4
Create walkable neighborhoods
5
Foster distinctive, attractive communities with a strong
sense of place
6
Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty, and
critical environmental areas
7
Strengthen and direct development towards existing
communities
8
Provide a variety of transportation choices
9
Make development decisions predictable, fair, and
cost effective
10
Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration
in development decisions
HIGH POINT REDEVELOPMENT exemplifies
Providing a range of housing types
Promoting walkable neighborhoods
Preserving open space
CENTRAL DISTRICT SPECIFIC PLAN exemplifies
Providing transportation choices
Including mixed land uses
Promoting stakeholder participation
ABYSSINIAN NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT exemplifies
Utilizing existing development
Exhibiting compact building design
Practicing fair decision-making
DAVIDSON LAND PLAN exemplifies
Exhibiting a distinct sense of place
Promoting walkable neighborhoods
Providing a range of housing types
SMART GROWTH BYWATER exemplifies
Utilizing existing development
Preserving open space
Providing transportation choices

2. • Redevelop vacant land into
usable green space
• Include a variety of housing
types in any development
• Create a natural drainage
system using the existing
topography
• Support a walkable
neighborhood
CENTRAL
DISTRICT
SPECIFIC PLAN
Redevelopment plan for a popular
town near Los Angeles that was
developed to give residents a
choice of where to live and how to
travel around the city
• Promote more housing choices
for a range of incomes
• Emphasize walking and all other
modes of alternate transportation
• Maintain the town’s unique
sense of place
• 15% of all new housing units are
affordable for low-income families
• 85% of new housing developments
are built within a one mile radius of
alternate transportation
• New streets require wide sidewalks,
pedestrian scaled lighting, and
benches
• Dedicate a number of new
housing units to the low income
population
• Design new housing units to
have ample access to alternate
transportation
• Make all major streets pedestrian friendly
ABYSSINIAN
NEIGHBORHOOD
PROJECT
Planned expansion of the housing
and commercial options for the
residents of Harlem
• Support local businesses
• Address the social and
economic needs of the area
• Emphasize different modes of
transportation
• Revitalize the neighborhoods
with a positive sustainable impact
• Built 15,000 square feet of
commercial space
• Built 200 affordable housing units for
low-income families
• Built up near transit hubs to provide
access to bike and walking paths
• Cleaned up abandoned buildings and
underutilized land
• Repurpose buildings to support
local businesses
• Provide housing for low income
families
• Focus investment near any
existing transit hubs
• Clean up/repurpose vacant land
to lower environmental impactS
DAVIDSON LAND
PLAN
Redevelopment plan that was
put into place to preserve and
enhance the town’s character
while it grows
• Accommodate growth and
maintain the town’s sense of place
• Provide access to a park within a
five-minute walk
• Promote alternate forms of
transportation
• Provide housing for low-income
residents
• Revitalized downtown buildings
• Developed housing near existing
neighborhood parks
• Required all new streets to have
pedestrian, bicycle, and street
circulation
• Dedicated 12.5% of new
housing to low-income families
• Repurpose buildings
• Build up areas
surrounding parks
• Redevelop street grid to
include circulation for all
travel
• Revitalize existing homes
to serve low-income families
Coalition of neighborhood
residents dedicated to making
the quality of life in The
Bywater better
• Provide more green space
for the community
• Revitalize the
neighborhood using existing
buildings
• Support alternate forms of
transportation
• Supporting the
redevelopment of a local park
into a destination
• Redeveloping corner
buildings as small neighborhood friendly businesses
• Supporting an initiative to
install bike racks all over the
area and the extension of the
streetcar line
• Redevelop existing
parks
• Redevelop existing
corner buildings into
commercial centers of the
community
• Install bike racks in high
traffic areas to encourage
bicycle travel
Seattle, Washington
Implemented in 2004
Pasadena, California
Implemented in 2004
Davidson, North Carolina
Implemented in 2001
SMART
GROWTH
BYWATER
New Orleans, Louisiana
Implemented in 2010
PROJECT
Harlem, New York
Implemented in 2000
STRATEGIES
• 20 acres of land were dedicated to
green space development
• 1700 housing units were built,
including a number of low income,
senior, and market rate housing
• Implemented a natural drainage
system that filters storm water
• All streets are narrow short blocks
that include planters
RESULTS
• Provide more green space for
the area
• Create a mixed income community with a variety of housing types
• Encourage sustainability
• Create a pedestrian oriented
neighborhood
GOALS
Rebuild of a formerly crime ridden
and dilapidated 120 acre hilltop
neighborhood on the outskirts of
West Seattle
DESCRIPTION
HIGH POINT
REDEVELOPMENT

3. STRATEGY TOOLKIT
HIGH POINT CENTRAL DISTRICT
Seattle, Washington
Design a
walkable
atmosphere
Pasadena, California
Dedicate a number of
new housing units to
low-income families
Harlem, New York
DAVIDSON
Davidson, North Carolina
THE BYWATER
Redevelop existing
commercial space to
support local
businesses
Design street grid to
include circulation
for all travel
Redevelop
existing parks
ABYSSINIAN
Design
new housing
units to have
access to
alternate
transportation
Design a natural
drainage system using
the existing
topography
BUS
STOP
Design all major
streets to be
pedestrian friendly
Redevelop existing
vacant land into
usable green space
Invest near
alternate
transportation
BUS
STOP
Design a variety of
housing types for
any development
Redevelop
properties
surrounding
existing
parks
Redevelop existing
homes to serve
low-income families
Alternate Transportation
Commercial Space
New Orleans, Louisiana
Install bike racks in
high traffic areas to
encourage bicycle
travel
Redevelop
existing corner
buildings into
commercial
centers of the
community
Green Space
Housing
ALLENDALE AND LEDBETTER AS SMART GROWTH COMMUNITIES

4. PROBLEM
A community needs a
neighborhood center
Redevelop
properties
surrounding
existing
parks
Redevelop
existing parks
A large number of low
income families that
need affordable
housing options
A large amount of the
population does not
own a car
A large amount of
underutilized vacant
land
A number of
abadoned buildings
and need for more
commercial options
RESULT
SOLUTION
Design a variety of
housing types for
any development
Dedicate a number of
new housing units to
low-income families
Design all major
streets to be
pedestrian friendly
Install bike racks in
high traffic areas to
encourage bicycle
travel
Redevelop existing
homes to serve
low-income families
Design
new housing
units to have
access to
alternate
transportation
BUS
STOP
Design street grid to
include circulation
for all travel
Design a natural
drainage system using
the existing
topography
Redevelop existing
vacant land into
usable green space
Invest near
alternate
transportation
Redevelop existing
commercial space to
support local
businesses
BUS
STOP
Design a
walkable
atmosphere
Redevelop
existing corner
buildings into
commercial
centers of the
community
A hub with
commercial and green
space, accessible by
alternate
transportation
A variety of
opportunities for low
income families to
build a home
A community that
embraces alternate
forms of
transportation
Parks, ponds, and
walkable jogging paths
that are available for
the community to
enjoy
Revitalized
commercial space
bringing money into
the community