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This is a handbook for real people — people who live in small towns, new suburbs or big cities; in downtown neighborhoods, historic districts or high-rise condos. |
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This is a handbook for real people — people who live in small towns, new suburbs or big cities; in downtown neighborhoods, historic districts or high-rise condos.
This fix-it manual by Citizen Planner Institute Director Harrison Bright Rue, can help citizens working on real neighborhoods — places filled with character, families, and history, with people who want to make their neighborhoods better.
Just as owner-builders can learn how to work on their homes, citizens can learn how to work on their communities. The obvious place to start is by looking at the parts that aren’t working well — figuring out how they are interrelated — and diagnosing how to fix them together. This book gives local government officials, developers and citizen activists the tools needed to apply time-tested principles to revitalize their neighborhoods.
This book’s greatest strength — aside from demystifying New Urbanism — is in getting people back out in the streets to walk around their neighborhood. Doing the different exercises described at the end of each chapter is probably the single biggest “first step” any group could make to restore their community’s health and vitality.
— Gil Garcia, City Council member, Santa Barbara, CA
A manual whose time has come! A tool for professionals and residents alike. Communities that follow these guidelines can tackle sprawl and get a handle on growth. This practical, hands-on approach directly helped communities in Orlando and Nashville understand and apply key principles of New Urbanism and Smart Growth to enhance and preserve existing neighborhoods. The manual and training workshops are focused, contagiously positive, and easy to understand and to act on.
— Rick Bernhardt, Planning Director, Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County;
former Planning Director, City of Orlando
The condition of one’s community is no longer the delegated purview of experts. Communities that serve their users well can only do so with the informed participation of their residents and property owners. The Real Towns handbook can help residents and property owners create true community involvement.
— Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company;
Dean, University of Miami School of Architecture
Real Towns is truly the book for real people. Finally…the book a neighborhood activist can use to begin making real changes in their ‘hoods. A guide that gives everyone a place at the planning table to collaborate and share ideas.
— Cindi Hutchinson, Commissioner, City of Fort Lauderdale; neighborhood activist
This is an extraordinary book. At last the basics of good town planning have been translated into plain English and straightforward images to provide America’s citizen planners with the tools they need to reclaim their communities.
— Robert Yaro, Executive Director, Regional Plan Association
Author: Harrison Bright Rue
Published: 2000
Pages: 62