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Port Redevelopment Offers New Urban Opportunity

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Karenn Gobrecht
3 February 2005 - 12:00pm

Port Royal is just a small town in South Carolina, but from a new urban perspective, it's a town with a golden opportunity and with the right attitude and tools.

"The opportunity is a state-owned strip of land of 40-plus acres with over a mile of waterfront on one side and the town’s historic core on the other...The tools and attitude come from nearly a decade of growth guided by a new urban plan and zoning overlay. Port Royal’s plan was one of the first to be recognized as a success story by the Congress for the New Urbanism."

Full Story: Port redevelopment offers new urban opportunity
Source: New Urban News, January 1, 2005
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