Developers Unsure About New Urbanism
25 April 2002 - 10:00am
Some developers don't think there is a market for New Urbanism-inspired development in the Midwest.
"Living on isolating culs-de-sac, some suburbanites complain about a loss of community and say they don't even know the first names of their next-door neighbors. What they want, new urbanists say, are front porches, corner grocery stores and town plazas where neighbors can gather.More popular on the coasts where land is scarce, neotraditional development has until recently found little appeal in the wide-open Midwest."
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Developers remain wary of mixed-use concept
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The Kansas City Star, April 25, 2002
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