Planning - New Urbanism

What is New Urbanism?

New Urbanism, as opposed to sprawl, incorporates traditional neighborhood planning and modern technology to achieve the goals of environmental balance, social integration, and a sense of community.

“Our goal is to create new neighborhoods that not only build upon past excellence but also ensures that the future is of equal value to the past and that tomorrow’s preservationists have something worth conserving from our own time.” - Andres Duany

Our Goal

“We must not build housing, we must build communities “ – Mike Burton

Paradise Valley’s goal is to implement conscientious and sustainable development principles in order to create a place where neighborhoods and communities are balanced with the natural environment.

Our Goal is to provide:

• Complete Community
• Community Oriented Transit
• Green Buildings and Infrastructure
• Social and Community Health
• Fiscal Sustainability

At Paradise Valley

“Human society and the beauty of nature are meant to be enjoyed together” – Ebenezer Howard

Paradise Valley was designed with New Urbanism concepts in mind and will implement development practices that will minimize our impact to the natural environment.

• Compact Development
• Mixing land uses
• Safeguarding environmentally sensitive areas
• Preserving the night sky
• Reducing impervious surfaces and improving water detention
• Providing transit accessibility
• Supporting pedestrian and bicycling activity

Resources

For more info on New Urbanism: http://www.cnu.org/Intro_to_new_urbanism