Compact and Sustainable Growth…

in the Age of Walk Score

Dublin, Ohio

Agenda

The view from Dublin

What next??

Implementing a new paradign

The view from a quintessential suburb… the suburban model worked

It supported a development model that attracted educated workers

Dublin Ohio United States

…the right kinds of growth industries

Dublin Ohio United States

…national recognition

7

Top Seven Intelligent Community, 2010

Fox Business News: Top Small City to Start a Business

Forbes.com: One of 25 Best Places to Move in 2009

BusinessWeek: Top Small City in Ohio to Start a Business

Columbus Monthly: Best Suburban Community

…and extraordinary community satisfaction

…rising employment-tax revenues

Until the Great Recession showed Dublin that suburban taxes could drop…

…while rising environmental awareness focused attention on poor environmental performance

Decentralized suburbia was not fulfilling its promise in other ways…quality of life

Dublin 43016 Chicago United States

…and more affordable lifestyles

…personal health

…and an aging America is selling is selling more and more single-family houses

%

buying

houses

at this

age

% selling houses

at this age

50,000 people work in Dublin

Dublin’s employers need to hire 5,000-8,000 new employees every year

…and for the first time in three decades…Dublin questioned its long-term appeal to employers

While America faces a shortage of knowledge workers, they seek lifestyles first, jobs second

„Creatives‟ seek urban places…

What’s next…? “We are more than a lifestyle center….”

The past was built for a very different America

The resent represents the dream of a very different America

…and many communities have been right to reject visions of the future

Dublin needed a community-based vision to guide the community‟s growth

Planning starts with new preferences…for living

1990…

• Golf courses

• Large backyards

• Homogeneity

• Escape from work

• Convenient auto access

2011…

• Main streets

• Transit

• Diversity

• Live near work

• Assumption of personal responsibility for sustainability

…and working

1990…

• Office parks

• Convenient auto access

• Convenient parking

• Escape to home

• Prestige address

2011…

• Main Streets

• Transit

• Live near work

• Walkable environment

• Fun

Bridge Street Corridor: 1,000 acres

Bridge Street Corridor: 1,000 acres

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2009 1900–1955

The numbers

Anticipated development Over 20 years—7-11

million SF

Over 40 years—15-25

million SF

Residential—roughly 60%

Share of Dublin’s Growth Residential—33-50%

Office, retail—50%

Net densities Residential—30-60

units/acre

Office—FAR 1.5 -2.5

Predominant bldg heights 3 to 5 floors

The impact…on development patterns

…and on the environment 2010 to 2030: Mixed sprawl/compact compared to sprawl model

Vehicle miles traveled: reduced 30-40%

Stormwater runoff: reduced 20-30%

CO2 emissions: reduced 20-35%

Vision principles to guide change…

1. Enhance economic

vitality.

2. Integrate the new center

into community life.

3. Expand “livability

choices” for Dublin and

the region.

4. Embrace Dublin’s

natural setting and

commitment to

sustainability.

5. Create places that

embody Dublin’s

commitment to

community.

Quarter-mile radius walkable areas and prime redevelopment opportunities:

Two questions: where can change happen…and how can Dublin accomplish its principles

Focus growth into distinct districts

…integrated with a natural green network:

…centered around Main Streets and squares

New street network:

…served by rubber-tire transit

Transit right of way:

A framework for compact growth

Illustrative build-out (2030-40):

The principles: enhance economic vitality

Integrate the center into community life

…with vibrant public spaces

A new era of greater personal choices for living, working…

What density? What choices do you want?

1,000 to 2,000

housing units

within a 10- to 15-

minute walk

support a block of

Main Street.

30-60 units per acre

can support a

walkable

community.

…and new transit

options

…fun…

Embrace the natural setting

…enjoying the river as a new central park

…and adding non-car transportation options

Create places that embody a commitment to community

Compact sustainable design is about creating iconic community

Start with the

street

Enhance the

context

Build

neighborhoods…

not developments

Urban architecture engages the street

…embodying many styles and uses

National lessons…performance standards for growth based on:

Regional environmental impact Comprehensive fiscal and other

cost/benefits Public health

Public-private partnership to fund SHARED infrastructure

“Eco district” approach to sustainability

SHARED parking strategies

Rubber-tire TMA transit, expands over time

Hybrid zoning

Form-based Incentives to aggregate sites, create lively

squares, etc.

Strong planning and design management

…shops, live work, the local library…

Enhancing context means respecting, not mimicking defining neighborhood qualitieszz

Very contemporary contextual design affordable, mixed-income housing

…and embody many styles

Building neighborhoods…not developments

Implementing change: strategies for transition to an uban model National lessons…

performance standards for

growth based on: Regional environmental

impact

Comprehensive fiscal and

other cost/benefits

Public health

Public-private partnership to

fund SHARED infrastructure

“Eco district” approach to

sustainability

SHARED parking strategies

Hybrid zoning

Strong planning and design

management

Goody Clancy concept study

Developer‟s initial concept study

Compact and Sustainable Growth…

in the Age of Walk Score