Smart Growth
The Smart Growth Manual, Duany, Speck & Lydon, 2010. A "Pattern Language" approach to the topic of smart growth and sustainable community design. Spans a variety of scales, from region, to neighborhood to street to building. Authors are urban planners. Nels Reese provided it as a book of readings for Moscow P&Z Commission members Dec 2010.
Storm Water Management
Rain Gardens (Oregon Regional Metro Government) Shallow depressions, typically planted with colorful native plants, strategically located to collect, infiltrate and filter rain that falls on hard surfaces like roofs, driveways, alleys, or streets to minimize negative impacts of excessive runoff from these surfaces on lakes and streams.
Similar Projects
Kendall Yards community (in early phase of development) in Spokane (N. bank of Spokane River, west of Monroe Street Bridge is a former rail and industrial property close to downtown, though much larger. (from Kenton Bird)
EcoVillages
LA Ecovillage and CRSP The L.A. Eco-Village Demonstration was founded by CRSP (Cooperative Resources and Services Project). Located in the Bimini and White House Place neighborhood since 1980, CRSP provides a variety of resources to the L.A. Eco-Village and other urban groups seeking to create intentional communities and/or go sustainable. After the Civil Unrest of April, 1992, CRSP decided to put its resources to work in its own problematical neighborhood in a way that could benefit the city at large.
The Jamaica Plain Cohousing community in Boston MA is "committed to a mixed-income multigenerational neighborhood. We will seek a location that is within walking distance to public transportation and near other urban amenities, such as schools, shopping, restaurants, places of worship and cultural attractions. We will build a small housing development designed to create a balance of community and privacy, by arranging private, self- sufficient homes around a community building or "common house" with shared resources. Our community will be planned, designed and managed by the members. "
Kailash Ecovillage is a 32-unit apartment complex located on a large, urban site in the inner SE part of Portland, Oregon. The goal of the ecovillage is to create a sustainable, eco-friendly community committed to providing a sustainable, ecological and safe living environment for all residents. It nurtures and fosters the well-being of the individual as well as the members of the greater community. Unlike many cohousing communities, Kailash Ecovillage uses a rental model. This allows individuals with lower income and those without prior housing ownership to participate in a sustainable community.
Bay View Ecovillage or "BVE". Located in Milwaukee, WI, BVE is a micro-community of 10 full and part time adults and children. A description of founding the community appeared in the local newspaper.
Berea EcoVillage. This is less urban, but attached to the Berea College campus which has interesting implications for interactions with UI. Berea EcoVillage is "guided by intertwined educational, environmental, and social goals... an ecologically-sustainable residential and learning complex designed to meet housing needs for student families, childcare for campus children, and provide a living/labor opportunity for students interested in sustainability. The Ecovillage is... an example of learning by doing. Residents and children learn valuable lessons in environmentally responsible living through everyday activities and shared experiences. The complex includes 50 apartments, a state-of-the-art Child Development Laboratory, a Commons House, and a Sustainability and Environmental Studies (SENS) demonstration house. The Ecological Machine, wetlands, permaculture food forest, and individual gardens are other community features.
CoHo Ecovillage Located in Corvallis Oregon, "Coho is a multi-generational group of individuals and families who enjoy sharing our lives with our community. We have 34 condomnium units, and a large common house where we share meals on a regular basis and meet to plan, play and party.
We care about each other and the environment. We value diversity and honor everyone's opinion. We work to create an old-fashioned neighborhood in a new-fashioned way."
Columbia Ecovillage is an urban co-housing community in Portland Oregon. "We are a multigenerational community of 50 adults of all ages and 13 children age 7 and under. Our individual units are condominiums, newly renovated from existing apartment buildings for energy efficiency and healthy indoor air. The 3.73 acre property also contains a 1912 farmhouse, where we have our common meals. This six bedroom house also contains guest rooms, the community office, a children’s room, and media room. Other common spaces include a craftsroom, a laundry room, and orchards and gardens."
Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood is an urban co-housing community in west Auckland New Zealand committed to building a neighbourhood that was as socially and environmentally sustainable as possible.
