Seaside, a highly successful and influential 80-acre town on the Florida Panhandle, is a model for the type of land use planning that has become known as Traditional Neighborhood Development. Although unincorporated, Seaside includes all the elements of a town, including a charter middle school. Since 1986, work has included development of residential, commercial and nonprofit institutional portions, subdivision of mixed-use buildings, a hotel-type rental program and commercial leasing. Seaside Web Site



Amelia Park, in Fernandina Beach, Florida, is a 100-acre mixed-use Traditional Neighborhood Development. Its residential areas include a variety of housing types, including outbuildings on alleys. One of the first such projects to integrate a YMCA into the fabric of the pedestrian-friendly community, Amelia Park is now building its town center with the creation of office condominiums.



With frontage along a prominent intersection in a high-growth area and a town center with significant amounts of retail and office space, Brytan in Gainesville, Florida, has the potential to become the commercial and social center of the city's southwest quadrant. Its mix of commercial and residential uses will serve both its own residents and the surrounding community.



Aragon is a dense, compact, mixed-use urban infill project on the site of a former housing project in Pensacola, Florida. Only 20 acres in size, it is particularly challenging as half of the development is within the Historic Pensacola Preservation District while the other half is within the Gateway Redevelopment District. Each is subject to special zoning provisions. The entire project is subject to a development agreement with the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Pensacola, Florida.



Longleaf is a 568-acre mixed-use Traditional Neighborhood Development near Tampa. Plans include a neighborhood school. A Community Development District will maintain streets and other infrastructure in cooperation with the owners’ association. Longleaf - Our Story



The street grid in Prospect, in Longmont, Colorado, is oriented toward the mountain views. Prospect has gained recognition for mixing traditional and contemporary architecture within the framework of a traditional neighborhood development. Encompassing a variety of housing types within its 100 acres, Prospect is now building its mixed-use town center.
Prospect New Town Web Site

 

 

 

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