Thursday, May 30 - 1:00 - 2:30PM

1. Town of North Kingstown
Healthy Places by Design
EDRA Providence
May 30, 2012
North Kingstown
Department of Planning
and Development
West Bay Family
YMCA

2. State Land Use
Policy Plan
Urban Services
Boundary
Land Use 2025

3. Community Statistics
• Size: 58.3 square miles
• Population: 26,486
• Households: 10,436
• Median Household Income: $77,477
• Bike Path Miles: 8.93 completed
(US Census 2010)

4. The Planning
Framework

5. Ongoing Planning Initiatives
• Villages Study/Transfer of
Development Rights
• Post Road Sewers and Roadway
Reconstruction
• Wickford Junction Commuter Rail
Service/TOD project
• Sea Level Rise
Adaptation/Mitigation

6. What is Healthy Places by Design?
• The Program
• The Partnership
• The Process
• The Product

7. How does this process work?
• Set a Course with ‘Guiding Principles’
• Gather Information
• Identify Issues
• Provide Solutions

8. Partnering for a Healthier
Future

9. Community Perspectives

10. Ready to Take Action!

11. Growth
Centers
Post Road

12. Post Road Visioning

13. Post Road Reconstruction

14. Post Road and Stony Lane Post Road and Quonset Gateway

15. Existing Villages in North Kingstown

16. Redirecting
Growth and
Development
• Historic Villages
• Emerging Villages
• Compact
Development patterns
• Transfer of
Development Rights
• Incentives and
Policies

17. TDR is a Regulatory Tool
Preserve Existing
Open Space
Concentrate
Development in Areas
Planned for Growth

18. Where can this
happen today?
• Sending Area:
Sending Area
Overlay District
• Receiving Area:
Post Road District
Compact Village
District Areas

19. Existing VillagesExisting Villages

20. Wickford Village

21. Wickford VillageWickford Village

22. Other Existing and
Emerging Villages
Allenton
Wickford JunctionLafayette
Hamilton

23. Allenton

24. Hamilton

25. Hamilton

26. Lafayette

27. Lafayette

28. The Wickford Junction Train Station

29. Wickford Junction Rail Line

30. Rolling Greens/Bald Hill Nursery

31. Rolling Greens/Bald Hill Nursery
Emerging Growth
Center
Recommendation
from South
County Design
Manual
RIDEM, 2001

32. Walking and BikingWalking and Biking

35. Implementation
Healthy Places by Design
Comprehensive Plan 2008
Comprehensive Plan 2013

36. QUESTIONS?
Jonathan Reiner, AICP
Planning Director
North Kingstown, Rhode Island
401 268-1570
jreiner@northkingstown.org
www.northkingstown.org