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Making Smart Growth Happen Creating Successful Regional Alliances for Sustainable Development
1. Making Smart Growth
Happen: Creating
Successful Regional
Alliances for Sustainable
Development
Wednesday,
October 13
2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
2. Deborah Westbrooke AICP
Executive Director
Washington Smart Growth Alliance
Member Organizations:
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Coalition for Smarter Growth
Enterprise Community Partners
Greater Washington Board of Trade
Metropolitan Washington Builders Council
ULI Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing
ULI Washington
3. STRANGE BEDFELLOWS MAKE
SUCCESSFUL PARTNERS
Three Approaches Common Characteristics
Vision NorthTexas – 16
counties surrounding
Dallas/FortWorth
Washington Smart Growth
Alliance – National Capital
Region (DC, MD,VA)
Quality Growth Alliance –
Seattle - Puget Sound Region
Diversity of Partners – public,
private, civic, academic
Common Ground – agreement
around Regional Growth Issues
Commitment to Collaboration
Sustained Support overTime
Today - two of the Alliances
with Recognition Programs
4. John Promise PE
Director of Environment and
Development, North Central Texas
Council of Governments
Vision North Texas Member Organizations:
ULI North Texas District Council
North Central Texas Council of Governments
University of Texas, Arlington
(among others)
5. William Kreager FAIA
Recognition Committee Chair
Quality Growth Alliance Member
Organizations:
ULI Seattle District
Puget Sound Regional Council
University ofWashington
Enterprise Community Partners
Cascade Land Conservancy
MBAKS (Master Builders/King &
Snohomish Counties)
Futurewise
NAIOP
6.
7. STRANGE BEDFELLOWS – GROUP OF 40
First meeting in
January 2000
Smart Growth
Regional Symposium -
May 2000
Second and third
“group of 40”
meetings – June and
December 2000
8. ULIWashington
Chesapeake Bay
Foundation
Coalition for Smarter
Growth
GreaterWashington
Board ofTrade
MetropolitanWashington
Builders' Council
FOUNDING PARTNERS OFTHE ALLIANCE
9. KEY INITIATIVES
Smart Growth Recognition Program – 2002
To provide third-party endorsement – including conservation and environmental
interests – of smart growth development projects during the entitlement or local
review process, when support is needed most
Reality Check with ULIWashington – 2005
300 invited stakeholders from throughout the region and all sectors
Considered alternative scenarios for future growth of the region
Consensus view and agreed-upon principles included emphasis on compact growth,
land and resource conservation, and addressing inequities in regional development
Regional Conservation Priorities – 2006
A mechanism for the business and development community to provide
endorsement of conservation projects
10. SMART GROWTH RECOGNITION
PROGRAM
Quarterly evaluation by independent jury
Purpose is to help good projects succeed
Only projects not yet approved are eligible
Project must meet Smart Growth Criteria to win recognition
Most important benefit - testimony at public hearings
11. SMART GROWTH RECOGNITION
CRITERIA
Location
Density, Design and Mix of Uses
Transportation/Mobility/Accessibility
Environment
Affordable, Mixed Income Housing
Community Benefits and Participation
12. TRANSPORTATION / MOBILITY /
ACCESSIBILITY
Minimizes street widths
Streets and sidewalks fully connect
with adjoining neighborhoods
Uses structured or below grade
parking and reduces parking
Transit, existing or planned, readily
available
Uses Transportation Demand
Management to reduce vehicle trips
Provides safe and direct pedestrian
and bicycle access points and
amenities.
13. DESIGN CRITERIA
Organized as
neighborhoods and districts,
integrated with existing
urban fabric
Public uses have distinctive
form and placed on
important sites within the
development
14. PUBLIC SPACE DESIGN
Provides pedestrian scale elements to improve access to and
experience of the site
• Active spaces
• Signage
• Street furniture
• Lighting
• Plant materials
• Sidewalk scale & material
• Sun and shade devices such as
canopies and awnings
• Bus shelters
• Fountains
• Public art
15. THE RECORD OF RECOGNITION
Program began in 2002
58 development proposals
recognized
Located throughout the
region
District of Columbia
Arlington, Fairfax and
Loudoun Counties,VA
College Park, Silver Spring,
Montgomery County,
Gaithersburg, MD
16. SAUL CENTERS, INC. - CLARENDON
CENTER - ARLINGTON,VA 2003
Adjacent to Clarendon
Metrorail station
Ground floor retail,
office space and
residential above
Preserves a historic
building
Indistinguishable
affordable housing units
17. THE HOLLADAY CORPORATION
METROPIKE – NORTH BETHESDA, MD 2007
Redevelop suburban strip center across from White Flint
Metrorail Station
Buildings brought up to sidewalk edge, all parking
underground versus surface parking within front building
setback
18. HOME PROPERTIES - FALKLAND NORTH –
SILVER SPRING, MD 2007
Recognized in 2007; plans
raised controversy over
redevelopment of historic
apartments
2009 County designated a
portion as historic and
allowed redevelopment of
parcel closest to Silver Spring
Metrorail Station
1,000 rental units including
250 affordable units
Strong urban edge with 15’
sidewalks, improved lighting
Harris Teeter grocery store,
service retailers
19. URBAN ATLANTIC - A&R DEVELOPMENT
CORP – RHODE ISLAND STATION, DC 2007
Recognized in 2007
Adjacent to the Rhode
Island Metrorail Station
Apartments, ground-floor
shops and restaurants
New commuter garage
Combines FHA financing,
New Markets Tax Credits
20. STAYING RELEVANT - PARTNERS
2006 Enterprise Community Partners of
DC
2009 ULI Terwilliger Center for Workforce
Housing
2010 Considering new partners to broaden
focus to “sustainability”
2010 Considering new financial sponsors
21. STAYING RELEVANT - PROGRAMS
2006 Regional
Conservation Priorities
Program
2009 Pilot to recognize
sector plans
2010 Identified need
for regional leadership
training on smart and
sustainable growth
22. NEW PARTNERS – NEW PROGRAMS
2009 Joint program with ULI Terwilliger Center to
recognize smart growth projects for provision of
Workforce Housing (defined as affordable to
households earning from 60% to 100 % of Area
Median Income).
First joint recognition granted in September 2010
to two very different projects in Fairfax County
23. JEFFERSON APARTMENT GROUP-
RESIDENCES AT FAIRFAX GOV’T CENTER
Result of a unique public-
private partnership –
formerly County owned land
on Government Center
Campus
All 270 rental units will be
affordable to households
earning from 50 percent to
100 percent of AMI
Will work together to move
qualifying County employees
into the development
24. GEORGELAS GROUP - TYSONSWEST,
TYSONS CORNER,VA
A quarter-mile from proposedTyson West Metrorail Station
Redevelop land occupied by car dealerships, industrial uses and
office buildings – “TransformingTysons Master Plan”
Three neighborhoods, with six million square feet of mixed use
development - residential, office, retail and hotel uses
25. MANY MODELS OF REGIONAL
COLLABORATION
Atlanta Livable Communities
Coalition / ULI Atlanta –
www.livablecommunitiescoalition.org
Colorado Tomorrow Alliance / ULI
Colorado – colorado.uli.org/
myregion.org / ULI Central Florida –
www.myregion.org
Smart Growth Partnership - A
Southeast Florida Initiative / ULI
Southeast Florida –
www.smartgrowthpartnership.org
Vision North Texas / ULI North
Texas – www.visionnorthtexas.org
Ten at theTop / ULI South Carolina
– www.tenatthetop.org
Envision CentralTexas / ULI Houston
www.envisioncentraltexas.org
Reality Check First Coast / ULI
North Florida –
realitycheckfirstcoast.com
Research Triangle Region / ULI
Triangle – www.researchtriangle.org
One Bay / ULITampa Bay –
www.myonebay.com
Move AZ One / ULI Arizona –
www.azone.org arizona.uli.org
26. Sustainable North Texas
John Promise, P.E.
Director of Environment & Development
North Central Texas Council of Governments
2010 ULI Fall Meeting
30. Sustainable North Texas
Projected Growth – Business As Usual
1.9 Million HH
5.4 Million Jobs2.3 Million Jobs3.1 Million Jobs
1.5 Million HH 3.4 Million HH
Year 2000 Year 2030
Households
Employment
NCTCOG
2000-2030
Forecast
Continued “speading” of growth
31. Sustainable North Texas
• Rail
• HOV/ Managed
• Tollways
• Freeways
• Intelligent
Transportation
Systems
• And more
2007 2030
Traffic congestion worsens
34. Sustainable North Texas
NCTCOG 2000-2030 Forecast
Table # 7 Model
Table 7 Headline: Emerging New Growth Centers Through
Transit Oriented Development
Challenge: Can your table accommodate growth in a
way that is more successful & sustainable?
36. Sustainable North Texas
Characteristics are
changing
More seniors
Smaller % of households
with children
Larger % of single person
households
Larger % of ‘transit’
households
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
2000 2030 2050
Millions
Population Jobs
Pop doubles to
12 million
38. Sustainable North Texas
DISCLAIMER: Each scenario represents a different development concept. Regional household and employment growth are assumed to be the same in each scenario; however, the
location of the growth varies. Development intensity was manually redistributed to best represent each scenario’s regional development pattern. This data was created specifically for
Vision North Texas and has not been evaluated for other uses. Responsibility for the use of this data lies solely with the user.
Low
Low-
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate-
High
High
COG 2030 Forecast
Connected Centers
Diverse, Distinct Communities
Return on Investment
Green Region
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
4,500
Households by Intensity Range (in thousands)
Comparison of Vision North Texas Scenarios
3M low density HH vs 4M projected
Lots more low-moderate intensity
TOD where appropriate
39. Sustainable North Texas
Keypad polling of stakeholders
97% said we should set
regional investment priorities
based on a preferred growth
scenario
Sept 2009 workshop
From the scenario analysis we have
recommended a preferred future for 2050
43. Sustainable North Texas
Action – With ag and health
interests, we want to do a
regional food production /
access study and plan, like
metro Philadelphia COG
http://www.dvrpc.org/Food/
44. Sustainable North Texas
Preferred Future
Support Local
Agriculture in
Rural Areas
Enhance
Separate
Communities
Protect Natural Assets
45. Sustainable North Texas
Preferred Future
Support Local
Agriculture in
Rural Areas
Be More Efficient in Outer Tier
Enhance
Separate
Communities
Protect Natural Assets
46. Sustainable North Texas
Be More Efficient in Outer Tier …
We used programmed Regional Wastewater Service Areas
as the primary basis for the Outer Tier
Now updating the regional wastewater plan
48. Sustainable North Texas
Preferred Future
Reinvest in Inner Tier
Support Local
Agriculture in
Rural Areas
Be More Efficient in Outer Tier
Enhance
Separate
Communities
Protect Natural Assets
49. Sustainable North Texas
Reinvest in Inner Tier …
We are pursuing strategies to promote housing, including
TOD, that are affordable to diverse income groups near
transit lines and employment centers.
50. Sustainable North Texas
Reinvest in Inner Tier …
We are developing strategies
to make schools accessible by
walking and/or transit and
help special needs
populations (elderly,
mentally or physically
disabled) access affordable
housing near transit.
51. Sustainable North Texas
Regional Ecosystem
Framework ECONOMY
Housing Mobility
Community Character & Form
Education
HEALTH
Climate Resilience
Policy Recommendations For:
52. Sustainable North Texas
1. Overview
2. People of North Texas
3. A Vision for North Texas
a. Vision Statement
b. Guiding Principles
c. Preferred Future
4. Action Package
a. Priority Action Tools
visionnorthtexas.org
53. Making Smart Growth Happen:
Creating Successful Regional Alliances
for Sustainable Development
Urban Land Institute
Fall Forum 2010
57. Reality Check
April 30, 2008
• A Regional Vision
• Community, business
government leaders
• Where growth should occur
in the 4-county area
• LEGO exercise
• Carbon footprint analysis
• Prioritized Goals
58. Reality Check
April 30, 2008
• A Regional Vision
• Community, business
government leaders
• Where growth should occur
in the 4-county area
• LEGO exercise
• Carbon footprint analysis
• Prioritized Goals
62. The New Federal Partnership
for Sustainable Communities
• $100 million to Regionally integrated planning
• $40 million to local communities as Challenge Grants
• $10 million for Research and Program Evaluation
75. Recognition
Program
• Top priority of the QGA
• Recognizes the best
pre-entitlement development
proposals
• Supports quality, visionary
growth
• Confidential process
• “Good Housekeeping Seal of
Approval”