The document discusses the benefits of smarter growth and development patterns that concentrate new growth in existing communities rather than allowing sprawl. If current trends continue, 800,000 new acres of land would be developed by 2030, much in rural areas. However, better land use, community design and transportation can help address issues like energy use and climate change. Examples are given of areas like Tysons Corner that were retrofitted into more walkable, mixed-use communities with transportation options beyond cars. The vision is to apply these principles more broadly to benefit both the environment and quality of life.

1. Putting Development In The Right Places Blueprint for a Better Region Coalition for Smarter Growth, Piedmont Environmental Council & Surface Transportation Policy Project – All Rights Reserved, October 2002

2. Developed Areas in 2000 Chesapeake Bay Foundation and University of Maryland

3. 2030, Under Current Trends 800,000 new acres of Land would be developed, much of it in rural areas. Chesapeake Bay Foundation and University of Maryland

4. Separation of Community Activities: Where’s the Center in Centreville? office shopping church homes homes homes

5. Dulles Corridor Separation of Uses Leads to More Driving Offices Homes Homes

6. Reston

7. Centreville

8. Burke Center Kingstowne Beacon Hill

9. Tyson’s Galleria Mall

10. Greenbelt

11. Vienna

12. Better Land Use, Community Design, and Transportation Offer Solutions for Energy and Climate Change Buildings +Transportation = 80% of Greenhouse Gases (& Energy) United States: < 5% of World Population 25% of World’s Oil 70% for Transportation

13. Metro, MARC & VRE: More In Planning 114 Stations

14. Gallery Place

15. 1993: Vacant Lots w/Surface Parking Gallery Place Metro Station ¼ mile

18. Town of Herndon 1300 acres Gallery Place Development Area

19. Tysons Corner

23. Tyson’s Corner Today: The Elements are there. . . Condos Retail Office Single Family Homes

24. What Tyson’s could be: A Mixed-Use, Walkable Community

26. … and commercial strips like this… Images Created by Urban Advantage

27. Great Places Begin with Great Streets

28. Streets Ample sidewalks for cafes

30. Public Spaces Village green at the Ballston Metro station Good public space offers benches for sitting Combines hardscape and green Closely connects to retail, offices, transit

31. Ensure Appropriate Transportation Options Walkable Communities Woodstock

32. Route 1 - Fairfax Corridor Revitalization and Vacant and Underutilized Land Sarah Cairney August 2005 Survey of 7 Nodes of Commercial Land and Parking Lots on Route 1 in Fairfax County 624 Acres (2 more nodes to the south)

33. Beacon Hill - Node 3 Legend ½ mile diameter Commercial Industrial Housing Parking Vacant

34. Beacon Hill on Route 1

35. A Vision of Richmond Highway

36. A Vision of Richmond Highway Southern Richmond Highway

37. Creating Watershed Plans

38. Restoring Streams and Creeks

39. Revitalizing Commercial Corridors

40. Kentlands The Key to Success: The Right Development in the Right Places with Good Design