Dublin, Ohio questioned its long-term suburban development model and sought to implement a more compact and sustainable vision for future growth. The plan focuses new mixed-use development around transit and walkable main streets, with the goal of reducing sprawl, increasing housing and transportation options, and integrating nature into the community. Over 20-40 years, the Bridge Street Corridor is planned to add 15-25 million square feet of residential and commercial space at densities of 30-60 housing units per acre to create a more vibrant, connected, and environmentally friendly community.

1. Compact and Sustainable Growth…
in the Age of Walk Score

2. Dublin, Ohio

3. Agenda
 The view from
Dublin
 What next??
 Implementing a
new paradign

4. The view from a
quintessential suburb…
the suburban model worked

5. It supported a development model
that attracted educated workers
Dublin Ohio United States

6. …the right kinds of growth industries
Dublin Ohio United States

7. …national recognition
 Top Seven Intelligent Community,
2010
 Fox Business News:
Top Small City to Start a Business
 Forbes.com:
One of 25 Best Places to Move in
2009
 BusinessWeek:
Top Small City in Ohio to Start a
Business
 Columbus Monthly:
Best Suburban Community
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8. …and extraordinary community satisfaction

9. …rising employment-tax revenues

10. Until the Great Recession showed Dublin
that suburban taxes could drop…

11. …while rising environmental awareness focused
attention on poor environmental performance

12. Decentralized suburbia was not fulfilling its
promise in other ways…quality of life
Dublin 43016 Chicago United States

13. …and more affordable lifestyles

14. …personal health

15. …and an aging America is selling is selling
more and more single-family houses
%
buying
houses
at this
age
% selling houses
at this age

16. …and for the first time in three decades…Dublin
questioned its long-term appeal to employers
 50,000 people work in
Dublin
 Dublin’s employers
need to hire 5,000-
8,000 new employees
every year

17. While America faces a shortage of knowledge
workers, they seek lifestyles first, jobs second

18. „Creatives‟ seek urban places…

19. What’s next…?
“We are more than a lifestyle center….”

20. The past was built for a
very different America

21. The resent represents the dream
of a very different America

22. …and many communities have been right
to reject visions of the future

23. Dublin needed a community-based vision
to guide the community‟s growth

24. Planning starts with new preferences…for living
 1990…
• Golf courses
• Large backyards
• Homogeneity
• Escape from work
• Convenient auto
access
 2011…
• Main streets
• Transit
• Diversity
• Live near work
• Assumption of
personal
responsibility for
sustainability

25. …and working
 1990…
• Office parks
• Convenient auto access
• Convenient parking
• Escape to home
• Prestige address
 2011…
• Main Streets
• Transit
• Live near work
• Walkable environment
• Fun

26. Bridge Street Corridor: 1,000 acres

27. Bridge Street Corridor: 1,000 acres

28. 1900–1955 2009
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29. The numbers
Anticipated development
 Over 20 years—7-11
million SF
 Over 40 years—15-25
million SF
 Residential—roughly 60%
Share of Dublin’s Growth
 Residential—33-50%
 Office, retail—50%
Net densities
 Residential—30-60
units/acre
 Office—FAR 1.5 -2.5
Predominant bldg heights
 3 to 5 floors

30. The impact…on development patterns

31. …and on the environment 2010 to 2030:
Mixed sprawl/compact compared to sprawl model
 Vehicle miles traveled: reduced 30-40%
 Stormwater runoff: reduced 20-30%
 CO2 emissions: reduced 20-35%

32. Vision principles to guide change…
1. Enhance economic
vitality.
2. Integrate the new center
into community life.
3. Expand “livability
choices” for Dublin and
the region.
4. Embrace Dublin’s
natural setting and
commitment to
sustainability.
5. Create places that
embody Dublin’s
commitment to
community.

33. Two questions: where can change happen…and
how can Dublin accomplish its principles
Quarter-mile radius walkable areas and prime
redevelopment opportunities:

34. Focus growth into distinct districts
…integrated with a natural green network:

35. …centered around Main Streets and squares
New street network:

36. …served by rubber-tire transit
Transit right of way:

37. A framework for compact growth
Illustrative build-out (2030-40):

38. The principles: enhance economic vitality

40. Integrate the center into
community life

41. …with vibrant public spaces

42. A new era of greater personal choices for
living, working…

43. What density? What choices do you want?
 1,000 to 2,000
housing units
within a 10- to 15-
minute walk
support a block of
Main Street.
 30-60 units per acre
can support a
walkable
community.
 …and new transit
options

44. …fun…

47. Embrace the natural setting

48. …enjoying the river as a
new central park

49. …and adding non-car transportation options

50. Create places that embody a
commitment to community

52. Compact sustainable design is
about creating iconic community
 Start with the
street
 Enhance the
context
 Build
neighborhoods…
not developments

53. Urban architecture engages the street

54. …embodying many styles and uses

55.  National lessons…performance standards for
growth based on:
 Regional environmental impact
 Comprehensive fiscal and other
cost/benefits
 Public health
 Public-private partnership to fund SHARED
infrastructure
 “Eco district” approach to sustainability
 SHARED parking strategies
 Rubber-tire TMA transit, expands over time
 Hybrid zoning
 Form-based
 Incentives to aggregate sites, create lively
squares, etc.
 Strong planning and design management

56. …shops, live work, the local library…

57. Enhancing context means respecting, not
mimicking defining neighborhood qualitieszz

58. …and embody many styles
Very contemporary contextual design affordable, mixed-income housing

59. Building neighborhoods…not developments

60. Implementing change:
strategies for transition to an uban model
 National lessons…
performance standards for
growth based on:
 Regional environmental
impact
 Comprehensive fiscal and
other cost/benefits
 Public health
 Public-private partnership to
fund SHARED infrastructure
 “Eco district” approach to
sustainability
 SHARED parking strategies
 Hybrid zoning
 Strong planning and design
management

61. Goody Clancy concept study

62. Developer‟s initial concept study

63. Compact and Sustainable Growth…
in the Age of Walk Score