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Resources
This page provides links to documents and websites that illustrate
the principles and various technical approaches The Village Project
uses in creating plans for urban development. Items with The Village
Project logo 
denote resources produced by The Village Project. External links
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Publications:
- Villages
and Countryside: Land Use Alternatives for Orange County: written
by members of The Village Project, this 60-page report documents
the case for more compact, walkable, transit-supportive urban
forms, and illustrates how this form might occur, over time, at
specific sites in Orange County.
- Shaping
Orange County's Future: adopted by Carrboro in 2001. Among
the recommendations were: focus two-thirds of future growth into
Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, Mebane, and transition areas;
promote compact mixed-use development in areas of town targeted
for growth.
- New
Vision for Downtown Carrboro: Among the policies were:
build up, not out; locate new high-density development along transit
routes; encourage variety of residential development in downtown.
- Carrboro
Vision 2020: Some key themes were: build new mixed-use buildings;
design public spaces, especially streets, for people first; strengthen
downtown identity through streetscaping, pedestrian links, sidewalks,
and crosswalks.
Websites, Organized By
Topic:
General Urban Growth:
- North Carolina Smart
Growth Alliance: its mission is to inspire, create, and promote
a shared vision of growth that sustains and enriches the character
of our communities, the health of the environment, and the strength
of our economy.
- Carfree
Cities: Website of author J.H. Crawford. Illustrations and
information of how modern cities can be built with as little need
for automobiles as possible.
- Arcosanti:
an experimental car-free town of 5000 people in the high desert
of Arizona.
Environmental Quality:
- Southern Environmental
Law Center: Leads several broad-based, regional conservation
initiatives to strengthen environmental protection laws and policies
in the southeastern United States.
- North Carolina Conservation
Network: The North Carolina Conservation Network is a statewide
network of over 120 environmental, community and environmental
justice organizations focused on protecting North Carolina’s
environment and public health.
Land Conservation:
- Land
For Tomorrow - growing partnership of North Carolina organizations
and citizens committed to building awareness of why streams, farms,
forests, parks, gamelands and historic places are critical to
the future of North Carolina
- Campaign
to Protect Rural England
Transportation:
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