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i <br /> ���� ' <br /> ���. � <br /> �� � , . , ,^k ^'�N� ���' Character <br /> 4:r', ,,', ',, <br /> ' �eirsif~�� <br /> ` 1 ^� � <br /> / <br /> ����' �� i <br /> Suburban growth is inevitable, and as a society we can accommodate it in <br /> on|ytwoways: through increased density or increased sprawl. There are <br /> simply no other choices. Today, public policy in many states is redirecting growth <br /> back into developed areas, which means that Americans are beginning to choose <br /> increased density. This choice provides enormous opportunities for suburban <br /> strips to remake themselves into new forms of community centers more attuned <br /> to the emerging needs of increasingly harried suburban residents. <br /> In some ways, these new <br /> ~ suburban community cen- <br /> ters will be unlike tradi- <br /> -- `~ ' tional town centerbecause <br /> of their more fragmented, <br /> low-density pattern of <br /> development and their <br /> reliance on the automobile. <br /> ___ <br /> ' . However, in other ways, <br /> ` ; thavcou|d reflect the best <br /> _I",f'j of metropolitan living: the <br /> . ..,_:.-'1" convenience of mixed uses, <br /> 4A. <br /> ~'` -..-F: � 3 °=~� <br /> increased choices more in <br /> ~~M~~-__ - I . ir 'it004' tune with today's lifestyles,y' <br /> 4 141,11 �,t <br /> � .r4 *: ' �^. ` . - "�^r pedestrian <br /> environments, <br /> a�� ' '/ |i'~ . + d[ ' O' el � � = multidimensional character, <br /> , ) ) I. |I. v� - =_i'. I ^- , and varied densities that <br /> ~ -- ----- - permit a complete range of <br /> , . '- � <br /> ~~ ' ���{—�^� /`^�� '�,� .. -- ~~� goods and services that <br /> people dependon in their <br /> w^-=a& <br /> daily livesAnd all of this <br /> !~0°� will still be surrounded by <br /> wiz' ----- the leafy, single-family <br /> o <br /> . <br /> neighborhoods that <br /> .' . � � ^ IT Americans love <br /> As development pressures increase and land values rise along suburban strips, <br /> the character of the strips should densify and diversify, and mixed-use develop- <br /> • <br /> ment should become an essential part of this change. This will add a new and <br /> exciting divaoitvtothe strip, bring new services, create a more lively human <br /> ' <br /> dimension, and reinforce a sense of place. To achieve the new diversity, develop- <br /> ers and planners should: <br /> eve|op'eBanUp|annors5hou|d: <br /> 18 <br />