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Atlanta – Coming to Grips with Growth:
The Evolving Health Connection
Jim Durrett, Executive Director
Livable Communities Coalition
www.LivableCommunitiesCoalition.org
Accounting for Health in Planning Policy
Design for Health, University of Minnesota
April 30, 2007
Atlanta
Region Land
Cover
’72-’93
• Emory University, Georgia Tech, CDC, others
• Started 2003, meets monthly
• Outcomes: HIA activity; Dannenberg (CDC) and
Ross (Center for Quality Growth and Regional
Development) collaboration
• Report (with ARC): The Role of Local Boards of
Health in Community Design and Development
• Working with ARC to identify opportunities to
integrate health into regional planning
– Developing strategy with ARC to incorporate healthrelated measures into LCI program (physical activity,
obesity risk, emissions, pedestrian/vehicle safety)
Metro Atlanta Quality Growth
Task Force
Public-Private Task Force convened 2003 to:
 Identify a set of key growth strategies to
successfully accommodate the next 2.3M
people to be added by 2030
 Recommend the policies and actions
necessary to achieve these key strategies
 Marshal business, public and political support
for implementation
Benchmarking the Atlanta Region
Annual hours of delay per capita
75
Atlant
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Los Angeles*
50
San
Francisco
Washington D.C.
Dallas
25
Houston
Boston
San Jose
Nashville
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2002
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San
Francisco
Los Angeles
Miami
Phoenix
Portland, OR
Denver
Detroit
Philadelphia
Chicago
Dallas
New
York
Houston
Baltimore
Seattle
Minneapolis
Boston
St. Louis
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Atlanta
Benchmarking the Atlanta Region
Median lot size (acres) within MSA
Median lot size (acres) within Region
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
Average: 0.29
0.2
Benchmarking the Atlanta Region
Population density
of
Population
density
urbanized area* (people/acre)
of urbanized area
(people/acre)
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National Demographic Changes
Persons
Turning 65
2006 – 2012
Region’s Demographic Changes
6.0M
6M
% Change
241%
4
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136%
3.7M
65+
55-65
37%
35-54
43%
20-34
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43%
Under 20
2000
2030
Household Demographic Changes
Regional Household Demand
No.
of people
preferring
higher density
Number
of people
preferring
higher density, mixed use
housing
in centers
and
corridors
housing,
some of
which
could be in centers/corridors
2.0M
0.3M
1.9M
Smaller
households
2030
0.8M
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1.0
0.8M
0.5
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2000
Aging
population
We can accommodate population growth
and reduce the time spent in traffic delay
Duration of Delay (Minutes/Household)
Different Land Use, Same
Transportation Network
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Status Quo
Alternative
We can accommodate population growth
and reduce the time spent in traffic delay
• The region’s
centers and
corridors make up
less than 10% of
the region’s land
area
• Portions are ripe
for higher density,
mixed-use
development and
redevelopment
This land use approach can also save
107,000 acres of land
Acres of
Land Consumed
500K
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Benefits
• Preservation of land
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332
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• Preserves more
options for both
growth and
greenspace beyond
2030
200
100
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• More efficient use of
infrastructure
investments
Status
Quo
Acres
Saved
Alternative
Livable Communities Coalition
A Diverse Network of Leaders:
• A strong, diverse Board of Trustees
• 39 member organizations
• Advisory Committee
– Project Implementation Subcommittee
– Policy Subcommittee
– Communication/Education Subcommittee
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AARP Georgia
AIA Atlanta
Alliance for Quality Growth
ASLA Georgia
Association County Commissioners of
Georgia
Atlanta Apartment Association
Atlanta Board of Realtors
Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors
Atlanta Neighborhood Development
Partnership
Atlanta Regional Council for Higher
Education
Atlanta Regional Health Forum
Center for Quality Growth and Regional
Development
Chattahoochee Hill Country Alliance
Citizens for Progressive Transit
Clean Air Campaign
Congress for the New Urbanism
Council for Quality Growth
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Cumberland CID
Fanning Institute
Georgia Affordable Housing
Coalition
Georgia Apartment Association
Georgia Concrete & Products
Association
Georgia Conservancy
Georgia Municipal Association
Georgia Planning Association
Georgia State Trade Association of
Nonprofit Developers
Greater Atlanta Home Builders
Association
MARTA
Metro Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce
Park Pride
PEDS
Perimeter CIDs
Regional Atlanta Civic League
Regional Business Coalition
Sierra Club
Southface
Trees Atlanta
Trust for Public Land
Urban Land Institute
Livable Communities Coalition
A Mission Based on Four Principles:
1. Support greater densities and mixed-use
development in appropriate areas
2. Integrate transportation and land use
3. Increase housing choice
4. Guide “greenfield” development
Livable Communities Coalition
Working for quality growth in
3 Ways:
1. Engage communities to implement quality
growth projects
2. Support public policy for quality growth
3. Educate the public on quality growth
(LivableCommunitiesCoalition.org)
Meeting the Market: New Opportunities
for Building Healthy Communities
featuring
- New Data for a New Era -
Pickens
Dawson
Bartow
Project completed
or in final stages
Forsyth
Cherokee
Barrow
Gwinnett
Cobb
Paulding
Haralson
Douglas
Walton
DeKalb
Fulton
Rockdale
Clayton
Carroll
Newton
Henry
Fayette
Coweta
Jasper
Heard
Butts
Spalding
Pike
Meriwether
Lamar
Project underway
or in planning
$10 million over 10 years for studies
$500 million for transportation funding
79 Studies
67 funded by ARC
12 grandfathered
$6,307,250 in study funding
$1,047,900 in supplemental funding
$107,666,806 in transportation funding
$115,021,956 in total funding
• Mix of land uses
• Multiple transportation modes
• Public Involvement
Town Centers – Activity Centers – Corridors
Completed LCI Studies by County
Atlanta –
13
Cherokee – 4
Clayton –
5
Cobb –
11
DeKalb –
15
Douglas –
1
Fayette -
2
Fulton –
10
Gwinnett – 11
Henry –
2
Rockdale – 1
Outside –
4
Total –
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Press Release April 24, 2007
Clarkston Passes New City-wide Zoning:
Sounds the Call for Quality Development
Clarkston, GA - The city measures just 1.1 square miles. Yet there’s a
big vision in place that will soon transform this former railroad town
into a model of walkable urban living.
Last night, Clarkston City Council unanimously passed a sweeping
new zoning ordinance that sets the stage to remake its downtown into
an inviting town center, while retaining the city’s intimate small town
character. “We realized the old zoning wasn’t working,” admits Mayor
Lee Swaney. “With active community participation, we now have a
zoning plan that will connect the pieces and enhance what we
have. People want to walk to offices, shops and parks. For the first
time in our history, the new zoning strongly encourages it,” Swaney
says.
Suwanee
Woodstock
PROJECT STATUS REPORT
Sandy Springs Pedestrian Improvements
A Comprehensive Standard for
Green Residential Development
Mike Alexander
Jackie Benson
Cyrus Bhedwar
Brian Borden
Walter Brown
Ted Brown
Christopher Burke
Jim Chapman
Harold Cunliffe
Laurel David
Jim Durrett
Bruce Ferguson
John Fish
Haley Fleming
Laurie Fowler
Arthur Gibert
Mike Guinan
Bryan Hager
Tal Harber
Harry Housen
Andy Hull
Shannon Kettering
Susan Kidd
Wayne King
Jonathan Lewis
Bill Lincicome
Charles McMillan
Dee Merriam
Paul Morgan
Liza Mueller
Steve Nygren
Katherine Pringle
Jeff Rader
Robert Reed
Dan Reuter
Pam Sessions
Erling Speer
Ron Sprinkle
Susan Varlamoff
Randy Vinson
Alycen Whidden
Ortrude White
Performance Categories
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www.Southface.org
Site Selection
Water Management
Planning and Design
Preservation Landscape
Community Engagement
Green Building
Certification Process
• Submit an initial application that includes the
information detailed and requested
specifically in the text of each guideline
• Undertake a pre-development site review
with the EarthCraft staff
• Receive designation as a “Certified
EarthCraft Community”
• Submit additional documentation as the site
design is developed and construction is
commenced
• Annual renewal of Certification through site
inspections, periodic reviews and an annual
charrette with EarthCraft staff and community
development team
Certified Communities
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Clark’s Grove, Covington, GA
Glenwood Park, Atlanta, GA
Long Leaf at Callaway, Pine Mountain, GA
Serenbe, Fulton County, GA
Vickery, Forsyth County, GA
Lakewood, Athens, GA
Barbour Pointe, Savannah, GA
Sustainable Fellwood, Savannah, GA
Kanawha, Fort Mill, SC
Local Government Adoption
• Coweta County, GA, Zoning Ordinance
– EarthCraft House – 10% density bonus
– EarthCraft House, 4-side brick – 15%
– EarthCraft Community – 20% bonus
Current Landscape
Balanced
Traditional
Development
Practices
Village
•Concentrates development
and preserves the
surrounding landscape
•Benefits of this type of
clustered, high-density
development: lower
development cost, lower
service costs, less land
consumption, more
walkable
•In order for Villages zoning
to work, Transfer of
Development Rights must
be used
Hamlet
•Small version of a village
•Allows mixed-use and
dense development with
residential, office, retail and
commercial uses
•40% maximum
developable area
•60% minimum open space
requirement
Conservation Subdivisions
•Preserves a significant portion of the land
as open space while maintaining the same
density of houses by clustering homes.
•Sets aside conservation areas before
selecting roads and house sites
Summary of Progress
Land Use Plan Amended and
Overlay District Adopted (Oct
2002)
Village
Hamlet
Conservation Subdivision
State TDR Legislation
Amended (April 2003)
County TDR Resolution
Adopted (March 2003)
Area Wide Standards Amended
(May 2005)
Lessons Learned
• Get Everyone Involved in the Planning Process
Early, Including Developers
Lessons Learned
• Expect the Planning Process to Take Twice as
Long as You Think it Should.
Concept
Adoption
Lessons Learned
• Don’t Assume Existing Ordinances are
Consistent with the Revised Land Use Plan
– CHC Changes•
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Overlay District Regulations Adopted
TDR Legislation Changed
Area Wide Standards Created
Overlay District Regulations Amended
• Walkable, high-density (18,000 in 4.2 sq. mi.), mature
town, urban core of Atlanta region, “Active Living
Community”
• Community transportation planning underway
– Health Impact Assessment integrated into process
– Community Workshop TODAY to identify/prioritize health
impacts, ID affected groups, identify/prioritize recommendations
– Mobility concepts: pedestrian recommendations; bicycle
recommendations; street typologies
– Intersection concepts: intersection redesigns
– Safety concepts: traffic calming; railroad quiet zone
25-YEAR BELTLINE OVERVIEW
Lindbergh
Key attributes of the BeltLine
Peachtree
SPRING LAKE
WILDWOOD
LINDRIDGE MARTIN
MANOR
Colonial
Park
UNDERWOOD HILLS
Peachtree
Ck Park
BROOKWOOD
HILLS
COLLIER
HILLS
PIEDMONT HEIGHTS
Tallulah
Park
BROOKWOOD
Northside
Upper BERKELEY
West Side PARK
1
SHERWOOD
FOREST
Waterworks
Park
• Covers 6,500 acres or 8% of
City’s land area
Armour yard
10
CHANNING VALLEY
• Nearly 1,300 acres of new
greenspace
Ansley
MORNINGSIDE-LENOX PARK
LORING
HEIGHTS
Ansley Sq.
ANSLEY PARK
North Woods Park
Upper
Marietta /
Westside
Park
Lowery /
Hollowell
BLANDTOWN
Field of
DreamsPark
HOME PARK
KNIGHT PARK
HOWELL STATION
9
ROCKDALE
VIRGINIA
HIGHLAND
ST. CHARLES
MIDTOWN
Westside
Park
Midtown /
Virginia
Highlands
Ponce / Old
4th Ward
2
• 33 miles of trails
• 22-miles of transit
ATKINS PARK
BANKHEAD
GROVE PARK
North Ave
Park
PONCEY
HIGHLANDS
BEDFORD PINE
ENGLISH AVENUE
Simpson /
Maddox Park
CANDLER
PARK
WASHINGTON
PARK
Maddox Park
INMAN
PARK
WEST LAKE
HUNTER HILLS
EDGEWOOD
VINE
CITY
3
Inman Park /
Hulsey Yard
8
MOZLEY
PARK
REYNOLDSTOWN
ATLANTA UNIV.
CABBAGETOWN
West End /
McDaniel Glenn
Enota Park
WESTVIEW
ATLANTA BELTLINE, INC.
7
RDA /
Cascade
MURPHY
CROSSING
Intrenchment
Woods Park
DL Stanton
Park PEOPLES-
MECHANICSVILLE
ADAIRMurphy
PARK
TOWN
Triangle
PITTSBURGH
BOULEVARD
HEIGHTS
4
Hillside Park
OAKLAND
CITY
Murphy
Crossing Park
VENETIAN HILLS
ORMEWOOD
PARK
Southside
H.S. Park
MCDANIEL
GLENN
6
Memorial Drive /
Glenwood
GRANT
PARK
SUMMERHILL
Lawton St
Park
CASCADE ROAD
Glenwood W.
Park
WESTEND
CAPITAL
VIEW
Oakland City
5
CAPITAL
VIEW
MANOR
Atlanta BeltLine, Inc – March 19, 2007
ENGLEWOOD
MANOR
Boulevard
Crossing Park
HIGH POINT
JOYLAND
University /
Metropolitan
Boulevard
Crossing
VILLAGES
AT CARVER
University /
Pryor SOUTH
CHOSEWOOD
PARK
ATLANTA
AMAL HEIGHTS
BENTEEN
CUSTER /
MCDONOUGH
• ~30,000 new jobs in 20
economic development areas
• 5,600+ affordable workforce
housing units
• Touches and connects 45
neighborhoods
• Investments in transportation /
pedestrian access and
streetscapes, public art, historic
preservation and environmental
clean-up
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REGIONAL GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING
PROTECTED LANDS INVENTORY & REGIONAL PRIORITY MAPPING
Recent History – Defining Needed Resources
• March 2004
Greenspace Stakeholders Meeting
• May 2004
Greenspace Symposium
• Dec 2004
Greenspace Stakeholders Meeting
• Feb 2005
Data and Technical Committee
• Sept 2005
Begin Primary Tasks
• Nov 2006
Release of key resources
PROTECTED LANDS INVENTORY & REGIONAL PRIORITY MAPPING
PROTECTED LANDS INVENTORY & REGIONAL PRIORITY MAPPING
PROTECTED LANDS INVENTORY & REGIONAL PRIORITY MAPPING
PROTECTED LANDS INVENTORY & REGIONAL PRIORITY MAPPING
PROTECTED LANDS INVENTORY & REGIONAL PRIORITY MAPPING
Resource – Green Infrastructure Toolkit
• Provide a better understanding of
the necessity of greenspace and its
associated benefits
• Outline a common language with
which to discuss greenspace
acquisition and preservation
• Suggest the steps necessary to
create a local greenspace strategy
PROTECTED LANDS INVENTORY & REGIONAL PRIORITY MAPPING
Best Practice?
• Monthly “Planners Breakfast”
– MPO, local government planners, ULI, CIDs,
MARTA, Coalition, others
– No agenda, open discussion of policies and
activities, idea generation
• ARC’s Envision6
– Land use / transportation linkage
Atlanta – Coming to Grips with Growth:
The Evolving Health Connection
Jim Durrett, Executive Director
Livable Communities Coalition
www.LivableCommunitiesCoalition.org
Accounting for Health in Planning Policy
Design for Health, University of Minnesota
April 30, 2007