Community Case Studies

Neo-traditional

Kentlands

Kentlands is located in the metropolitan Washington region, about 25 miles…

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Prairie Crossing

Prairie Crossing is a conservation/neo-traditional development located 40 northwest of Chicago…

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Conservation

Wesley Chapel Woods

The Wesley Chapel Woods site is located in a sensitive watershed…

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Spring Island

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The Fields of St. Croix

The Fields of St. Croix, a conservation development, was built between…

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Conventional

Dufief

The Dufief development was approved and the covenants registered in 1972….

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Cloverdale

Cloverdale Farm is a conventional development located 30 miles northeast of…

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Pre-development view of the Kentlands site c. 1960.

In the foreground of the photo are the dammed ponds that still exist on the site today, and form an important stormwater management function. The ponds provided a water feature around the manor house and complex in the center of the photo. The majority of the site was wooded, as can be seen in the upper portion of the photograph.

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Wesley Chapel Woods entrance

The entrance to one of the three neighborhoods of the development. The entrances are understated, maintaining native vegetation and confining landmarks to the address board.

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Dufief Drive, the main entrance road into the development.

The entrance to the development is characterized by lush ornamental plantings, and open, grassy swales. These initial areas of the development are the only ones without curb and gutter streets.

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Orchard

Food production mixes with prairie and ornamental plantings in the private home yards.

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