Partners are working to connect health care services more directly with families in affordable housing, bring healthier foods into low-income neighborhoods and create more walkable communities with transit options, so residents are empowered to move more and go see their doctor regularly.
The plan envisions the area as a lively, complete, urban community with richer transit options, better streets, more functional public open spaces, and numerous community and neighborhood-oriented services.
And communities upstate will look for new transit options as gasoline gets more expensive.
If we extended mass transit options to more communities, we will generate greater savings -- in oil and money.
The urban ring could not only improve transit options, but also spur economic development and community revitalization.
With its focus on urban revitalization and expanded transit options, smart growth seeks to make existing communities places that people want to live.
"New transit options for commuters always provide a boost to a community, and this will certainly provide a buffer against price drops," Mr. Schweppe said.
The relocation and reorientation also respond to community interest in making sure that the site can accommodate possible future mass transit options by introducing greater flexibility in the area near the roundabout north of the first-phase academic buildings.
We've heard from our members that solutions must address the common barriers to employment in low-income communities of color, like the need for supportive services including childcare subsidies, transit options, and case management.
Mass transit options also returned quickly.
To locate transit options please see Google Maps/Transit.
