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Urban Design Guidelines article:
Local Design Guidelines Honored with National Award
July 13, 2010
Source: Community Partnership Update/July & August 2010
 Emory, the Clifton Community Partnership (CCP) and the urban design firm, Goody Clancy, were all honored by the Congress for New Urbanism with its 10th annual Charter Award presented in May for the thoughtful shaping and planning of public space on and near Emory's campus.
Emory's award is for urban design guidelines in public spaces and was developed via the CCP. The guidelines incorporate considerable community input.
"From the beginning, Emory embarked on fulfilling a vision to let students, faculty, staff, patients, residents and visitors know they are in the Clifton Community by the progressive urban design, beautifully landscaped streetscapes, walkable safe sidewalks and human activity at the street level," says Michael Mandl, Emory's executive vice president for finance and administration. "As Emory expands, we hope to use these urban design guidelines as a tool to preserve, restore and improve the public spaces at Emory."
Since it was established in 2006, the CCP has engaged local civic and business leaders, government, employers and residents in productive dialogue. Development of the award-winning urban design guidelines involved representatives from all of these groups and supported the CCP's mission to bring neighbors, businesses, institutions and civic partners to develop a vision for the future and work together on implementation.
"We expect that these urban design guidelines will also serve as a national model for productive university-community collaboration," adds Mandl.
The Congress for New Urbanism was developed with assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the theme of "New Urbanism: Rx for Healthy Places," reflecting growing scientific evidence that walkable neighborhoods enjoy significant health advantages over automobile dominated sprawl.
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