Carter Park represents a visionary approach to addressing affordable housing needs. Rather than simply creating a place to call home the project has created a community to call home. This approach not only benefits new residents that will occupy the site but the existing residents adjacent to the site. The innovative methods utilized in Carter Park provide benefits beyond the site itself also applies to the stormwater treatment train that was constructed. This book shares this amazing story which can be duplicated in communities throughout the country.

The Port Salerno Sewer Project demonstrates how a community vision can be incrementally improved into a walkable commercial corridor. This gateway into historic Port Salerno and the Manatee Pocket leads into the commercial and mixed-use core of the redevelopment area. Improvements on Dixie Highway and along the Pocket demonstrate the possibilities for private investment with the implementation of Complete Streets and expanded public utilities. This project achieves both without the need for additional right of way acquisition. The Salerno Road Sewer Enhancement Project proposes an extension...

Successful projects need local government and community stakeholders to work together, collaborate in planning and decision making. Bridge Road TownCenter is an ambitious project that seeks to improve vehicular and pedestrian safety, increase on-street parking availability and parking safety, improve walkability and pedestrian connectivity, and provide connections between the activity center and abutting residential areas in one of Martin County's Community Redevelopment Areas. This handbook shares this impressive community story, provides inspiration for similar projects across the country...

The Old Palm City Town Center Project is an impressive community story that provides inspiration for similar projects across the country where communities can reclaim their thoroughfares by making the street safe, walkable and improve economic vitality. Successful projects require local government and community stakeholders to work together, collaborate in planning and decision making. This collaboration is managed by the Community Redevelopment Agency which provides for the planning, engineering, initial funding, and ultimately the leadership to build the project. The Old Palm City Mapp Road...