The Challenge
With the "graying of the baby boomers,"
the real estate community is seeing a great demand for communities
that feature amenities uniquely designed to suit the needs
of older, active adults. The owners of Village Grande, formerly
known as Getz Farm, wished to develop a new 264-unit active
adult community on a site containing a wooded stream corridor
and associated floodplain. Site design for this location would
need to protect and enhance the natural features of the property.
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Our Answer
RETTEW helped
to draft a new zoning regulation to create an overlay district
in which all land development would follow a "green" or sustainable
approach. To that end, our firm helped to obtain a state grant
for stream restoration and designed a large passive wetland
treatment system that will double as an open space site amenity.
RETTEW's concept plan includes walking and bike trails, passive
and active recreation and garden plots for residents' use.
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