The Buffalo Green Code was the co-winner of the Richard H. Driehaus Form-Based Codes Award, presented at a ceremony for the 27th Annual Congress for the New Urbanism in Louisville, KY on Saturday, June 15, 2019.
Camiros worked with the City of Buffalo to craft a place-based Future Land Use plan to highlight desired land uses and form development patterns within each placemaking district. These districts were later translated into form-based zoning districts that were the basis for the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), later branded as the Buffalo Green Code. The Green Code emphasizes physical form rather than the separation of uses as its basic organizing principle. This highly graphic ordinance contains a series of illustrations that show the intended development outcomes within each of the form-based zones while maintaining established character and integrating principals of sustainability both on-site and at the neighborhood scale.
Read more at: “Buffalo Green Code receives national award”
More information on the Buffalo Green Code can be found on the City of Buffalo’s website: “Using the Unified Development Ordinance”
The City of Huntington and the HuntingtonWV Housing Authority (HWVHA) recently received a Choice Neighborhood Planning Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to study how to provide better housing, improved schools and youth programs, additional educational opportunities, better transportation, and access to jobs to the residents of the Fairfield community. Camiros is serving as the planning lead to create a plan that will help build off of the America’s Best Communities Initiative and other local efforts to help make the Fairfield Neighborhood a better place to live.
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A dedication ceremony for Grayslake’s new Gelatin Park took place on Saturday, November 3rd. Camiros was hired by the Village of Grayslake to develop conceptual design schemes for Gelatin Park which included preserving the former factory’s famous smokestack, a multi-purpose pavilion, a sledding hill, an observational tower, abundant green space, and more. Although the scenery surrounding the dedication ceremony did not contain these additional features illustrated in Camiros’ visioning, Mayor Rhett Taylor expects the park to expand its list of amenities overtime after the grass is fully grown and the other basics are completed.
The Bowling Green Community Action Plan, approved by City Council only a few months back, is already generating positive momentum. A CAP recommendation about establishing a micro-grant program to implement improvements and activities that advance the CAP’s vision was announced at the Monday (May 21, 2018) City Council meeting. A budget of $5,000 from the City’s annual budget will go toward establishing and making these grants available to residents and organizations.
Read more: “BG launches micro grant program”
(Note: Image featured above is a draft site plan of where Clark Commons will be built and not the actual plan)
Implementation of the SOUTH FLINT COMMUNITY PLAN has achieved a significant milestone. The Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) has awarded a nine percent low income housing tax credit (translating to roughly $1.5 million) to assist in the construction of mixed-income housing along North Saginaw Street as identified in the South Flint Community Plan. According to the East Village article linked to below, this development will contain 62 units, 39 of which will be for residents of the public housing site, Atherton East.
Read More: “Atherton East replacement project moving forward with $1.5 million state tax credit”
