The Louisville Metro Planning Commission and Louisville Metro Council offer information about and list the advantages of conservation subdivisions. In their fact sheet, ”The Economic Benefits of Conservation Subdivisions” (PDF), under the category “Reduced Infrastructure”, they state, “Reduced street costs are sometimes another benefit. In Pleasant View TN, Randall Arendt recently redesigned an 86-lot subdivision in [...]
Looking for a fun get away this winter? Want to learn more about a great conservation community? The Tryon Farm Guest House bed and breakfast is available. Tryon Farm is a sponsor of LandChoices. Tryon Farm is a conservation community that preserves 120 acres of the total 170 acre former dairy farm. Ed and Eve Noonan [...]
We asked LandChoices’ advisory group member and conservation developer Ed Noonan, “What advice do you have for planning departments?” Watch the video to hear his answer. Planners can use innovative conservation design for subdivisions to preserve water quality, natural areas, working farmland and wildlife. But they have to understand it first. Then they need to [...]
This is LandChoices first video from our official LandChoices TV YouTube Channel. It’s short and the audio needs improvement, but it’s a start for our grassroots, all volunteer, non-profit organization. Noted land conservation planner Randall Arendt, the nation’s expert on conservation subdivisions, discusses subdivision design. Randall is talking with architect Ed Noonan, creator of Tryon [...]
