In the meantime, I'm going to use this blog (called Andrew's Attic because that's where the layout will go, at least initially, and I didn't want to be saddled with a town name that I'd want to change later) to keep track of ideas, inspirations, and plans.
Here's my latest thinking:
About the town
- The town will be modern era
- It will be a defunct mill town that's undergone a rigorous regeneration
- Architecture will be a combination of turn-of-the-century small-town retail, victorian/colonial medium-density housing, with live-work spaces in a converted mill
- The town is now exemplary sustainable community
Transport & access
- It is within commuting distance of a major city
- It will be served by a commuter rail to the City (initially a standard diesel passenger service, to be replaced with a light rail system if possible)
- A tram system will operate within the town
- New segregated bike paths will run through the town
- A rail-trail path will also provide mixed use transit to the City
- A restored canal adjacent to the mill with a mixed use towpath
- Businesses will be largely retail, small-scale agricultural, and small service-based businesses
- Wind turbines on the hills at the edge of town (Mount Gemma and Mount Elsa)
- A pedestrian district in the center of town
- Limited car parking on the outskirts, with pedestrian, bike, & tram access to the center
- Outside the center, an office complex built into a hillside
- Many buildings will have solar panels on the roofs
- A small farm and a vineyard will lie in the outskirts
- A farmers' market will be in the center
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