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A Call for Village Conservation Communities (VCC) - A Substantive #Conservation Approach to Real Estate #Development: https://j.mp/3l7hGJc What can be done to preserve a dwindling number of "forest enclaves" around cities like Atlanta? What we need is a substantive conservation approach to real estate development, a way forward to develop land that is competitive financially with conventional development, preserves the majority of our forested areas, re-integrates urban farms and brings people together around a renewed connection to the land with nature and farm based activities. Clustering the development into walkable villages and hamlets while preserving the majority of the green space on site and connecting to adjacent preserved green spaces. This development approach is called a "Village Conservation Community" (VCC). An age-old traditional approach to development that was the norm prior to the advent of the automobile and suburban development. Village Habitat Design has been planning and promoting this type of development since the organization built a first village conservation community - East Lake Commons - 20 years ago. VCCs are not only good for existing neighborhoods, future residents and developers, but they also create tremendous resilience and hope in a world facing uncertainty regarding climate change, loss of bio-diversity, pandemics and social dis-connectedness. This model can protect nature, provide urban farms ,food and energy resilience, reduce stress on infrastructure, improve health through walking and connection to nature and help incubate small neighborhood businesses. #realestate #sustainability #communities #sustainabledevelopment #development #sustainablecommunities #farms #farming #agriculture #walkability #greenbuilding #Atlanta #Georgia

A Call for Village Conservation Communities (VCC) - A Substantive #Conservation Approach to Real Estate #Development: https://j.mp/3l7hGJc What can be done to preserve a dwindling number of "forest enclaves" around cities like Atlanta? What we need is a substantive conservation approach to real estate development, a way forward to develop land that is competitive financially with conventional development, preserves the majority of our forested areas, re-integrates urban farms and brings people together around a renewed connection to the land with nature and farm based activities. Clustering the development into walkable villages and hamlets while preserving the majority of the green space on site and connecting to adjacent preserved green spaces. This development approach is called a "Village Conservation Community" (VCC). An age-old traditional approach to development that was the norm prior to the advent of the automobile and suburban development. Village Habitat Design has been planning and promoting this type of development since the organization built a first village conservation community - East Lake Commons - 20 years ago. VCCs are not only good for existing neighborhoods, future residents and developers, but they also create tremendous resilience and hope in a world facing uncertainty regarding climate change, loss of bio-diversity, pandemics and social dis-connectedness. This model can protect nature, provide urban farms ,food and energy resilience, reduce stress on infrastructure, improve health through walking and connection to nature and help incubate small neighborhood businesses. #realestate #sustainability #communities #sustainabledevelopment #development #sustainablecommunities #farms #farming #agriculture #walkability #greenbuilding #Atlanta #Georgia

A Call for Village Conservation Communities (VCC) - A Substantive #Conservation Approach to Real Estate #Development: https://j.mp/3l7hGJc What can be done to preserve a dwindling number of "forest enclaves" around cities like Atlanta? What we need is a substantive conservation approach to real estate development, a way forward to develop land that is competitive financially with conventional development, preserves the majority of our forested areas, re-integrates urban farms and brings people together around a renewed connection to the land with nature and farm based activities. Clustering the development into walkable villages and hamlets while preserving the majority of the green space on site and connecting to adjacent preserved green spaces. This development approach is called a "Village Conservation Community" (VCC). An age-old traditional approach to development that was the norm prior to the advent of the automobile and suburban development. Village Habitat Design has been planning and promoting this type of development since the organization built a first village conservation community - East Lake Commons - 20 years ago. VCCs are not only good for existing neighborhoods, future residents and developers, but they also create tremendous resilience and hope in a world facing uncertainty regarding climate change, loss of bio-diversity, pandemics and social dis-connectedness. This model can protect nature, provide urban farms ,food and energy resilience, reduce stress on infrastructure, improve health through walking and connection to nature and help incubate small neighborhood businesses. #realestate #sustainability #communities #sustainabledevelopment #development #sustainablecommunities #farms #farming #agriculture #walkability #greenbuilding #Atlanta #Georgia

A Call for Village Conservation Communities (VCC) - A Substantive #Conservation Approach to Real Estate #Development: https://j.mp/3l7hGJc What can be done to preserve a dwindling number of "forest enclaves" around cities like Atlanta? What we need is a substantive conservation approach to real estate development, a way forward to develop land that is competitive financially with conventional development, preserves the majority of our forested areas, re-integrates urban farms and brings people together around a renewed connection to the land with nature and farm based activities. Clustering the development into walkable villages and hamlets while preserving the majority of the green space on site and connecting to adjacent preserved green spaces. This development approach is called a "Village Conservation Community" (VCC). An age-old traditional approach to development that was the norm prior to the advent of the automobile and suburban development. Village Habitat Design has been planning and promoting this type of development since the organization built a first village conservation community - East Lake Commons - 20 years ago. VCCs are not only good for existing neighborhoods, future residents and developers, but they also create tremendous resilience and hope in a world facing uncertainty regarding climate change, loss of bio-diversity, pandemics and social dis-connectedness. This model can protect nature, provide urban farms ,food and energy resilience, reduce stress on infrastructure, improve health through walking and connection to nature and help incubate small neighborhood businesses. #realestate #sustainability #communities #sustainabledevelopment #development #sustainablecommunities #farms #farming #agriculture #walkability #greenbuilding #Atlanta #Georgia

A Call for Village Conservation Communities (VCC) - A Substantive #Conservation Approach to Real Estate #Development: https://j.mp/3l7hGJc What can be done to preserve a dwindling number of "forest enclaves" around cities like Atlanta? What we need is a substantive conservation approach to real estate development, a way forward to develop land that is competitive financially with conventional development, preserves the majority of our forested areas, re-integrates urban farms and brings people together around a renewed connection to the land with nature and farm based activities. Clustering the development into walkable villages and hamlets while preserving the majority of the green space on site and connecting to adjacent preserved green spaces. This development approach is called a "Village Conservation Community" (VCC). An age-old traditional approach to development that was the norm prior to the advent of the automobile and suburban development. Village Habitat Design has been planning and promoting this type of development since the organization built a first village conservation community - East Lake Commons - 20 years ago. VCCs are not only good for existing neighborhoods, future residents and developers, but they also create tremendous resilience and hope in a world facing uncertainty regarding climate change, loss of bio-diversity, pandemics and social dis-connectedness. This model can protect nature, provide urban farms ,food and energy resilience, reduce stress on infrastructure, improve health through walking and connection to nature and help incubate small neighborhood businesses. #realestate #sustainability #communities #sustainabledevelopment #development #sustainablecommunities #farms #farming #agriculture #walkability #greenbuilding #Atlanta #Georgia

A Call for Village Conservation Communities (VCC) - A Substantive #Conservation Approach to Real Estate #Development: https://j.mp/3l7hGJc What can be done to preserve a dwindling number of "forest enclaves" around cities like Atlanta? What we need is a substantive conservation approach to real estate development, a way forward to develop land that is competitive financially with conventional development, preserves the majority of our forested areas, re-integrates urban farms and brings people together around a renewed connection to the land with nature and farm based activities. Clustering the development into walkable villages and hamlets while preserving the majority of the green space on site and connecting to adjacent preserved green spaces. This development approach is called a "Village Conservation Community" (VCC). An age-old traditional approach to development that was the norm prior to the advent of the automobile and suburban development. Village Habitat Design has been planning and promoting this type of development since the organization built a first village conservation community - East Lake Commons - 20 years ago. VCCs are not only good for existing neighborhoods, future residents and developers, but they also create tremendous resilience and hope in a world facing uncertainty regarding climate change, loss of bio-diversity, pandemics and social dis-connectedness. This model can protect nature, provide urban farms ,food and energy resilience, reduce stress on infrastructure, improve health through walking and connection to nature and help incubate small neighborhood businesses. #realestate #sustainability #communities #sustainabledevelopment #development #sustainablecommunities #farms #farming #agriculture #walkability #greenbuilding #Atlanta #Georgia

A Call for Village Conservation Communities (VCC) - A Substantive #Conservation Approach to Real Estate #Development: https://j.mp/3l7hGJc What can be done to preserve a dwindling number of "forest enclaves" around cities like Atlanta? What we need is a substantive conservation approach to real estate development, a way forward to develop land that is competitive financially with conventional development, preserves the majority of our forested areas, re-integrates urban farms and brings people together around a renewed connection to the land with nature and farm based activities. Clustering the development into walkable villages and hamlets while preserving the majority of the green space on site and connecting to adjacent preserved green spaces. This development approach is called a "Village Conservation Community" (VCC). An age-old traditional approach to development that was the norm prior to the advent of the automobile and suburban development. Village Habitat Design has been planning and promoting this type of development since the organization built a first village conservation community - East Lake Commons - 20 years ago. VCCs are not only good for existing neighborhoods, future residents and developers, but they also create tremendous resilience and hope in a world facing uncertainty regarding climate change, loss of bio-diversity, pandemics and social dis-connectedness. This model can protect nature, provide urban farms ,food and energy resilience, reduce stress on infrastructure, improve health through walking and connection to nature and help incubate small neighborhood businesses. #realestate #sustainability #communities #sustainabledevelopment #development #sustainablecommunities #farms #farming #agriculture #walkability #greenbuilding #Atlanta #Georgia

A Call for Village Conservation Communities (VCC) - A Substantive #Conservation Approach to Real Estate #Development: https://j.mp/3l7hGJc What can be done to preserve a dwindling number of "forest enclaves" around cities like Atlanta? What we need is a substantive conservation approach to real estate development, a way forward to develop land that is competitive financially with conventional development, preserves the majority of our forested areas, re-integrates urban farms and brings people together around a renewed connection to the land with nature and farm based activities. Clustering the development into walkable villages and hamlets while preserving the majority of the green space on site and connecting to adjacent preserved green spaces. This development approach is called a "Village Conservation Community" (VCC). An age-old traditional approach to development that was the norm prior to the advent of the automobile and suburban development. Village Habitat Design has been planning and promoting this type of development since the organization built a first village conservation community - East Lake Commons - 20 years ago. VCCs are not only good for existing neighborhoods, future residents and developers, but they also create tremendous resilience and hope in a world facing uncertainty regarding climate change, loss of bio-diversity, pandemics and social dis-connectedness. This model can protect nature, provide urban farms ,food and energy resilience, reduce stress on infrastructure, improve health through walking and connection to nature and help incubate small neighborhood businesses. #realestate #sustainability #communities #sustainabledevelopment #development #sustainablecommunities #farms #farming #agriculture #walkability #greenbuilding #Atlanta #Georgia

A Call for Village Conservation Communities (VCC) - A Substantive #Conservation Approach to Real Estate #Development: https://j.mp/3l7hGJc What can be done to preserve a dwindling number of "forest enclaves" around cities like Atlanta? What we need is a substantive conservation approach to real estate development, a way forward to develop land that is competitive financially with conventional development, preserves the majority of our forested areas, re-integrates urban farms and brings people together around a renewed connection to the land with nature and farm based activities. Clustering the development into walkable villages and hamlets while preserving the majority of the green space on site and connecting to adjacent preserved green spaces. This development approach is called a "Village Conservation Community" (VCC). An age-old traditional approach to development that was the norm prior to the advent of the automobile and suburban development. Village Habitat Design has been planning and promoting this type of development since the organization built a first village conservation community - East Lake Commons - 20 years ago. VCCs are not only good for existing neighborhoods, future residents and developers, but they also create tremendous resilience and hope in a world facing uncertainty regarding climate change, loss of bio-diversity, pandemics and social dis-connectedness. This model can protect nature, provide urban farms ,food and energy resilience, reduce stress on infrastructure, improve health through walking and connection to nature and help incubate small neighborhood businesses. #realestate #sustainability #communities #sustainabledevelopment #development #sustainablecommunities #farms #farming #agriculture #walkability #greenbuilding #Atlanta #Georgia

A Call for Village Conservation Communities (VCC) - A Substantive #Conservation Approach to Real Estate #Development: https://j.mp/3l7hGJc What can be done to preserve a dwindling number of "forest enclaves" around cities like Atlanta? What we need is a substantive conservation approach to real estate development, a way forward to develop land that is competitive financially with conventional development, preserves the majority of our forested areas, re-integrates urban farms and brings people together around a renewed connection to the land with nature and farm based activities. Clustering the development into walkable villages and hamlets while preserving the majority of the green space on site and connecting to adjacent preserved green spaces. This development approach is called a "Village Conservation Community" (VCC). An age-old traditional approach to development that was the norm prior to the advent of the automobile and suburban development. Village Habitat Design has been planning and promoting this type of development since the organization built a first village conservation community - East Lake Commons - 20 years ago. VCCs are not only good for existing neighborhoods, future residents and developers, but they also create tremendous resilience and hope in a world facing uncertainty regarding climate change, loss of bio-diversity, pandemics and social dis-connectedness. This model can protect nature, provide urban farms ,food and energy resilience, reduce stress on infrastructure, improve health through walking and connection to nature and help incubate small neighborhood businesses. #realestate #sustainability #communities #sustainabledevelopment #development #sustainablecommunities #farms #farming #agriculture #walkability #greenbuilding #Atlanta #Georgia