Help connect children and nature!   Copyright 2007   LandChoices -   All Rights Reserved To read portable document files (PDF), you need Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click below to download the free software, install it, then return here to view the information.	Green SubsTM! Conservation Neighborhoods preserve *50%-70% or more of buildable land Conventional Subdivision (above left with 2 acre house lots) vs. Conservation Subdivision (above right with just under 3/4 of an acre, 30,000 sq. ft., house lots) with the SAME number of home sites (55) on a 130 acre site. Images courtesy Randall Arendt, "Conservation Design for Subdivisions", Island Press, 1996 There are many myths about conservation subdivisions but the number of houses can be the same and the property worth more! Here's an example: both subdivisions above are the same size and have 55 homesites. Which one would you rather live in? Which lots would you pay more for? Impossible? No. It's Imperative! Every year, millions of acres are developed into subdivisions. With LandChoices' Approved Conservation Subdivision Ordinance available as part of our Supersize My BackyardTM campaign, homes on each development are rearranged so no more than half the buildable land becomes house lots and streets. Developers can build the same number of homes around an interconnected community-wide network of protected meadows and woodlands. Click on image at left to see example. Learn How Learn the simple four-step process to create a conservation subdivision Photo Click here to see a photo of Trim's Ridge		Benefits to: Landowners Planners Developers Neighbors Realtors Residents Video Clip: Conservation subdivisions Not "Clustering" View the difference Learn More FAQ's Fact Sheet (PDF) Books (Randall Arendt's website) Examples Sugar Creek Preserve Tryon Farm Cedar Valley Ridge Serenbe Garnet Oaks *In urban, sewered, high density areas zoned at 2-3-4 units per acre, preserving 40% open space, in addition to the unbuildable wetlands, floodplains, and steep slopes, is the norm. In rural, suburban edge areas at densities of 5 and 10 acres per dwelling, where most of America's new subdivisions are being and will be built, easily 70% (or more) of the land can be preserved.
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