A new model is emerging for restorative neighborhoods, campuses, and districts
By David Yocca, FASLA, RLA, Senior Landscape Architect/Ecological Planner
There are currently over twenty LCC projects that have engaged with the program during the Pilot stage (Exploratory), and/or have become Registered since full certification became available. These projects are all in various stages of the planning process, many of which are listed with a brief description on ILFI’s website.
One such project is Veridian at County Farm in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Located next to an expansive county park with trails that wind through re-naturalized agricultural fields, woodlands, and gardens, Veridian at County Farm is an inspiring, regenerative community being planned by THRIVE Collaborative, a development firm with a mission to create ecologically restorative housing, and Avalon Housing, a non-profit that provides healthy, safe, and inclusive housing for the homeless. Envisioned as one of the first mixed-income net zero energy communities in the U.S., resilience was one motivator for pursuing the LCC.