Public officials increasingly are soliciting the construction of

Public officials increasingly are soliciting the construction of traditional neighborhood developments (TNDs). Orlando, Florida, set the standard for encouraging a TND: the city’s efforts generated proposals by leading new urbanists to redevelop a closed Naval Training Center (see July/August 1998 New Urban News). Recently, the City of Iowa City, Iowa, has issued a request for qualifications to build a TND on a 70-acre parcel near downtown called The Peninsula Neighborhood. The City of Austin, Texas, is soliciting TND proposals for an 800-acre tract. The Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Air Base Redevelopment Authority has sponsored a TND plan and wants to sell parcels to two or three developers. In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the Livable Communities Work Group, a public/private partnership, is seeking development partners for a new urbanist demonstration project.