Longleaf development wins award
By Times staff
© St. Petersburg Times
published May 25, 2002
NEW PORT RICHEY -- Longleaf, a traditional neighborhood development in southwest Pasco, won first place in the development category from the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council in its 10th annual Future of the Region awards.
The awards honor significant achievement in six categories: community service, cultural/sports/recreation, development, environmental, infrastructure and public education. Winners were selected from nearly 50 applications.
Winners are chosen on the basis of regional quality-of-life benefit, innovation, cost effectiveness, benefit to environment, capacity for continuing impact and regional benefit.
Longleaf includes a mix of housing styles and prices (from the $170s to the $700s) as well as recreational, educational and commercial uses in four compact, pedestrian-oriented neighborhoods. Framing the neighborhoods are wide greenbelts of wetlands, flatwoods and pasture. The drainage design naturally rehydrates distressed wetlands, and the use of native plants in both the town landscaping and resident yards helps to reduce the amount of water necessary for irrigation.
Specialty lighting fixtures softly illuminate streets and sidewalks after dark, preventing light pollution. Interconnecting streets and wide sidewalks reduce the use of automobiles and exhaust emissions and promote fitness and communication among neighbors.
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