[Durham INC] developers missing boat on parks

[Pat Carstensen]

Interesting article http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2012/04/what-developers-get-wrong-about-smart-growth/1814/
An exception to the latter is my friend Peter Harnik, director of the Center for City Park Excellence at the Trust for Public Land and author of Urban Green. Peter believes that parks and urban density can have a healthy symbiotic relationship. Parks near density are better cared for and provide benefits to more people; city homes and businesses near parks enjoy higher property values and soften urban hardscape. (If well designed, parks also help filter stormwater before it becomes runoff.) 		 	   		  
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