Urban Planning
Gibbs Planning Group
SUBURBAN RETROFIT & VILLAGE MASTER PLAN , Green Lake Twp, MI
Urban i ntelligence
2009 Green Lake Township, a small northern Michigan resort community and home of the Interlochen Arts Center was seeking to restore its historic village that had been replaced with suburban strip centers in the 1960s. Over a six-month process, GPG led a public planning visioning session to plan a walkable village on the existing shopping center sites. As a part of the process, GPG established an office in the township ’ s library and assembled a team of national planners to prepare to plan in real-time during a week-long workshop. GPG ’ s team inventoried the region ’ s market demand and its historic urban character to develop a master plan to recreate an authentic new village. The plan was designed with Form Based codes to allow for market-based phasing of the center ’ s sites over an extended time period. The GPG plan included two new neighborhoods of cottages and multi-family, a new library, shops and several parks. GPG also prepared a Form Based Code to promote historically based building that reflected the region.
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240 Martin Street · Birmingham, Michigan · 48009 · Tel. 248-642-4800
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