Georgia Quality Growth Partnership
The Infill Development tool includes step-by-step guides for implementation, considerations about costs, administrative requirements, and example ordinances or similar materials that may be used for putting approaches into practice.
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/intra_nonpub/Toolkit/Guides/InfilDevtProg.pdf

Barrow County, GA - The Braselton downtown area is listed in the state and national register of historic places. The town has experienced rapid growth and development over the past several years but its historic area remains blighted, and private investment/business growth in this area has been nonexistent. U.G.A. professor Pratt Cassidy studied the historic downtown area, recommending guidelines for various types of infill development. The Town of Braselton plans to create an Historic Overlay zoning district, a tree protection ordinance, and a Downtown Development Authority to begin investment and revitalization in this most unique area of town.

Ben Hill County, GA - The City of Fitzgerald (Georgia) is one of 14 communities in the country to receive HUD's Robert L. Woodson Jr. Award for reducing regulatory barriers to affordable housing. The city has rebuilt and revitalized entire neighborhoods, creating large amounts of affordable housing by taking advantage of state redevelopment laws and public-private partnerships. As a result, more than 315 units of affordable housing have been built or rehabilitated, with additional units in the pipeline, and formerly decaying neighborhoods are now experiencing significant private investment. Fitzgerald became a redevelopment agency under state law, and thus could clear away blighted units and assemble land for redevelopment. Regulatory reform also made it easier for developers to build infill housing.

Bibb County, Ga - This project received rezoning approval that will allow mixed-use redevelopment. It is the third and final neighborhood surrounding Tattnall Square Park to be revitalized since 1996. The rezoning will allow for a variety of uses, including residential, multi-family dwellings, neighborhood business/retail, public buildings, public parks and churches.

Cherokee County, GA - The City of Woodstock received an LCI to revitalize its town center and plan for a commuter rail station. As a result, the city is allowing mixed-use near the proposed rail station, building on its history as a rail community.

Dougherty County, GA - By 1982, Albany's downtown was a mirror image of dozens of other Georgia communities. Empty storefronts and little retail traffic marked them all as dying. Many cities like Macon, Augusta and Columbus had historic buildings on which to found a downtown restoration, but Albany had bulldozed its history. At a time when Albany's tax base had moved to the suburbs, it was difficult to convince government leaders to fund downtown improvements, or even see any value in the area. After a devastating flood in 1994, after years of examining the city's problems and in an effort to try and pump new life into the city, a few civic and business leaders visited Georgia cities where intown redevelopment projects had succeeded. The group began to put the best of the different developments together and the result of those early labors now stands as Albany Tomorrow, Inc. (ATI), a $210 million mix of downtown developments sweeping across a wide scope of plans, ideas, even dreams. The public/private ATI effort finished its first building, a $14 million office center, ahead of schedule and under budget, and with a profit for the city's citizens. By working as a business partner with developers, ATI is able to receive fees, which are then plowed back into the organization. Other approaches can generate returns as well.

Floyd County, GA - The City of Rome is using DCA’s CHIP program to build quality, affordable housing in a declining neighborhood. South Rome is one of Rome’s oldest developments outside the City center, having started in the 1870’s and all homes are pre-WWII. It is a traditional neighborhood with emphasis on walkability and interaction between people. Rome’s CHIPBuild project has built 17 single-family homes on lots where previously burned or decayed structures had been removed. Another 9 historically sensitive homes are scheduled to begin construction in 2003.

Floyd County, GA - Using money from both the Georgia Cities Foundation as well as DCA’s Downtown Development Revolving Loan Fund, a group of investors is renovating the circa 1916 Forrest Hotel in downtown Rome. Upon completion, the structure will include 26 apartments, 7 hotel suites, and 5 retail spaces. Long-term plans include the construction of three-story condo housing on top of a parking deck across the street from the Forest. Rome is an Award Winning Main Street city.

Floyd County, GA - A Georgia Quality Growth Partnership Resource Team visited the city in March 2002 and developed several recommendations for implementing smart growth principles in the city’s South Rome Neighborhood. The city is currently in the process of implementing recommendations resulting from the Resource Team visit, including infill housing development and revitalizing an older strip commercial corridor.

Fulton County, GA - Green Street Properties is developing a 28 acre in-town area into a mixed-use traditional neighborhood. The former brownfield development includes retail, office space, high and medium-density multi-family dwellings and single-family dwellings. The craftsman-style architecture blends well with the existing neighborhood. Retail parking is well-contained, and connections with the main traffic circulation patterns are well-maintained through the parking lot directly into the street grid. The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) has recognized the Glenwood Park Design for neighborhood design excellence.

Gwinnett County, GA - The Gwinnett Housing Resource Partnership, Inc. acquired and rehabilitated a 196-unit apartment complex and 42 nearby quadraplex and duplex units that were plagued with drugs and disrepair to provide housing at low rents to hundreds of families each year. In addition to the building rehabilitation, GHRP is working on the community rehabilitation.

Houston County, GA - A Georgia Quality Growth Partnership Resource Team visited the city in March 2002 and developed several recommendations for implementing smart growth principles in Warner Robins. The city is currently in the process of implementing recommendations resulting from the Resource Team visit, including creating a new town center, a traditional neighborhood development (TND), and retrofitting of some of their strip commercial corridors.

Liberty County, GA - A Georgia Quality Growth Partnership Resource Team visited the city in November 2000 and developed several recommendations for implementing smart growth principles in Hinesville. The city is currently in the process of implementing recommendations resulting from the Resource Team visit, including downtown revitalization, infill housing development, and retrofitting of some of their strip commercial corridors.

Polk County, GA - A downtown redevelopment project with mixed-use development.

Thomas County, GA - A Georgia Quality Growth Partnership Resource Team visited the city in December 2002 and developed several recommendations for implementing smart growth principles in Boston. The city is currently in the process of implementing many of the recommendations resulting from the Resource Team visit, including creating a new town center, a traditional neighborhood development (TND), and retrofitting of some of their strip commercial corridors.

Whitfield County, GA - The City of Dalton is developing infill development guidelines and regulations. The consultants chosen have mailed a contract to the City. The Infill Regulations will be implemented by neighborhood as a section of the Zoning Ordinance.

Florida - Baldwin Park, a few miles from downtown Orlando (Florida), is on the site of the former Orlando Naval Training Center, whose closing was announced in 1993. It was decided to create a project with diverse housing types, a main street, public access to lakes, and connections with existing neighborhoods. Before rebuilding could start, 256 buildings, 200 miles of underground utilities, and 25 miles of road were dismantled and recycled. Asbestos and lead paint in buildings, and arsenic and petroleum in the soil, were also taken care of. Baldwin Park opened in 2003 and should be completed in 2008; it will contain about 10,000 residents in 4,100 homes, ranging from rental apartments to custom homes. 6,000 people will work in offices and retail in the project. There will be 450 acres of lakes and parks, including two miles of lakefront property for public use. Baldwin Park's street grid is interconnected, with 32 intersections that connect it to surrounding neighborhoods. Being an infill redevelopment project, Baldwin Park can take advantage of existing infastructure for power, water and sewer. Orlando will reap an estimated $30 million in annual property tax revenues from the project, which was one of five recipients of the 2005 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement from the E.P.A.

North Carolina - First Ward Place is the comprehensive redevelopment of a Charlotte (North Carolina) neighborhood, undertaken by the Charlotte Public Housing Authority, the City of Charlotte, and Bank of America Community Development Corporation. The redevelopment transformed a crime-ridden and badly deteriorated public housing complex, the former Earle Village, into a mixed-income urban neighborhood containing public housing units, affordable and market-rate apartments, townhouses, and single-family homes. The neighborhood features a neo-traditional architectural style, brick construction and attractive landscaping, with no physical difference between the public housing and market-rate apartments. A city-owned recreational center and a full-service child care facility serve the neighborhood and other city residents. Financing includes a federal HOPE VI grant, Housing Credits awarded by the N.C. Housing Finance Agency, City funds and loans from the Charlotte Housing Authority, Charlotte Mecklenburg Housing Partnership and Bank of America.

North Carolina - Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, the new Moore Square Museums Magnet Middle School is in the city's arts and culture district. It was built in a blighted area, and is part of a larger movement to revitalize the neighborhood. In spite of a site of only four acres, it still has a full gymnasium and access to playing fields. It is designed to be convenient to pedestrians and also by public transit, while parking is limited.

Ohio - The Housing Enhancement Loan Program (HELP) of Cuyahoga County (Cleveland area, Ohio) permits homeowners in certain communities to borrow money, for the repair or remodeling of homes or rental property, at interest rates 3% below the market rate. Communities are eligible if their residential property appreciation rate was less than 2% per year adjusted for inflation (roughly the county median). The loans are available through the local branches of six area banks. The county sets aside about 10% of its core investment portfolio to invest in the program. As of early 2005, the county has made possible $63 million in loans, and expects to add over $500,000 to its property tax assessments each year.

Tennessee - In Chattanooga, Tennessee, it was realized that so many students were being bussed from downtown to suburban schools that it made sense to build a new school downtown. A community development organization, working with local officials, the University of Tennessee, and various donors, raised $8 million. This, in addition to public funds, supported the creation of two new charter schools, Brown and Battle Academies. These new schools are part of a larger, and very successful, revitalization effort by the city.

Washington - The NewHolly Urban Village (Seattle, Washington) replaced a deteriorating housing project with a walkable mixed-income community. (About 75% of the units are below-market rate rentals or homes for sale to first-time homebuyers.) The project's success is partly due to improved street connections with surrounding neighborhoods. Within the project itself, a curvilinear street pattern was replaced with a gridded system, which improves walkability and leads to better safety through more "eyes on the street."