Honored with American Planning Association Gold Coast 2015 Best Plan Award
PlusUrbia Design -- collaborating with the Wynwood
Business Improvement District (BID), City of Miami Planning and Zoning
Department, and Akerman law firm – has been honored by the American Planning
Association (APA) for creating the Wynwood Neighborhood Revitalizaiton
District.
The
Coconut Grove-based studio’s vision for the renowned arts district received the
Gold Coast Section, Florida Chapter’s 2015 Planning Award in the category of Best
Plan, Report or Study. The innovative NRD plan, crafted in collaboration with
the City of Miami, the Wynwood BID and Akerman Law supports Wynwood’s creative
industries, with mixed-use development, walkable streets, transit corridors and
open space.
"The Wynwood NRD
is proof that government and the private sector can work together to create
great things. The plan’s strength is that it gives equal standing to all
stakeholder interests. Collaboration
guided this transformation of Wynwood into a 24-hour, multi-purpose, mixed-use
center for the arts. Our team is gratified to be honored -- along with our
partners – by the American Planning Association,” – Maria Bendfeldt, of
PlusUrbia
The
Wynwood NRD creates more residential development while also allowing for
smaller units to serve millenials and artists with affordable apartments and
live-work units. To preserve the light industry among the hip galleries, the
PlusUrbia team created a Transfer of Development Rights program that allows
warehouse owners to sell the development rights to their buildings – so
development pressures do not encroach on the legacy businesses.
The
Miami City Commission recently adopted the NRD. Wynwood, based on the
collaborative NRD, was one of only four places in America recognized by the national
APA in 2015 as one of America’s Great Places: Neighborhoods.
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