ARCHIVED  October 1, 1996

Neotraditional movement converting some builders

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There has been a new movement rumbling through communities – it is a revolt against the suburbs.This new trend is a movement back to the traditional neighborhood where people can walk to shops and parks and talk to neighbors over their fence.
It is a revolt against the suburbs where all the houses look alike, where houses with four-car garages face the street and serve as the focal point of the house, and where winding roads and cul-de-sacs go nowhere.
The neoclassical or neotraditional neighborhoods are just beginning to spring up in cities along the Front Range, and they have…

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Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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