A cure for the common suburb

New urbanism takes hold

Bruce Hendee, president of BHA Design in Fort Collins, has seen it first-hand in new neighborhoods across the country – a resurgence of housing developments sporting quaint homes, tree-lined streets and a corner store is gradually wending its way from both coasts inland.

It’s called new urbanism, or traditional neighborhood design, and emissaries such as Hendee are bringing word of the trend back to their communities and encouraging them to give the tried-and-true American suburb the boot and adopt an old-is-new-again approach to home building and community planning.

It seems the American dream of a spacious home nestled in…