Mary Landers’ story, “New Fellwood takes shape,” provides Savannah Morning News readers with an update on the LEED Neighborhood Development Pilot Project.
The housing development, originally completed in 1939, closed in 2004 and the property was razed to make way for “a $50 million mixed-use development encompassing 220 public/affordable housing units (in several phases), 100 senior housing units, 10 single family homeowner units, and potential retail, medical, and technical space.”
Once it’s completed former Fellwood residents will scarcely recognize the place, Landers predicts, and that’s a good thing:
“What they’ll find is the first neighborhood in Savannah and the fourth in the state certified by the national nonprofit U.S. Green Building Council. The certification process rates neighborhoods by looking at features such as density, proximity to transit, mix of residential and commercial space, mix of housing types and pedestrian friendliness.”
A groundbreaking will be held on Sept. 16. More information here.
Melaver, et al, have really applied a new (old) planning approach to building neighborhoods with Fellwood. At such an historic site, it’s exciting to see that juxtaposition of old (built environment) and new (built environment) and a revitalization of old (planning) into new (developments).