Promote walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods

The County will take a holistic approach to making neighborhoods more livable. It will address long-standing regulatory barriers and employ new strategies to ensure that residents can undertake a wide variety of daily errands and activities within walking distance of their homes. A complete neighborhood features grocery stores, banking institutions, childcare, parks and open spaces, robust public transit options, medical services, and much more, within a small geographic vicinity. Such a mix of land and building uses promotes walking and bicycling over driving, thereby providing real choices to avoid street congestion and reduce greenhouse gas emissions while promoting physical fitness and local economic activity. These spaces, including sidewalks and local stores, can create opportunities for more interaction and can build social connectivity and community resilience.