A wider variety of housing choices should be made available by reintroducing traditional neighborhood concepts as an alternative to balance the many gated subdivisions that have been built over the past 20 years. Regarding single gate communities Most recent developments provide only one way in and out, and install a security gate at that point. Newly approved developments should instead have open street connections along spine roads about every quarter mile. Multiple gates can be used to secure individual blocks or portions of neighborhoods, provided these gates do not block access to adjoining neighborhoods. Collier County should encourage stormwater management techniques that return rainwater directly to the ground whenever those techniques can reduce runoff that would otherwise be routed to drainage canals.
Great streets are the backbone of a well-designed community.
Streets are critical conduits for vehicles but they are also important public spaces that should be designed as a unified whole, with sidewalks and street trees never being mere afterthoughts. Streets should be of such quality that they are genuine amenities to the neighborhoods they serve. Rethinking the corridors Collier County s major roads can be functional yet beautiful corridors that residents are proud of and visitors admire. Even failing commercial strips can be transformed into grand boulevards converting visually blighted areas to premier mixed-use public places. Partnerships with adjoining landowners are a key to such transformations.