Highlands Garden Village will nurture a diverse community of residents who will interact through such activities as community gardening, music, theater, art, volunteer work, and the intellectual crafts. A childcare center is planned on the park across form apartments for seniors so the generations can play together and learn from each other. Highlands Gardens Village will offer opportunities to work close to home, with a variety of retail, office, and studio spaces foe small and entrepreneurial businesses. The village will be wired to accommodate the latest telecommunication and computer technologies. To encourage diversity of incomes as well as people, Highlands Garden Village will be affordable for all kinds of families and for singles, young and old.
Residents can move as their needs evolve, without ever leaving the neighborhood.
Homes will have a handcrafted look and feel with modern interior spaces and features. The village plan has been created by Berkeley-based Calthorpe Associates, who have won national acclaim for their compact New Urban communities. The senior apartments were jointly designed by Harry Teague Architects, based in Aspen, and Denver-based Oz Architecture. The village s layout and design, united by a network of parks, gardens, and pathways that relate to a central green and plaza, will encourage neighbors to get to know each other and to build their own sense of community. New building will mix with old ones, such as the historic Elitch Theater, which will be renovated as the community s cultural anchor.