Article: Colorado Town Catches New Urbanist Wave.(Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, Illinois))(Editorial)

By Susan Bady, Senior Editor, Design

No doubt the world-class white-water park will be a big draw, but home buyers will find other reasons to move to South Main in Buena Vista, Colo. Take, for instance, the location. Buena Vista, a small town about 120 miles southwest of Denver, boasts breathtaking views of the Rocky Mountains, and it's right smack on the banks of the Arkansas River, a hot spot for kayaking and white-water rafting. South Main will also have its own commercial district.

The developers, Jed Selby and his sister, Katie Selby Urban, conceived South Main as a pedestrian-friendly, New Urbanist community where residents chat with their ...

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