Trussville Springs

Mainstreet Trussville is a proposed New-Urbanist community to be located on 160 acres adjacent to the Cahaba River just off Highway 11 to the north of downtown Trussville behind city hall. To be developed by Hearthstone Properties LLC and designed by Duany Plater-Zyberk, its inspiration comes from the depression era Cahaba Village. Currently the proposed site contains about 100,000 square feet of dilapidated warehouse space and the former Continental Electric plant that will need to be demolished to make way for the project.

Charrettes

The charrette process took place during the week of June 21-24, 2005, at the Continental Electric Building at 6655 Gadsden Highway. During the week, citizens of Trussville were encouraged to participate in the process of creating the initial plans for the development. Andrés Duany was present for the entire duration of the charrette, and by the end of the week an initial plan wishing to see the proposed development become an extension of Trussville's existing downtown was created.

References

• Wilkinson, Kaija (June 24, 2005) "Developers plan a quaint community along Cahaba River" Birmingham Business Journal [1].
• Mainstreet Trussville official website

External Links

• Mainstreet Trussville official website