This is the latest from the RE:Vision competition site. This time they want you to think locally and envision a mixed-use neighborhood with healthy, symbiotic relationships among the land, the people, and the businesses. You are to imagine ways to encourage locally owned businesses to replace chain stores! Their intention is to create physical social and fiscal wealth for the local community. The most attractive plans will propose an urban area where buildings are made of sustainable materials and retailers sell different types of products, maybe in new and different ways.

Ideally, everyone will benefit from this influx of ideas and business: families, the businesses themselves, and the environment. Final entry date is 15 January 2008. Visit the site to learn more.