The Sebastopol City Council kicked off deliberations of a controversial redevelopment plan Tuesday with a majority of members voicing support for higher-density buildings as the most environmentally sound approach.Density makes transit possible, but more importantly it makes walkability possible as sufficient residential density provides demand for local goods and services and a sufficient number of establishments makes walking possible and desirable. Walkability in turn makes transit possible as you can head to a town center and then, you know, walk around.
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The redevelopment plan would allow 300 residential units and nearly 400,000 square feet of new business and civic space between the Laguna de Santa Rosa and downtown.
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