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Community Profile Location: Within the larger community of Parkview, less than a mile south of central Redding Category: Infill Number of homes: 33 What $300K will buy: Plenty! For $180K, you can own a 1,300-square-foot, two-story, 2 BR house. Closest latte: AJ's Restaurant on South Market
photography: Michael Hanson
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Civic Pride New Urban Builders, a developer, was experienced in creating greenfield communities using Traditional Neighborhood Design principles. But could the company use what it had learned about housing variety, front porches, walkable streets, and alley access to plug a 3-plus-acre hole in a struggling older community? The older community was the roughly 288-acre neighborhood of Parkview in Redding, a city known for its sprawl. Parkview had seen better days: Crime was up, and many homes were neglected. To turn things around, the Redding Redevelopment Agency and then-city manager Mike Warren energized the neighborhood association to pump effort and money into improvements. Part of the redevelopment was a 33-home infill community built by New Urban Builders. Filled with colorful cottages on smaller, more sociable lots, it symbolizes Parkview's comeback. Redevelopment has not been easy. And some critics have decried the city's practice of relocating renters. Still, says local Bill Ulch, residents have "made it an actual living space rather than something you hide from." Cottage Connection: New Urban Builders, Inc.; 530/893-8400 or newurbanbuilders.com | 
