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larger,used more land and were set back in an independent style.As streets were widened in response to this new <br /> form of housing,pedestrian connectivity of neighborhoods was reduced. <br /> Most homes within the urban areas of Pequot lakes are now independent of their neighboring dwellings,a pattern <br /> that creates patches of both value and blight. Multi-family apartment buildings out-of-scale with the surrounding <br /> housing were also built during this period.Redevelopment,except in rare cases,is non-existent despite the fact that <br /> the largest amount of public capital investment in infrastructure serves these properties. <br /> What has happened in the urban parts of Pequot Lakes is similar to what has happened in small-town neighborhoods <br /> across the country. What our original homes lacked in size and scale, the original builders made up for in design. <br /> Building neighborhoods on a human scale enhanced the public realm and ensured that the houses provided value, <br /> and retained value,more than the sum of their parts. <br /> Pequot Lakes cannot be successful over the long-term when its lowest value properties border the most expensive <br /> infrastructure investments in the city. Right now,these areas do not attract significant private-sector investment. <br /> A city with Pequot Lakes' parks, ball fields, public access to lakes, a downtown full of vitality,well-located school <br /> property, low crime rates, local churches and opportunities for an engaging civic life should not be experiencing <br /> stagnation and decline of its urban housing stock.The City is built on a framework of neighborhood design.Trying <br /> to adopt a suburban development pattern on a traditional framework has made Pequot Lakes' housing stock less <br /> competitive. <br /> For the City of Pequot Lakes to improve its hausing—which is essential if there is to be any sustained, long-term <br /> growth for the area—it needs to restore its neighborhoods.This means returning to a pattern of development that <br /> emphasizes sound site design, proper building placement, structure compatibility and the interconnectivity of <br /> neighborhoods. <br /> 2 <br />