Downtown Blue Springs - higher density and form based code?

[KCMax]

Interesting developments in Blue Springs. On the outskirts of downtown they are building higher-density (not high density, but higher density than in many suburbs) residential. They've also worked on (adopted? Its not really clear where it stands now) on form-based code, focusing on outcomes rather than zones.

http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2009/10/bes ... prings.php

Interesting stuff and a step in the right direction for one of our suburbs.

[Pendergast]

Wow, that is progressive.  Lee's Summit could benefit from this concept.  There are a ton of duplexes out there that are vanilla in design.

[KCMax]

Blue Springs plans for downtown revitalization

Another thing they hope will bring investment -- a commuter rail stop, but they have little control over that.