Sarasota Livin'

CoolTown Studios has another entry about a real world "cool town" development. This one is in an Ohio college town. Some recent grads stayed and are building something to keep their "peers" in town... Link to their website. Seems like a job for some inspired New College students... great idea for the Bayou Oaks Neighborhood. This is exactly the type of development that area needs.

Through a sheer determination to learn, valued mentors, maxed-out credit cards and a passion for building something that stood for what their generation believed in, they gradually turned an empty site they casually walked by for years into what will soon be a ground-breaking for a $15 million mixed-use urban village.

Their vision:
- 49 residential units, 40% for low- and moderate-income;
- 12,600 s.f. of commercial space for four or five new independent businesses;
- Business incubation space;
- Green building: solar panels, green roof, and geothermal heating.