Hudson - Traditional Neighborhood Development

[Southron]

Hudson, Montgomery's most recently announced New Urbanist development, is being developed in east Montgomery as a town with neighborhoods, farm facilities, cattle facilities, equestrian facilities, a school, recreational facilities and nearly 7 miles of trails. The $2.5 billion, 2,100+ acre project will include about 1,300 acres of undeveloped land.

Over a 20-year period, 10,000-15,000 people are expected to live in Hudson's 3,000+ units. Home prices will range from the high $100,000s to close to $1 million. It will include single-family homes, townhouses, lofts, condos and apartments for rent.

The development team includes Urban Villages of Denver; town planners Dover Kohl & Partners, responsible for Montgomery's downtown master plan; Andropogon Associates, a Philadelphia ecological design firm; and Jeff Speck, a former director of town planning for Duany Plater-Zyberk and former director of design of the National Endowment for the Arts.

'A sense of place'

[Southron]

Project info at Dover Kohl website: Hudson project

Downloadable project profile in .pdf: Project profile

Site plan:

[Southron]

Hudson website: www.hudsonalabama.com

Project info is also available at the Urban Villages website: www.urban-villages.com

[poonther]

While I like the concept, it's the location that bugs me....Timbuktu. Of course it's in East Montgomery, try this in West Montgomery and see what happens. Will this be in the unincorporated county or will it become another battle between COM and the fiefdom they call Pike Road?

Also why build a new small town in Alabama when there are so many real small towns that w/just a little TLC could look just like this and would actually be authentic, not Disney-esque. Don't get me wrong, I love new-urbanism and walkable places, but there's just something that smacks of elitism w/this one.

Am I completely off base about that? Love to hear other's comments/opinions on it.

[Southron]

While I like the concept, it's the location that bugs me....Timbuktu. Of course it's in East Montgomery, try this in West Montgomery and see what happens. Will this be in the unincorporated county or will it become another battle between COM and the fiefdom they call Pike Road?

Also why build a new small town in Alabama when there are so many real small towns that w/just a little TLC could look just like this and would actually be authentic, not Disney-esque. Don't get me wrong, I love new-urbanism and walkable places, but there's just something that smacks of elitism w/this one.

Am I completely off base about that? Love to hear other's comments/opinions on it.

[Southron]

According to the Montgomery Advertiser, work is scheduled to begin later this year on the Hudson development.

SmartCode community planned

[Southron]

The Hudson project profile is linked above, but I've attached it here to make it easier for members to download it and check it out.

Hudson_Profile.pdf

Hudson_Profile.pdf

[brad0022]

I like this idea a lot. Hopefully this will make people think again before considering moving across the river for a less congested neighborhood. Although they move there for better schools too. The peacefulness and large about of greenspace is much needed in this city.