Zoning is the DNA of a community: it controls how you live, shop, and work. After nearly a century of many cities separating those uses, now, theyre going back to the future: trying to recreate an old way of life. Streetsboro, Ohio is one such place. Drive down its main commercial district and it has nearly every chain store you can imagine: A Walmart and a Target, a Lowes and a Home Depot. Some call it sprawl. Streetsboro calls it economic development. This six-lane strip of big box shopping centers has served this city well since its explosive growth started in the 1960s. It just doesnt look like a traditional town. The town center is an intersection with a grassy knoll on one side. But Jeff Pritchard is in charge of planning there now and hes aiming for a future Streetsboro that would look very different. These big box stores could eventually be replaced by attractive housing and shops. The way towns and cities used to be. A place where they can walk to a corner store, maybe live
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