We build walkable communities.

That is, we build neighborhoods the way they were built before 1940. Large, deep, elevated front porches; narrow streets; alleys behind the houses; town squares; canopies of trees; and important places within a five-minute, safe, pleasant walk – schools, stores and parks.

The aim is not to mimic the past. This is just a better way to live. A person under 16 does not have to depend on his or her parents to go everywhere. A parent does not have to be a chauffeur so much. And a senior can still live a rich life after diminishing eyesight makes driving unsafe.

When people walk they talk. A good street, therefore, is not just a traffic place. It is a social place. You can once again know your neighbors – all your neighbors – just as we did in the pre-sprawl days.

Our first project is called Elliott Pond. It’s in Ramona, California, which is about 45 minutes northeast of San Diego. The site is perfect – surrounded by schools and stores. Plus Ramona is a friendly, rural town. We fully expect Elliott Pond to be the best community built in southern California in the last eighty years.

Where do our ideas come from? From observing pre-1940s towns, from reading books like Suburban Nation (by Andres Duany), other books about New Urbanism, Mike Corbett (our genius advisor), Vince Graham of South Carolina and, for Elliott Pond, from the good people of Ramona.

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