Project Spotlight: Newtown Community Development

Professor Alfie Vick’s Nature & Sustainability studio spent fall semester of 2008 addressing real-world ecological and social issues surrounding the neighborhood of Newtown in the industrial center of Gainesville, Georgia. Student projects included a video inventory and analysis; alternative future uses for a junkyard adjacent to the neighborhood; a Rails2Trails proposal that connects Newtown to greater Gainesville; and a 25-year Vision Plan. The video was featured in a Landscape Architect & Specifier News magazine article.