Central Arkansas EEI Focus Area 4: Use the Land We Already Have and Fill the Vacant Lots

For many communities, growth means building new housing developments near city borders, expanding city size, increasing travel times, and spending lots of money on new construction. But growth can look quite different. Infill development means constructing new buildings on vacant or underutilized lots. Infill development may make cities more walkable, increase access to public transit or regional greenways, and improve air quality by reducing driving time.

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Which parts of your community have a lot of vacant or underutilized lots that could be filled in? Which neighborhoods in your community would be good candidates for adding Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)?
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Keywords

Infill Development
The act of filling in gaps, or the re-use of land in urban areas.

ADUs
Also known as a mother-in-law apart-ment or backyard cottage, ADU stands for Accessory Dwelling Unit and is a resi-dential unit on the same lot as a single-family home. These self-contained homes have their own entrance, typical-ly a full kitchen and bath, and living and sleeping space, but on a much smaller scale than the primary residence.