PHOTOGRAPHERS: University of Arkansas Community Design Center (
UACDC) & Marlon Blackwell Architect (MBA)
Victor Crist, R-Tampa, who was instrumental in creating the UACDC and now sits as the nonprofit group's chair.
The success of the program is also due in large part to the UACDC facility, Crist said.
The
UACDC, led by Steve Luoni, came up with a design for a 165-acre campus that included plats for streets and pathways, various housing types suitable for an aging population and an ecological plan for treating storm-water runoff.