Community Beautification Protects Property Values

Just one community beautification project, such as a massive tulip planting or new park benches, generates positive publicity for you. You want your neighborhood to be looking good, don’t you?

A pleasant community appearance adds to home values, helps attract business investment, and just improves the neighborhood reputation. Research shows that beauty is one of the top three factors in creating community attachment, or loyalty, to your particular town or city.

To look good, it's really helpful to understand some urban design principles. When people take what is called visual preference surveys, usually the results are lop-sided. In this technique, participants are simply asked which photo of a similar type of street scene or building they prefer.


Source: Useful-Community-Development.org