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Vince Graham urges Charleston to prioritize the public realm as Project 3500 advances
Summary
At a public charrette session, developer Vince Graham told attendees that zoning and auto-centric funding block walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods, urged using retention features as parks for flood control, and said Project 3500 sites will be pre-approved with 50% affordable units.
Vince Graham, a developer and urbanist who founded Lo-Kai Design and led the development of I'on, told a public charrette in Charleston that the city should prioritize the public realmthe streets, squares and shared spaces that shape daily lifeas it advances Project 3500.
Graham said the public realm must be presented as a "positive vision" people want to follow. Quoting Martin Luther King Jr., he opened his remarks: "If you want to move people, it has to be toward a vision that's positive for them, that taps important values, that gets them something they desire, and it has to be presented in a compelling way that people feel inspired to follow." Graham used that framing to argue design and public investment should emphasize beauty, hospitality and inclusivity.
Graham drew on decades of practice and examples including I'on, Newpoint and other infill projects to make practical points about compact streets, connected…
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