New, mixed-use development is being concentrated in Albuquerque’s centers and corridors, providing residents with compact living, social, and economic environments. The City’s development of population and employment centers is rated better than most other southwestern benchmark cities. Citizens may not be aware of the progress that’s been made.

INDICATORS

• 29.1 Building Permits in Centers and Corridors
• 29.2 Establishment Types in Major Activity Centers
• 29.3 Strength of Metropolitan Centers

  LOCAL TREND:

Mixed-use development is occurring and increasing in the centers and corridors of Albuquerque. Between fiscal years 2005 and 2008, 26.5% of Albuquerque’s commercial construction permits and 26% of the multi-family housing permits were issued in centers and corridors. Over 9% of all permits issued in FY/08 were in centers and corridors, up from 1.8% in FY/06.

  NATIONAL/REGIONAL COMPARISON:

Albuquerque’s “centeredness” score, a measure of the concentration of population and employment is substantially above national average, 12th among the 83 metropolitan areas studied and second among six other Southwest benchmark cities.

  CITIZEN PERCEPTION:

In 2007, residents city-wide perceived this Desired Community Condition to be only slightly important, 50th of all 51 DCCs and 4th of the five DCCs in Goal 4. Downtown residents considered it slightly more important than did the residents of other areas in the City. Progress was considered to be somewhat better, 27th of 51 DCCs. The data would suggest that more progress has occurred than perceived by the citizens surveyed.

Opportunity to Continue to Improve	LOCAL TREND IS:	Positive
	ALBUQUERQUE, COMPARED TO OTHERS, IS:	Better
	CITIZEN PERCEPTION COMPARED TO DATA:	Differs

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