New Albany Design Guidelines Technical Training

New Albany, Ohio

Why

The best community design guidelines are often the most accessible and usable. Municipalities work hard to shape their built environments by writing and implementing thoughtful design standards.
Unfortunately, printed guideline documents tend to end up on shelves, collecting dust. The City of New Albany realized this, and invested in video design guideline training to save money on training over time and created more interesting and engaging content.

How

The New Albany Design Guideline videos were carefully curated and edited to assist design professionals, developers, and citizens in understanding the architectural and design requirements of New Albany.

The videos are use-on-demand and have lessened reliance on in-person training sessions. Members of architectural review boards and commissions have the ability to train themselves anytime, anywhere with easily sharable lessons. The greater citizenry can also learn about their community’s character, special story, and how they can contribute.

What

The Designing Local team delivered the Design Guideline Video Training Series web portal to The City of New Albany, Ohio. New Albany has an instantly recognizable design standard for new construction and high expectations. The portal and training documents can be viewed at http://designguidelines.newalbanyohio.org/.

Client

City of New Albany, Ohio

Team

Designing Local (Lead)

Benjamin D. Rickey

Services

Community Planning

Historic Preservation

People

Josh Lapp (Lead)

Amanda Golden