“The people of Carmel wanted a downtown. They wanted to have walkable streets that led somewhere besides another residential cul-de-sac,” Brainard wrote in the book’s introduction. “People want their neighborhoods to be more than places where they go to eat and sleep. They want their neighborhoods to be more interactive with the community they comprise.”
The book, published by Urban Renaissance Books, is available for $49.95 at www.carmelbook.com.