02. Site Access - Local Amenities Display

Provide a permanent display advertising local amenities

Rationale: Public displays listing local amenities are useful for wayfinding and encourage exploration of the surrounding area, contributing to increased walking, heightened accessibility, and stronger connections within the community.

For the most accurate strategy and documentation requirements, please refer to the digital scorecard made available on the Fitwel Platform.

Requirements

Demonstrate compliance with one of the options below:

Option 1 - Local Amenities Display (Full Credit):

Provide a display promoting local amenities that demonstrate compliance with all of the following requirements:

1. Permanently mount the display on structures such as walls, doors, poles, or stands outdoors within one of the following locations on-site visible to all project occupants:
   – 300 feet or 100 meters of a main building entrance of all regularly occupied buildings within the site.
   – within 300 feet or 100 meters of a high traffic corridor within the site.

High-traffic cooridors may include but are not limited to the following:
– a pedestrian intersection
– park or plaza(s)
– transit stop(s)

2. Ensure the display includes distances to a minimum of two of the following local amenities that are located within a 1/2-mile or 800-meter walking route of a main site entrance:
- areas of commerce (such as retail corridors, restaurants, or markets)
- civic and/or institutional buildings (such as libraries, schools, or community centers)
- commercial buildings (such as office buildings or other places of employment)
- public outdoor open spaces (such as parks, plazas, pedestrian corridors or other types of public open spaces)
- cultural destinations (such as religious centers, museums, or other types of cultural centers).

Option 2 - Digital Amenities Information (Partial Credit):

Promote local amenities through a digital platform that demonstrates compliance with all of the following requirements:

1. Provide information advertising local amenities through one of the following:
   – a building or project website
   – a building or project-specific digital application.
2. Ensure that the local amenities information includes distances to a minimum of two of the following local amenities that are located within a 1/2-mile or 800-meter walking route of a main building entrance:
   - areas of commerce (such as retail corridors, restaurants, or markets)
   - civic and/or institutional buildings (such as libraries, schools, or community centers)
   - commercial buildings (such as office buildings or other places of employment)
   - public outdoor open spaces (such as parks, plazas, pedestrian corridors or other types of public open spaces)
   - cultural destinations (such as religious centers, museums, or other types of cultural centers).
3. Share access to the digital platform with all project occupants through one of the following:
   – regular newsletter or email blast
   – tenant manual
   – signage or QR code placed in a location visible by all occupants

Compliance Documentation

Design and Built Pathways

Option 1 - Local Amenities Display (Full Credit):

Requirement 1

• Upload an annotated plan(s) showing the proposed location(s) of the display(s).
  
• Upload an annotated plan(s) identifying the distance between each display(s) and:
  – a main entrance of the farthest building within the site.
  – the high traffic corridors or outdoor
  – the distance between the planned display(s) and a main building entrance of each regularly occupied building.

Requirement 2

• Upload design drawings showing how the display will detail:
  – the qualifying amenities
  – the walking distances between each amenity and a main site entrance.

Option 2 - Digital Amenities Information (Partial Credit):

Requirement 1

• Upload a description of the digital resource that will be used to advertise local amenities.
• Upload a screenshot or photograph(s) of the digital resource that will be used to advertise local amenities.

Requirement 2

• Upload design drawings showing the information that will be included in the digital resource, detailing:
  – the qualifying amenities
  – the distances between each amenity and a main building entrance.

Requirment 3

• Checkbox to certify that digital amenities information will be shared with all project occupants through one of the following (select all that apply, one minimum):
  • regular newsletter or email blast
  • tenant manual
  • signage or QR code placed in a location visible to all occupants.