01. Composition & Location - Community Destinations

Connect the project to community destinations

Rationale: Connectivity to surrounding community destinations increases awareness and accessibility of local assets, such as museums, parks, and restaurants, which encourages walking and is associated with lower levels of psychological distress, contributing to reduced risk of obesity and anxiety.

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

Requirements

Demonstrate compliance with the below:

Community Destinations Connection (Full Credit):

To achieve full credit, demonstrate compliance with all the following requirements:

1. Connect the project to two of the following qualifying community destinations:
   • areas of commerce (retail corridors, restaurants, markets)
   • civic and/or institutional buildings (libraries, schools, community centers)
   • commercial buildings (office buildings, or other places of employment)
     
   • public outdoor open spaces (parks, plazas, pedestrian corridors, or other types of public open spaces)
   • cultural destinations (religious centers, museums, or other types of cultural centers).
2. Ensure that the community destinations are located within a 1/2-mile or 800-meter walking distance of a minimum of 51% of residential buildings.

Compliance Documentation

One document type may be used to demonstrate compliance with more than one requirement and documentation may be uploaded separately or as one file.

Provide the below to demonstrate compliance with each requirement:

Design and Built Pathways

Requirement 1

• Upload a description of the qualifying community destinations that will be connected to the project.
• Checkboxes to select the below community destinations that will be publicized to all occupants: (minimum two)
  • areas of commerce (retail corridors, restaurants, markets)
  • civic and/or institutional buildings (libraries, schools, community centers)
  • commercial buildings (office buildings, or other places of employment)
    
  • public outdoor open spaces (parks, plazas, pedestrian corridors, or other types of public open spaces)
  • cultural destinations (religious centers, museums, or other types of cultural centers).

Requirement 2

• Upload an annotated map identifying all (planned)residential buildings and the distances to the required community destinations.