1. Pamlico Neighborhood of Norfolk, VA
Summary of Neighborhood Style Assessment
(Friday 6:30PM & Monday 4:30 PM)
Presented by Tammy Knecht

2. Overview Neighborhood Geography Built Environment
Public Places and Accommodations
Street and Automobile Traffic
Street Life and “Street Furniture”
Walkability
Accessibility and Access
The Residents

3. Neighborhood Geography
Location
Basic infrastructure
Urban Residential
Size
1 mile squared
Layout
Grid- maybe mixed few lollipop due to waterbodies and arterial streets.
Garages
Majority No garage/ street parking
Street maintenance
yes
Services
Mail to front door delivery and curb trash pickup
Design similarity
Some variety
Location
Basic infrastructure
Grid
Size
272 acres and about a 1 mile square neighborhood
Layout
Garages
Street maintenance
Services
Design similarity

4. Built Environment Housing Stock Lot size House maintained Porches
5,000 ft2 or 0.1 acre
House maintained
Porches
Not all homes
Land scape
Majority well manicured
Demographics
Middle aged, families, middle class
Home types
Most house but have cluster apartments and duplexes at north end
Businesses
Few and saw two

5. Public Places and Accommodations
Non- residential Place
Park with and play ground with benches
Dog park

6. Street and Automobile Traffic
Street layout
A few one way streets
Most streets wide enough for three cars (cars parked on either side and one to drive through)
Street width
22 feet residential
44 feet Arterial
Busy
Arterial streets very busy (Rush hour ~ 1 min.)
Residential no (no wait)

7. Street Life and “Street Furniture”
Sidewalks
Completed and protected by trees
Close to house
19 feet
Usage
Yes, walking, dog walking.
There are tree to provide shade
No benches

8. Walkability Connected to Destination Destination location Pleasant
There are not many Destinations but the neighborhood is well connected.
Destination location
Parks and business are all located at the edge of the neighborhood
Pleasant
Shaded streets, low traffic, and a variety of homes to look at make it pleasant.

9. Accessibility and Access
Few places in walking distance
Characteristics
May are chain establishments
Near by with car
Almost everything one would need is no more than a 5 minute drive
Still missing
A younger crowd in the downtown area, 15 min drive

10. The Residents Resident 1 Resident 2 Young Male (26) home owner.
Likes – Value, larger lot, safe, variety, “homie feeling”
Dislikes- Older Neighborhood, social network far away
Next home – Closer the younger crowd and downtown
Recommend?- yes, would buy again.
Resident 2
Middle aged Female home owner.
Likes – Quiet, safe, close to the beach
Dislikes- would like a garage/storage
Next home – larger lot
Recommend?- yes, very few negatives