Specifications include, but are not limited to: Tompkins County is seeking developers to purchase or lease and develop a mixed-useresidential community on 25.52 acres of County-owned land in the Town of Ithaca. Thisdevelopment is part of a United States Environmental Protection Agency ClimateShowcase Communities (CSC) project designed to demonstrate how more energy-efficient, compact, pedestrian-oriented communities can be developed utilizing lessonslearned over 20 years of developing the Ecovillage at Ithaca (see attached Ecovillage atIthaca lessons learned document). The community would be adjacent to Cayuga MedicalCenter and other existing, planned, and future residential and commercial development.The development must provide for future pedestrian connections to fully integrate thiscommunity into the larger community as it develops in the future. The developer will beselected based on a combination of the price offered for the land, the score on the ratingparameters outlined herein, and the overall quality of the proposal, including the design.The County also owns an adjacent 0.92- acre parcel with a 2,250-square foot, 3- bedroomresidential building that may be appropriate for a variety of uses. The County willconsider proposals that include this parcel as well. The County will provide a recentsurvey of both parcels to interested respondents.
