Charter as change agent

Photo caption #1: A Charter Awards certificate for the creation of new traditional residential villages at Fort Belvoir, Virginia (including the first village: Herryford Village) will be hanging in the Pentagon, said Ivan Bolden, an assistant for policy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army, shown at left. “What we asked our partners to do was simple — give the soldiers and their families the same quality of life as those they are pledged to defend,” said Bolden. “[Designer] Torti Gallas not only did that, they hit a grand slam.” A New York Times story recognizing partnerships between new urbanists and the Armed Forces prominently mentioned the Charter Award honoring the Fort Belvoir project.