2024-12-22T03:31:25-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150355065/osd-s-new-south-cato-springs-development-provides-nurturing-space-for-neurodiverse-adults-in-arkansas Josh Niland 2023-06-28T18:57:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2f/2f550ee1c82ae780ef071faa9019e74e.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A new neighborhood-scale development from <a href="https://archinect.com/osdoutside" target="_blank">OSD</a> aimed at enhancing the lives of neurodiverse adults has broken ground outside of Fayetteville, Arkansas following a special ceremony held this week with the firm and its client, a local nonprofit organization called SLS Community.</p> <p>Their master plan for a mixed-use and mixed-income tract called South Cato Springs will eventually endow the region with a workforce housing micro village that also features dedicated space for a new center for the <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/10362183/university-of-arkansas" target="_blank">University of Arkansas Medical School</a>, recreation, and agricultural areas all surrounding a central town square on a plot located near Kessler Mountain Regional Park.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/85/85457521b3311f5822853c5a191fcc20.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/85/85457521b3311f5822853c5a191fcc20.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy OSD</figcaption></figure><p>The firm says it will become an example of a concept it calls &ldquo;mindful urbanism,&rdquo; offering itself to the community as both an empowering care space and elevating pedestrianism that is built from and deeply rooted in the rich natural landscape surrounding its idyllic 230-acre site.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d0/d0d6eb2f6a224c688ce9c4837ce785b9.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d0/d0d6eb2f6a224c688ce9c4837ce785b9.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy OSD</figcaption></figure><p>This objective will ...</p>