Surrounded by suburbia, Kentlands puts the car back in the garage and the people back on its streets. More than 12 years after its inception, the mature Kentlands continues to prove itself as one of the best-conceived, best-executed TNDs in the nation.

I'On rises from South Carolina soil that is drenched with history. Still under construction, I'On is swiftly becoming a testament to good planning, proportion, and craftsmanship—a testament written by its founders, builders and residents—one that almost never existed.

Resting on Lady's Island, across the river from Beaufort, S.C., Newpoint isn't a town; it isn't "Little Charleston." Newpoint is a neighborhood, the brainchild of three visionaries who created a place that makes people say, "We need to live here."

Nestled into Mud Island in Memphis, Tenn., Harbor Town embodies a flawless convergence of Southern charm and thoughtful planning.