Do yourself a favor and visit Calgary, Alberta one of these days. Take a look at the MacKenzie Towne Centre way down in the southeastern corner of the suburbs where the ranch country begins. It's a mix of detached, townhouse, and condo residential units, with a nice little town center that looks like something out of a western movie -- a "main street" with raised crosswalks, stores fronting right onto the sidewalk, a green median in the middle, and with angled parking along both sides. Ornate alleyways between some of the stores connect the main street to additional parking areas on the back sides of the buildings.
Adjacent to the town center on one side are some retail land uses that are more "auto-intensive" (supermarket, banks, gas station). Probably 50% of the residential units are within walking distance of the town center.
I think the development won some kind of award from an urban planning group as the best design in North America a couple of years ago.
I'd love to! It sounds great.
Others that have won awards: Harbor Town (Memphis, Tenn.), Kentlands, Maryland; I'On, South Carolina; and CityPlace (West Palm Beach).