Seeking to share their family’s legacy farm for the greater benefit of the city of Madison, Alabama, patriarch Jack Clift and the Clift family worked with Breland Companies and Smith Gee Studio to develop a vision for the future of their property.

Smith Gee Studio hosted a multi-day master planning design charrette and invited city departments and elected officials, along with the Clift family and community members, to collaborate in creating the legacy vision. Surrounded by recent development, the resulting master plan envisions a mixed-use commercial town center – a complete community of commercial, residential, and amenity uses in a growing suburban context. The plan also focuses on conserving the natural resource of Knox Creek by creating a greenway trail system that links into the development through a network of stormwater fingers, parks, and open spaces.