Corridor Health Quiz

Functional diversity is what keeps a commercial corridor healthy. Here's a quick read on yours.

Picture a corridor that works: a coffee shop before the commute, a daycare, a dentist, a print shop with a few employees, a government office paying steady rent, housing above and around. Each use covers for the others- that mix is functional diversity.

People who read our natural world have known this forever. The Three Sisters- corn, beans, squash- thrive together, while a single crop collapses in one bad season. One thing, one point of failure. Corridors are no different.

Research in urban economics keeps circling the same conclusion: districts with a real variety of uses and locally rooted ownership stay walkable, ride out downturns better, and produce more value per acre than monocultures do.

So, how healthy is your corridor? Take the quick quiz below- you'll get a rapid score and the functional-diversity formula behind it.