At the home, community and regional levels, the impact oftechnology is making itself felt. It is challenging individuals,businesses, institutions local municipalities and entire regions todesign and redesign space and distance for flexibility andmultiplicity. "The push is on to remake communities," notesHoran.

He maintains the effort to make communities wired and livableinvolves three key elements: redevelopment; greenfield development;and linking the best of a place with the infrastructure for thefuture.

At the community level, development and redevelopment mustintegrate the community of place with the community of interest. Hecites, as an example, a cluster of former bank buildings' (singleuse) adaptation to a block containing loft offices and livingspace, a telecom hotel and a cultural center. Another facet of sucha project is the change from a single-function use to multiple-usesettings.