After the World War II, conventional subdivision planning and design method has produced low-density, auto-oriented suburbs that have created isolated and passive living space for the past half-century. These isolated and inactive communities have contributed to environmental, health, economic and social problems for our society, especially our children. By reviewing and analyzing historic examples and precedent case studies related to creating active living community for children, major patterns or similarities will be discovered and design principles will be interpreted for their contribution to creating an active living community. Finally, these principles will be applied in a design at Norcross, GA to see how it can be applied to real world