How does Decatur stack up to GOOD magazine’s recent checklist of what a “model town” looks like?

According to the mag’s Neighborhood Issue, an “excellent” town (or neighborhood) has the following characteristics:

• A Signature Event – self explanatory
• Third Places – the gathering places of a community.  Home and work are the 1st and 2nd places.
• Public Spaces – access to nature
• A Human Scale – this is basically “walkability”
• An Anchor Institution – college towns is the example given
• Diversity – not just of race or income, but thought, food, etc.

So here’s what I’ve been wondering: WHAT is Decatur’s signature event and anchor institution?  WHERE are its “third places” and public spaces?  HOW does it do in terms of human scale and diversity?