Centreville Village Plan

Heather EhrlichWilmington Area Planning

Council

Natural History Museum

Winterthur

Centreville

Wilmington

Longwood Gardens

“Last Chance Landscape”

• Scenic America - designated Kennett Pike as a 1999 Last Chance Landscape

– a place of beauty and character with both a pending threat and a potential solution

• DelDOT and County - pledged to preserve corridor

• Community - seeks Scenic Byway designation

Unified Development Code

• Adopted 1998

• Focus is new development:– Land Use Patterns and Community Character

• Village and Hamlet zoning for new communities– Natural and Cultural Resources– Economic Development– Public Infrastructure– Growth Management– Affordable Housing

• Not flexible for existing communities

Why do a Village Plan?

• Support work along Kennett Pike

• Give flexibility to develop in traditional land use pattern

• Preserve surrounding open space

• Create walkable community

• Community needs overall VISION

Centreville Village Plan:

A land use and transportation master plan

to guide future development and

transportation improvement decisions.

Management Committee

WILMAPCO

Centreville Civic Association

New Castle County

Delaware Department of Transportation

Delaware Office of State Planning

Delaware Transit Corporation

FHWA

Steering Committee

Delaware Greenways

Centreville businesses and residents

Preservation Delaware

Brandywine Conservancy

Delaware Nature Society

other interested stakeholders

Process and Schedule

FOR MORE INFO...

Heather Ehrlich

302/737-6205 ext. 18

ehrlich@wilmapco.org

Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May

Base map

Identify issues, opportunities and constraints

Master Vision Plan Design Charrette

Policy

Present final report