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spring05 issue | index of articles | archived issues
Planning Services UpdateMobility Friendly Design Standards Summit 2 A collaborative effort among IPA, TMA Delaware, DelDOT, and OSPC, the second Mobility Friendly Design Standards Summit was held on April 11 at the John M. Clayton Hall Conference Center on the University of Delaware’s Laird Campus in Newark. With more than 100 people in attendance, the summit served to illustrate the priorities on which the Mobility Friendly Design Committee has chosen to focus. The first summit, held in February 2004, laid out over 30 specific recommendations on how to restructure Delaware’s regulatory environment to encourage mobility-friendly development. Information is available at www.ipa.udel.edu/infrastructure/mfds/. Comprehensive Plans Delaware’s municipalities continue to work on updating their comprehensive plans. The municipalities of Frederica, Milford, Newark, Bethany Beach, Delmar, and Dover had comprehensive plans or updates/amendments of existing plans reviewed through the State’s Preliminary Land Use Service (PLUS) in February and March. IPA is currently working with several towns to complete plans or plan updates/amendments, including Bethany Beach, Clayton, Dewey Beach, Lewes, Middletown, and Townsend. Contact Martin Wollaston for info about IPA’s planning services (martinw@udel.edu, 302-831-4930). “Main Street Approach” More and more of Delaware’s municipalities are utilizing the “Main Street Approach” as one method of attracting economic development to their communities. Tasked with revitalizing older, traditional business districts, the approach focuses on the concepts of organization, promotion, design, and economic restructuring in order to achieve community revitalization. More information on the approach and how it be implemented within your community can be found at www.mainstreet.org. GIS Information The 2005 Delaware GIS Conference was held on April 21 at the Atlantic Sands Hotel in Rehoboth Beach and touched on many topics regarding how municipalities can utilize GIS. GIS technology is even accessible to municipalities that don’t have GIS systems in place. Users can now browse a vast amount of parcel-based data for all three counties and the entire state. This information can be found at the following sites:
For more information contact Julia O'Hanlon at 302-831-6224. |
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