New Castle County is planning major upgrades to Bechtel Park. Ken Mammarella photo

New zoning district proposed just for parks in NCCo

Ken MammarellaGovernment, Headlines

Four members of New Castle County Council are sponsoring an ordinance to create a new zoning district for land in parks – a plan that  the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has “significant concerns” about. “This new P zoning district created by ordinance 24-130 would only apply to preserved parcels owned in fee simple by the county, …

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Brandywine Town Center redevelopment tweaked

Ken MammarellaBusiness, Headlines

Community feedback has inspired tweaks to plans to redevelop the Brandywine Town Center. “They want to elevate the look, the feel and the offerings” in the area closest to Naamans Road, said Mike Hoffman, of Tarabicos, Grosso & Hoffman, the Delaware land use attorney for the Acadia Realty Trust. “It should be the front door and the heart of the …