Little Heaven Employment Center

1. Master Plan Working Groups 12-10-18 South Frederica Commercial Area Little Heaven Employment Center

2. Survey Trends • Community Service Needs: • Homeless Shelters/Transitional Housing • Public Health & Wellness • Shared Use Paths • Parks & Recreation within Walking & Biking Distance • Housing Needs: • Mixed Use Communities • Low & Moderate Income • Walkable/Bikable Communities • Concerns: • Employment Opportunities • Economic Development • Traffic Congestion • Sprawl • Priorities: • Business District Revitalization • Business Retention & Expansion • Refurbish Older Buildings • Farmland & Open Space Preservation • Improve Traffic Flow

4. 2018 Comprehensive Plan Priorities • Economic Development • Job Creation • Efficient Use of Infrastructure • Protect Natural Resources • Preserve Rural Character To preserve the rural and community character of Kent County by encouraging the most appropriate use of land, water, and other resources that protects the County's natural, historic, and cultural resources, allows for economic opportunity, preserves farmland, manages growth, and provides a safe sustainable environment in which all citizens may live, work, shop, learn, and play.

5. Recommendations • Create economic centers of business and commerce around existing infrastructure and identify areas designated for industrial and business parks, large scale commercial uses, and neighborhood commercial uses. • Modify an existing zoning district or create a new zoning district to enable development of Employment Centers. • Emphasize the use of master planning for the designated areas.

9. Designations • Commercial • Retail • Service • Recreation • Town Area • Mix of Nonresidential & Residential • In Keeping with Nearby Towns • Employment Center • Concentration of nonretail employment and institutional uses and services such as medical, office, manufacturing, light industrial development • Quality design and architecture.