Dewey Beach is asking people across the community to help guide the town's future by participating in public surveys as work continues on an updated Comprehensive Plan.
The City of Cambridge is asking people who live there to review and provide written feedback on its revised draft comprehensive plan, which outlines the city’s future growth and development priorities.
The development reshaping the landscape in Sussex County was largely approved years ago, under a system critics say is outdated, reactive and disconnected from infrastructure.
Sussex County was honored for its work to manage growth in southern Delaware. The award recognizes the work of the Land Use Reform Working Group.
"This process is not easy," moderator Andrew Bing told the group. "For today, and this is is probably the most unsatisfactory thing I'll say: we're not going to be able to solve all of those problems."
City leaders say there are several ways to participate in the process. Opportunities include attending public meetings and hearings, joining listening sessions, and submitting written comments.
The Town of Berlin is taking the next big step to shape its future growth. Officials say they are now accepting proposals for a full update to the town’s comprehensive plan.
A perimeter buffer ordinance sets rules for when new trees must be planted, establishes the timing of home building versus buffer construction and steps up County inspections for compliance.
On Monday the Ocean City Town Council officially banned the commercial use and occupancy of houseboats within town limits.
Sussex County Council agreed to forward with a contribution of $800,000 towards a Fenwick Island Dredging Project June 4.
