December Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Cancelled

University of Delaware Planning ADA Accessibility Workshop

The University of Delaware’s IPA will conduct a workshop entitled, “Walk this Way! Creating ADA-Accessible Communities with Walk Appeal” on Friday morning, Dec. 4, 2015 at the Dover Public Library.

Register now for the upcoming training course, Planning 202, which takes place on December 4, in Dover, Del. View this email in your browser Register Now! Planning 202: Walk this Way! Creating ADA-Accessible Communities with Walk Appeal Dear Delaware Local Government Leader, Register now for the new training course Walk this Way! Creating ADA-Accessible Communities with Walk Appeal (“Planning 202”). Planning 202 highlights the benefits and barriers to walkable communities and presents IPA’s Walkability Assessment Tool for evaluating your community’s pedestrian friendliness. DelDOT’s ADA Coordinator John McNeal will explain why ADA matters. Matt Carter will provide an overview of the ADA Title II requirements and the legal implications of failing to design, construct, or maintain pedestrian facilities for accessibility. Weather permitting, participants will go outside to evaluate the walkability and ADA accessibility of nearby pedestrian facilities in downtown Dover. Course Details Friday, December 4, 2015 Dover Public Library Meeting Room A (First Floor) 35 Loockerman Plaza, Dover, DE 19901 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Cost: $25 View the course flyer here. This session qualifies for certificate credit in the Academy for Excellence in Local Government Leadership, and the Delaware Planning Education Program. Register online today, visit https://commerce.cashnet.com/UDELIPLG. Institute for Public Administration • School of Public Policy & Administration serving the public good, shaping tomorrow’s leaders 180 Graham Hall • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716-7380 phone: 302-831-8971 • e-mail: ipa@udel.edu • fax: 302-831-3488 www.ipa.udel.edu You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

Final Public Workshop for Division Street Design Week is Thursday, 5-7 p.m.

The next and final public workshop for Division Street Design Week will be held from 5-7 p.m on Thursday, Nov. 19 at the Inner City Sankofa Cultural Center at 39 N. West Street.

Monday and Tuesday’s workshops both were a success with residents, business owners, planners and other stakeholders all sharing their ideas for a vision for a western gateway to downtown Dover. Tuesday included a children’s exercise to gauge what they would like to see for the area. All are welcome to attend Thursday night’s workshop where the Dover/Kent County MPO, the city of Dover and contractors from Whitman Requardt & Associates put everything together from the first two workshops and present what people have shared.

Second Public Workshop Tonight for Division Street Design Week

Monday night was a success with a great turnout for the first of three public workshops for Division Street Design Week. Members of the public, business owners and city officials attended to share ideas and visions for a great gateway to downtown Dover from the west. The second public workshop is set for tonight from 5-7 p.m at the Inner City Sankofa Cultural Center at 39 S. West Street in Dover. Check out the MPO’s Facebook page and Twitter feed for an update and photos from last night’s public workshop.

MPO Office Closed on Nov. 11

In observance of Veterans’ Day, the Dover/Kent County MPO office will be closed on Wednesday, Nov. 11. The office will re-open on Thursday, Nov. 12.

 

Thank you, and have good week.

Division Street Design Week Nov. 16-19

Dover/Kent County MPO and City of Dover
to hold Division Street Design Week as part of downtown study

When: Nov. 16-19

Where: Inner City Sankofa Cultural Arts Center, 39 S. West St., Dover, DE 19904.

Public Meetings: 5-7 p.m., Nov. 16, 17 & 19 at the Inner City Sankofa Cultural Arts Center.

CAMDEN — The Dover/Kent County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and the City of Dover would like to work with the public to create a gateway for the west end of downtown Dover.

To do that, from Nov. 16 to 19, the MPO and the city will hold Division Street Design Week, which will be a weeklong workshop centered around the MPO’s Capital Gateway Study.

Both the Division Street Design Week and the Capital Gateway Study aim to make a more definitive gateway to downtown Dover. They also intend to develop a plan for emphasizing transportation, streetscape and land use elements such as traffic entrances and exits, parking, and how to strike a balance for residences and businesses in the area.

The study and workshop areas encompass Division Street from Saulsbury Road to State Street, and Forest Street to Division Street and the railroad track where it runs through downtown Dover. The plan development process will be hands-on, community-driven, and will involve significant engagement with the public and local stakeholders to discuss the vision for the study, and discuss potential development activity along each of these roads.

Several workshops will take place during the Design Week. Some of these workshops will involve smaller groups, but there also will be three evening, public meetings from 5-7 p.m. on Nov. 16, 17 and 19 at the Inner City Sankofa Cultural Arts Center at 39 S. West Street in Dover.

For more information, please contact Public Outreach Manager Kate Layton at (302) 387-6026 or at kate.layton@doverkentmpo.org.