Lancaster County Site Of ‘Smart Growth 9 Community LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) A new community squarely places Lancaster County in the forefront of a national movement in Smart Growth practices. Millcreck, the latest new home community from Lancaster-based Charter Homes, promises to be Penn sylvania’s return to neighborhoods, a place that replicates neighborhoods of the past, with front porches and sidewalks that invite residents to in teract and share their lives with one another. A special unveiling, open to the community, township officials and the media, took place Monday, Octo ber 28 at the Old Bam at MiUcreek. 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Streets, trails, com mon areas and playgrounds are de signed in scale and friendly to walk ers, bikers and hikers, winding through and connecting a vibrant, living neighborhood. Missing are the straightaway streets so common in conventional developments. Street scapes are being built, with homes designed in groups to assure that each plays well against the other, lending a sense of human scale and accessibility from street level. Many will have wooden front porches to welcome passers-by and garages are tucked in the rear to avoid visual dis ruption. The Old Barn at Mill creek —com- plete with hand-painted neighbor hood sign is being preserved and ren ovated as a gathering place open to iqu_, 386-1. (righama ceyville, PA r 0) 869-3029 miomt GEHL TRAILERS No Matter Where You Are - You’re Never Too Far! Your Parts Are Just A Phone Call Away! Machinery Salsa M-F 7 to 5 Sat. 7 to 11:30 Monday-Frlday 7 AM to S PM Saturday 7 AM to Noon Call (717) 626-0885 (717) 6265159 Sun. Closed - Lord's Day £2*l Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 2, 2002-A29 residents for meetings, parties and other community-specific activities. “The Farmhouse ,” a new building designed to replicate a typical Lan caster County agri cultural home, is being built onsite to house the sales office and a general store. MiUcreek will borrow from its agri cultural roots. Amish farmers are being contracted to sell fresh produce on rite during the summer. Cindy Baker, the well-known owner of Me renda Zug’s Cafe in Strasburg, will open a second location, MZ2, featur ing coffees, bagels, newspapers and sundries within The Farmhouse at Millcreck. Residential housing will be the hallmark of the property. Single family dwellings will co-exist with carriage homes and townhomes. Gathering places, including The Farmhouse, and open space will allow seniors, families, and singles to mix easily. The land use plan, developed by nationaliy-renowned, Colo rado-based Smart Growth residential planning firm Downing, Thorpe and James, began by first identifying sig nificant open tracts of green land and preserving them. Development is clustered to reduce the environ mental impact of infrastructure and preserve woodlands, waterways and wildlife habitat Some 31 acres, or roughly 36 per cent of the community, will be open space, and 11.5 acres of that open space will be donated to West Lam peter Township. A half-mile, natural mulch pathway will hopefully serve as an impetus for additional trailway set asides along Mill Creek. Millcreek has hired a consultant to identify and preserve the property’s trees. More than $1 million is being invested in the community’s land scaping which will incorporate indig enous materials. Drainage easement and land use have been designed to utilize best management practices to minimize the effects of storm water runoff and decrease the potential for soil ero sion. This practice effectively filters the runoff and reinstates it into the groundwater table. In addition, four ponds will create natural habitat and encourage social interaction.
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