NEWS AND UPDATES
Archived, January 2005
Web Pages Focused on Delaware's Cities and Towns Added
We've created 57 web pages focused on Delaware's
municipal governments. These pages, posted as part of our information
pages, offer maps, links to municipal web pages, links to the Delaware
League of Local Governments Directory, links to Census data for
each municipality, links to Town Charters, and details on comprehensive
planning efforts. We plan to add data and information to these pages
as we move forward. If there's something about Delaware's cities and
towns you'd like to know more about, please let
us know.
(Posted 1/28/05)
Livable Delaware Web Site Revised and Updated
We had such fun updating the State Planning web site that we decided
to redo the web site dedicated to Governor
Minner's Livable Delaware Agenda. Both sites are works in progress,
so look for additional changes, refinements and improvements in the
next few weeks. Comments and suggestions are always welcome. Please
e-mail your thoughts to Mike
Mahaffie.
(Switch Flipped, 1/21/05)
DNREC Offers Workshop on Source Water Protection Guidance Manual
for Local Governments
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and
the Source Water Protection Citizens and Technical Advisory Committee
will hold a public
workshop on February 16 on the Source
Water Protection Guidance Manual developed to assist local governments
as they implement measures to protect the quality and quantity of
their public water supplies. The manual is a catalog of possible measures
local governments and citizens can take to better protect the sources
of their drinking water. Recommended practices cover areas such as
impervious cover, stormwater management, nutrient management, pesticide
use, conservation or land acquisition, and zoning. The workshop will
start at 7:00 p.m., in Room 400A of the Conference and Training Center
on the Terry Campus of Delaware Technical and Community College, in
Dover.
(1/21/05)
Agenda Posted
for January 28 I-Team Meeting
A draft agenda (PDF) has been posted for the January 28 meeting of the
Delaware
Spatial Data Implementation Team (I-Team). The I-Team will meet
starting at 10:00 a.m. in the Farmington Conference Room in the DelDOT
Headquarters, on Route 113, in Dover.
(Posted 1/20/05)
Nominations Sought for Delaware GIS Service Award
The Delaware Geographic Data Committee is seeking nominations for
the 2005
Delaware Geographic Service Award, which recognizes outstanding
contributions by an individual or group to the greater geographic
community in the state. This award, presented in memory of Vernon
C. Svatos, will be given at the Delaware
GIS 2005 conference, to be held on April 21, 2005 at the Atlantic
Sands Hotel in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The deadline for nominations
is February 15.
(Nominations requested 1/20/05)
Delaware GIS 2005 Web Site Opens
The official conference web site for Delaware
GIS 2005: Creating Information, Sharing Knowledge is now on-line.
The site includes details on plans for the statewide conference on
the use and sharing of spatial data in Delaware, including information
on sponsorships
and exhibiting,
calls for papers
and posters, and on the schedule
for the conference and related events. The Conference is set for April
21, at the Atlantic Sands Hotel, in Rehoboth Beach.
(Noted, 1/19/05)
Downtown Dover Photo Featured on American City & County Web Site
A photo of Dover's Wesley United Methodist Church is the Weekly
Snapshot for January 14 on the web site of American
City & County magazine. The magazine has begun a city snapshot
contest, asking for submissions showing local scenes from around the
nation. Weekly winners are published on-line. A monthly winner from
among that group is chosen for publication in the printed version
of the magazine. This photo was taken by Mike Mahaffie, of the Office
of State Planning Coordination, from the grand staircase of the Schwartz
Center, overlooking the Church and State Street. The photo was taken
in late September.
(Noted 1/14/05)
Draft Inland Bays Pollution Control Strategies Released for Public
Review
The Department of Natural
Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has released a draft
set of Pollution Control Strategies for the Inland Bays Watershed.
The draft strategies will be the subject of three public workshops
scheduled by DNREC and the Center
for the Inland Bays. Workshops are planned for:
- January 26, at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center,
- February 3, at the Roxana Fire Hall, and
- February 10, at the Millsboro Civic Center.
All three workshops will begin at 5:00 p.m.
(Noted 11/24/04 and updated 12/3/04 and 1/13/05)
Registration Open for Governor's Conference on Delaware Agriculture
Registration is open for the 11th
Annual Governor's Conference on Delaware Agriculture, planned
for February 18 at the Modern Maturity Center, in Dover. The Conference
will start at 7:15 a.m., with the Friends of Agriculture Breakfast.
It will continue with sessions focused on:
- The economic impact of the Equine Industry in Delaware,
- Participant reactions to farmland preservation programs, and
- Agritourism, Entertainment Farming, and Rural Heritage Programs.
(1/13/05)
I-Team to Meet January 28
The Delaware Spatial Data Implementation Team (I-Team) will meet at 10:00 a.m.,
Friday, January 28, in the Farmington Conference Room in the Delaware
Department of Transportation headquarters building at 800 Bay Road,
in Dover.
(Noted, 1/11/04)
WILMAPCO Releases Second Data Report
The Wilmington Metropolitan Planning Organization (WILMAPCO) has released
a report on population and housing characteristics of New Castle County,
Delaware, and Cecil County, Maryland, between 1980 and 2000. According
to the report, Changes
in Regional Population and Household Characteristics: 1980-2000
(PDF), the average age of the population is rising and the average
number of people living together in each household is falling. The
report is the second in a series
of Data Reports published by WILMAPCO.
The first looked at total population changes for the metropolitan
area.
(Noted 1/7/05)
January PLUS Meeting Agendas Posted
Agendas have been posted for the meetings to review land use change
proposals submitted for January review under the Preliminary
Land Use Service (PLUS). The January
26 meeting (PDF) will be held in the Facilities Management Conference
Room on the first floor of the Thomas Collins Building, in Dover,
starting at 8:30 a.m. The February
2 meeting (PDF) will be held in Conference Room A of the State
Budget office, on the Third Floor of the Thomas Collins Building,
in Dover. The full list of PLUS projects for 2005 is posted as part
of the PLUS section of this web site.
(Posted 1/6/05)
