News Articles

• Darley Green Grand Opening 9/17/09 @ 6 PM
• After years of planning, work starts at Claymont's Brookview site; mixed use village spearheaded by Councilman Weiner in 2000 - News Journal - 4/1/09
• Renaissance Village is now Darley Green; First townhouses being built - Delaforum.com - 3/27/09
• "Claymont Renaissance Village is "back on schedule; Model units ready by February" Delaforum 10/23/08
• Financing plan approved for Claymont redevelopment/Councilman Weiner votes to support economic redevelopment plan - 9/18/08
• "Claymont Renaissance Village site prep almost completed. Construction anticipated to begin in November" www.Delaforum.com 8/1/08
• "Claymont train station improvements hinge on land, $16 M" Community News 6/20/08
• "Fast start promised" by Claymont Renaissance Village's new "master planner" Victoria Davis, President of Mid Urban Atlantic - 6/20/08
• Councilman Weiner Supports Tax Incremental Financing for Claymont Renaissance Village, News Journal 6/11/08
• Developers disclose revised plan for Renaissance Village - 5/29/08
• Claymont to be transformed into "College Town" - 6/22/07
• Developer selected to build new Claymont Renaissance Village; Demolition of Brookview this summer - 6/22/07
• Councilman Weiner called the "godfather" of Claymont Renaissance after 7 years of spearheading Claymont's revitalization - Delaforum 6/7/07

Claymont Renaissance Progress Reports

• April 2009

Congress for the New Urbanism
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009
To: Bob Weiner
Subject: NEW: CNU Report on Emergency Response & Street Design

Dear Bob,

During the last 18 months you expressed interest in, or helped advance the Congress for the New Urbanism's Emergency Response & Street Design Initiative, which has united CNU members, fire marshals, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in finding better street designs that work for pedestrians, vehicles, and emergency responders' access needs.

The Initiative's team members found common ground between New Urbanists and the Fire Service: We all want more, and better connectivity because connected networks of traditional streets are safer, as they bolster effective emergency response.
We are therefore proud to share with you another of the Initiative's accomplishments: A CNU Report on Emergency Response & Street Design.

This 16-page report, which is attached, documents studies and examples of how and why traditional street networks are better for New Urbanism and emergency response, along with an overview of where cities and states are taking the lead in requiring connectivity. The Report is also available at the Emergency Response & Street Design Initiative page on CNU's web site.

Please feel free to share this report with your colleagues, and please join us at CNU17, Experiencing New Urbanism: The Convenient Remedy, June 10-14 in Denver, where this Initiative is one of many topics, tutorials and tours that will help you, and us, build better, more sustainable communities.

Sincerely,

John Norquist
President & CEO

Aerial Photos of "Renaissance Village"
The Claymont Renaissance Village site (formerly known as Brookview) has been cleared and now construction will now commence. The aerial photos depict the strategic location of this mixed use compact walkable transit oriented traditional neighborhood design village. Click on the photos below to enlarge.

	July 2006 - Councilman Weiner has a follow-up discussion on the Claymont Renaissance and how it serves as a model for smart growth on Comcast Newsmakers.
	Nov 2005 - Councilman Weiner discusses the Claymont Renaissance on Comcast Newsmakers.