What is the Dowel/Centex development?
Centex Corporation, based in Dallas, Texas, has applied to our township’s Land Use Board to build 315 houses on a farm tract adjoining Garrison Road. Centex calls its proposed development “River Walk.” Centex plans to have construction completed and all units sold and occupied by the end of 2007. Click to see maps showing the site’s approximate location: a street map, a more detailed map, and a satellite image. Click to see a photo of the farmland where this development is planned (from August 2003), and a version that shows the lot boundaries. The photo was taken from a vantage point close to the Delaware River, looking SouthEast. Some facts about the proposed development • In the 1980’s, Dowel Associates acquired the 185 acre tract of farmland, and then sued Harmony Township for not providing its “fair share” of affordable housing (defined as housing affordable to low- and moderate-income families). • On February 6, 1990, the suit was settled by an agreement between Dowel Associates
