Office Hours
2nd & 4th Wednesdays of every month,
7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Buzz Ware Village Center
2119 The Highway
Arden, DE 19810
Next Town Meeting and Election: Monday, June 25, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. at Gild Hall.
Read what went on at recent Town Meetings, including March, 2012.
Natural Gas Safety
Do you have concerns about natural gas safety or about natural gas pipelines in our area? Delmarva Power has many answers on their website. Click here. There you will find a telephone number to use to report gas leaks (302 454-0317), safety tips, winter safety tips, and links to PDF documents including What You Should Know About Pipeline Safety and Working Safely Near Gas Utilities.
2010 Energy Audits:
Arden Library On-Line Catalog
Alton Dahl, with help from his son, Erik, and from Larry Strange, have succeeded in creating an on-line catalog for the Arden Library. Give it a try! Thousands of titles have been cataloged! You will be able to search by author, title, subject, etc. and in many cases see the covers.
Instructions: Click here to enter the library catalog. Then click on the "Guest Account" button and then on the "Login" button. There is no need to enter an Account Name or Password. If you have problems, please contact Alton Dahl.
Permits, Reservations
Right of Way Permits
(required of all those working in Arden, including county workers and utilities).
Reserve a Room at the Buzz Ware Village Center
Reserve the Field Theater, Sherwood Green, Arden Green, Indian Circle
Reserve Gild Hall (The Arden Club is a separate entity from the Village of Arden.)
Meeting Times?
Curbside Recycling Pickup is on Thursdays, Trash is on Fridays
Click here to see what can be recycled and what goes into the trash instead.
Village Finances, Vouchers
Forms to use for deposits and requests for payment, financial reports, and more.
Buzz Ware Village Center:
Population: 439 as of the 2010 U.S. Census.
Town Meeting minutes, March 2012. This is a draft copy, without corrections. Please contact the village before relying on any information contained in these minutes.
What's Up With The Civic Committee? At last, the minutes for the last year of Civic Committee meetings has been posted to this website. Click here to see what the Civic Committee has been discussing.
Election Results, March, 2012: Election of Officers and Committee Members in the Village of Arden
Fallen Limbs Not Rubbish. At 9:15 on Tuesday, January 24, John Cartier introduced our Forest Stewardship ordinance and it was unanimously approved by New Council County Council. Fallen limbs are no longer considered rubbish in The Ardens and cannot be ticketed.
Approved Vacant Dwelling Registration Ordinance. See the final version of Ordinance 15, which sets forth registration requirements for vacant dwellings, including houses and apartments. The Town Assembly approved this ordinance after its third reading at the January 23, 2012 Town Meeting.
Articles:
The Arts & Crafts Community at Arden, Delaware: an article on the Old House Journal website. October, 2011
American Dreams: Life in the Ardens, an article by Dante Silicato of Ardencroft for Examiner.com. 9/19/2011
Roof renovations at Gild Hall, by Eagle Roofing, started in July and included replacing the roof and ceiling, adding insulation, and much more. Photo by Jamie Jamison.
Officers and Committee Members: who serves and when their terms expire.
Town Charter: Click here to see our town charter on the State of Delaware website.
Arden, Delaware, has been a Single-Tax, Arts and Crafts, Garden-City Utopia since 1900.
The Village of Arden was founded in 1900 by sculptor Frank Stephens and architect Will Price, with financial help from Joseph Fels, the soap manufacturer. One of 17 land trusts founded between 1894 and 1950, Arden is based on the Single-Tax economic philosophy of Henry George. As a result, a person's house is not taxed, only the land it sits on. The land is owned in common and managed by three trustees. Inspired by the Garden-City Movement, half the land is woods and open space. Foot paths criss-cross the village.
Arden is known for its artists and also for its theater. Stages abound, including two at the Arden Club and one managed by the Village of Arden: the outdoor Field Theatre. In nearby Ardentown, you will find the New Candlelight Dinner Theatre. The entire community is registered as a Historic Place by the federal government, as are neighboring Ardentown (founded 1922) and Ardencroft (founded 1950). This history is preserved by the non-profit Arden Craft Shop Museum, which preserves the Village of Arden's Archives.
Arden in its early decades was the summer home of artists, musicians, theater people and social activists. In those times it had a summer camp atmosphere and the village still feels like a summer camp in many ways, all year long, in large part because of the activities scheduled at the Village of Arden's Buzz Ware Village Center. and by the non-profit cultural umbrella, The Arden Club and its many Gilds. Once a year, the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, the Arden Club hosts the Arden Fair. Also, every month, the Arden Community Recreation Association hosts a family event.
Explore the links to the left and right to learn about the current role of government in the Village of Arden.
Town Charter
Click here to see our town charter on the State of Delaware website.
