Local leaders have been discussing the future of growth in and around Felton, a conversation that has sparked opinions from business owners, farmers and longtime residents about what the community should look like in the years ahead.

The City of Rehoboth Beach has hired their first city planner, Mary Ellen Gray, who assumed her new position on October 23rd. The move comes amid the towns' concerns about managing tourism and maintaining its small-town atmosphere while accommodating new development.

Georgetown residents are raising concerns about what they perceive as rapid expansion in their small town, particularly in the form of a planned subdivision. 238 new homes are expected to be built on Parker Road, as part of the Shortleaf Preserve Subdivision, leading to worries about the town's influx of residents, and traffic.