Under the direction of the Urban Land Institute’s Boston District Council, The Exeter Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) convened in Exeter, RI in October 2010, bringing together stakeholders, Town and community leaders, and a panel of land use and development professionals for a day-long session focused on the viability of the Town’s proposed Village Center concept.

Focusing on a 375 to 500 acre parcel at the intersection of Route 2 and Exeter Road, directly across from Rhode Island’s Veterans Cemetery, the team met with the Town’s planning staff over the course of the day, and toured the preferred site as well as Oak Harbor Village, before interviewing nearly a dozen stakeholders and community leaders to understand the area and its dynamics. Data collected and prepared by the Town’s planning and development staff prior to the TAP informed this discussion.