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The developers of 1,000 acres near the border of Orange and Berlin townships want to create new communities that feel like the past, according to a recent article in ThisWeek Community News. Plenty of green space, large front porches and small businesses in walkable communities will make these developments “different from every other subdivision or community in Delaware County and in central Ohio,” and that’s what the family that owns Evans Farm wanted, said Tony Eyerman, a partner in Evans Farm Land Development Co. Another partner, Daniel Griffin, said “the focus will be on small businesses, such as bakeries, ice-cream parlors and two-screen theatres,” and he also “envisions community gardens, farmers markets and restaurants serving dishes with local ingredients in the community,” according to the article. Orange Township trustees have not yet voted on the plan, but “all three said they like what they’ve heard about the development so far.”