EASTON, MARYLAND — Engage Easton has posted the East End Small Area Plan Final Report for public viewing; the Town Council has not yet set a public hearing date.

The project page lists the Final Report as complete and available as a PDF and flipbook (designed for 11-by-17-inch print). The town’s project update states the Planning Commission reviewed the report at its March 26 and April 16, 2026, meetings, voted unanimously to forward a positive recommendation and a formal resolution to the Town Council, and has transmitted that recommendation. The same update says the Town Council will hold a public hearing on the plan at a future date; Engage does not post a council hearing calendar date on the project page.

The plan updates the East End Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization Plan the Town of Easton approved in September 1997 — the town’s first small area plan. Engage says the updated boundaries cover a larger geographic area, emphasize the Dover Road corridor and legacy industrial areas tied to the former railroad, and include one property outside the boundary: the former Talbot County Health Department site after that office relocated.

Plan objectives listed at the start of the process: establish Dover Road as an inviting corridor for innovative and resilient small businesses; identify the corridor as a neighborhood and community destination; provide convenient, safe pedestrian and bicycle access to the corridor and adjacent neighborhoods; and identify redevelopment opportunities on legacy industrial properties associated with the Rails to Trails.

The process ran in three stages around an interactive public charrette: pre-charrette research and stakeholder work; a four-day charrette with opening presentation, daily pin-ups, and a closing presentation; and a post-charrette Final Report. Engage identifies the multi-day October 2024 charrette as the heart of the effort and says the charrette produced an overall Framework Plan with six detailed focus areas, plus exhibits such as renderings, before-and-after photo montages, 3-D models, and a video of the Dover Triangle open space. Project consultants named on the page include Seth Harry (Seth Harry and Associates Inc.) and David Ager (Townscape Design LLC) for the charrette team; James Rojas / PlaceIt! for the kickoff; and The Chesapeake Group Inc. for market analysis.

Engage’s project timeline marks Area Plan kickoff through Planning Commission review, public hearing, and recommendation as complete. Town Council public hearing and adoption is marked active; implementation is marked incomplete. Joint workshop video is linked through the town Agendas & Minutes page at eastonmd.gov/129/Agendas-Minutes. Planning and Zoning contact on the page: 410-822-1943. Engage contact: 410-822-2525 or engage [at] eastonmd.gov.

The Engage page frames the East End work as a neighborhood small-area plan on a Planning Commission recommendation track toward a future Town Council hearing.