walk through wednesday (141022)

Walk Through Wednesday

National Association of Home Builders

Architect: Charter ArchitectureBuilder: Charter Homes & Neighborhoods

Developer: CH+N SiteLand Planner: Charter Homes & Neighborhoods

The team at Charter calls Walden ‘The Village Reinvented.’ Following our Passion to create Special Places™, we took the opportunity to rethink a new village, patterned on many old

villages and towns built throughout the region generations ago.

Walden is the first new village built on Harrisburg’s West Shore in more than 100 years recapturing the welcome simplicity of local village life. One of Charter’s principles, Go

Green First, is to first plan the preserved spaces in the neighborhood.

Walden Crossroads is the center of the village experience. There, homes built on top of business spaces, what we consider “true mixed-use”, is a new planning and development

model in the suburban market which challenges the assumption of what the market wants and values.

The design encourages imaginative play. The Grove is a take on the classic tree-lined parks found in iconic cities. Walking trails and more than 3000 trees line the streets designed

specifically with the idea that these areas can provide tranquility that rejuvenates the mind and spirit while recreational areas rejuvenate the body.

Thank you!