Odenton Town Center
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The Odenton Town Center is an area of Odenton, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA, designated in official plans for urban development.
The Odenton Town Center has been planned as a Town Center since 1968. In 1990, legislation created an Odenton Growth Management Area (OGMA) to encourage development in the Town Center Area. In 1995, the Odenton Town Plan was adopted. In 2004, the updated Odenton Town Center Master Plan was adopted.
[edit] Location Overview
Odenton Town Center is the name given to the entire Odenton Growth Management Area. The OTC is a sixteen hundred and twenty acre area, located in the western part of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The plan is clearly centered around the Odenton MARC station, which is the most heavily trafficked stop on the Penn Line. This station draws overflow crowds of 2,100 riders for 1,300 parking spaces daily.
[edit] Vision and Master Plan
The Odenton Town Center will be a vital community where some live and work and others come for the shopping, entertainment, cultural enhancement and transportation access provided there. It will offer something for everyone and be a place that brings the diverse population of the Odenton area together as a community. The Odenton Town Center, located in western Anne Arundel County, is at the heart of an area that has experienced tremendous residential and business growth in recent decades and is expected to experience even more growth in the decades to come. The Odenton Town Center is particularly well positioned to deal with that growth and provide a center of community activity to serve the growing population. The presence of a train station in the Odenton Town Center, the proximity of the Odenton Town Center to major highways and regional connector roads, the bus service to the Odenton Town Center and the connection of the Odenton Town Center to area hiker/biker trails combine to make the Odenton Town Center accessible to all. The Odenton Town Center will be a retreat of green places, memorable spaces, and pleasant connections. The preservation of places of historical significance, special beauty and environmental sensitivity together with the careful planned development of the area, will make the Odenton Town Center a unique and special place and a source of pride and enjoyment for all who live, work and visit it.
