Take a Look at Proposed 'Village Center'

The Barrington Planning Board got its first look at a plan for the creation of a “village center” in Barrington on Tuesday evening, Nov. 5. That plan has grown out of meetings held by a planning board subcommittee.

Representatives from the Birchwood Design Group, a Providence landscape architectural firm, and Surface Matter Design, a Providence graphic design studio, made a presentation at the meeting in the Council Chamber in Town Hall.

The representatives did not offer overall cost estimates. Signage that is part of the plan is expected to cost under $40,000, said Town Planner Phil Hervey.

The consultants will return to the planning board in December with overall figures, said Hervey.

The “village center” is described as that stretch of Barrington that lies between Maple Avenue, West Street, Waseca Avenue and Wood Avenue with a connection to the Barrington Shopping Plaza and the East Bay Bike Path. You can see for yourself what is being proposed on the attached visuals.