Editing Arden, Delaware

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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Arden, Delaware
| settlement_type    = [[Village (United States)|Village]]
| motto              = "You are welcome hither"

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'''Arden''' is a village in [[New Castle County, Delaware|New Castle County]], [[Delaware]], United States, founded in 1900 as a radical [[Georgism|Georgist]] single-tax community by sculptor [[George Francis Stephens|Frank Stephens]] and architect [[William Lightfoot Price]].<ref name="charters.delaware.gov 2009">{{cite web |title=Arden |website=charters.delaware.gov |date=August 3, 2007 |url=https://charters.delaware.gov/arden.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430003136/https://charters.delaware.gov/arden.shtml |archive-date=April 30, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The village occupies approximately 160 acres, with half kept as open land. According to the 2010 census, the population of the village is 439.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stateplanning.delaware.gov/census_data_center/ |title=The Delaware Census State Data Center |access-date=February 20, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231141632/http://stateplanning.delaware.gov/census_data_center/ |archive-date=December 31, 2016 }}</ref> In 1973, the entire village was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

Two neighboring villages of similar size were founded on Georgist principles, [[Ardentown, Delaware|Ardentown]], in 1922, and [[Ardencroft, Delaware|Ardencroft]], in 1950.  In 2003, they were also listed on the NRHP as the [[Ardens Historic District]]. Many Ardenites, as the villagers of Arden are called, consider themselves to be "close-knit, nature-loving, liberal, tolerant, free-spirited, artistic, intellectual, even ex-hippie".<ref name="NewsJournal">{{cite news |title=Arden: As they like it |author=Brown, Robin |journal=The News Journal |url=http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/HOMES05/51228005/1182}}</ref>

==History==
Arden was founded in 1900 by sculptor Frank Stephens and architect William Lightfoot Price, based on ideas such as [[Henry George]]'s [[Georgism|single-tax]], [[William Morris]]'s [[Arts and Crafts movement|Arts and Crafts]] principles,<ref name="NewsJournal"/><ref name="Smithsonian">{{cite journal |last=Wiencek |first=Henry |author-link=Henry Wiencek |date=May 1992 |title=Laying out the idyllic life in a latter-day Arden |journal=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]] |volume=23 |issue=2 |page=124 |publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]] |location=Washington, D.C. |issn=0037-7333 |oclc=265517591 }}</ref> and [[Peter Kropotkin]]'s theories of community.  Philanthropist [[Joseph Fels]] funded the project.

The single-tax movement, popular in the U.S. and other countries from the 1890s until the 1930s, is based on the belief that the best way to raise government money was to tax only the value of unimproved land and the public-created value, like roads, added to the land.  The tax, based on a systematized assessment, would recover both the value of natural resources and public investment for the public, while not impeding labor and capital from profiting from their efforts.  Followers of Henry George's philosophy of economics created Arden as an experiment in the single-tax idea after a failed attempt to implement Georgism in the entire state of Delaware in the late 19th century.

Englishman William Morris rebelled against modern cities and industry. He advocated a return to craft production, good design, and village life.  Kropotkin was primarily an [[anarcho-communism|anarcho-communist]] whose ideas regarding social and community living were used by the founders of Arden to advance Morris' ideas for the return to village life.

[[File:Stephens Theater Arden DE 96 cap.jpg|thumb|left|Stephens Theater]]
Land in Arden cannot be sold; instead it has a renewable [[99-year lease]]. The leasehold interest in the land has a market value and can be sold. People are free to improve it as they choose, but the land-lease fee will not increase because of improvements.  Arden is not exempt from New Castle County land taxes, but the buildings within the village are taxed separately for county and school district revenue, while the land is technically one large parcel, and taxed by New Castle County accordingly.  The land is held in a trust, administered by three elected trustees, who have lifelong tenure. Arden's tax structure is currently based upon the individual leaseholds. Most leaseholds are residential, and the land rent is based upon the square footage rather than the improvements upon the land. A seven-member board of assessors, elected using [[single transferable vote]] to ensure representation of minority viewpoints, divides the County's full assessment of the residential areas of Arden among the individual lots.<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Procedures & Records |url=https://arden.delaware.gov/committees/registration-committee-elections/election-procedures-records/ |website=Village of Arden, Delaware |publisher=Village of Arden, Delaware |access-date=December 2, 2021}}</ref> Lots that are nearer to open space or woodlands are assessed a bit higher, while lots nearer main road are assessed a bit lower.

At first, Arden was a summer community. People lived the simple life in tents or rustic dwellings.  By 1909, much of the land had been leased, mostly for summer use.  By 1922 there were 148 leaseholders, 100 buildings, 350 summer residents, and 100 winter residents.<ref name="Enclaves">{{cite book  | last =Huntington | first =Charles White
  | title =Enclaves of Single-Tax or Economic Rent: being a compendium of the legal documents involved, together with a historical description
  | publisher =[[Fiske Warren]] | year =1922  | location =Harvard, Massachusetts  | url =https://books.google.com/ebooks/reader?id=mHwYAQAAIAAJ }} p. 57</ref>

The founding of the Arden Club, a volunteer-run community center, in 1908 provided an organizational core for community activity. Interest groups and task groups were called gilds {{sic}} rather than committees. From the beginning, Shakespeare's plays were produced in the outdoor Field Theater. Fairs, pageants, and Arden holidays filled the calendar.  Many of these events continue today through various community organizations including the Arden Community Recreation Association (ACRA) and the Arden Club, as well as through some of the village committees for each of the three Ardens. The Georgist Gild no longer exists (ended in 2014), but the Georgists continues to offer courses in Georgist economics to the Ardens and any other interested communities.

[[File:Arden House 3.JPG|thumb|left|"Rest Cottage" designed by [[William Lightfoot Price]]]]
[[File:Arden House DE 2.JPG|thumb|left|"The Lodge"]]
[[File:Arden DE winter 2.JPG|thumb|left|"Green Gate"]]
Shakespeare's plays were produced early in Arden's history to promote better oratory skills among the Georgists and have continued if only as a tradition and form of entertainment.

It took longer to implement the Arts-and-Crafts ideal because the community was so small at first. Many people worked in [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]] or [[Philadelphia]]. In 1913, the Craft Shop was built, which provided facilities for various artisans. Arden crafts, especially from the Arden Forge and Arden Weavers, became popular in the area.

The conceptual lifestyle of Arden proved so popular that it expanded twice, with [[Ardentown, Delaware|Ardentown]] in 1922 and [[Ardencroft, Delaware|Ardencroft]] in 1950. Today, ''the Ardens'' remain as single-tax communities at the village municipal level. The spirit of Arden encourages all sorts of artistic and intellectual expression and a strong community life.  Most of the village activities and Club activities are run by volunteers.

Arden, Delaware and its sister villages, Ardentown and Ardencroft, are in the [[National Historic Register]] because of their cultural landscape, rather than its land or buildings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Students support Ardens' efforts to gain national landmark status |author=Themal, Harry F. |publisher=UD Messenger |year=1997 |url=http://www.udel.edu/PR/Messenger/97/4/students.HTML}}</ref> Still, there are several buildings associated with Stephens and Price, including old farm houses and converted barns, the Craftshop, the Weaveshop, and a number of fine Craftsman Houses, that have historical and architectural interest.<ref name="nris"/>

==Architecture==
{{Infobox NRHP
  | name = Village of Arden
  | nocat = yes
  | nrhp_type = hd
  | image =
  | caption =
  | built = 1900
  | architect = William Lightfoot Price, Frank Stephens
  | architecture = Tudor Revival, Elizabethan
  | added = February 6, 1973
  | area = {{convert|163|acre}}
  | refnum = 73000550<ref name="nris">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=73000550}}|title=Village of Arden NRHP Nomination Form|year=1973|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service}}, {{NRHP url|id=73000550|title=including photos|photos=y}}. Arden Historic District documentation not yet posted on-line.</ref>
}}
{{Infobox NRHP
  | name = Ardens Historic District
  | nocat = yes
  | nrhp_type = hd
  | locmapin = Delaware#USA
  | built = 1900
  | architect = William L. Price, Frank Stephens
  | architecture = late 19th and early 20th century American Movements, barn
  | added = May 30, 2003
  | area = {{convert|380|acre}}
  | refnum = 01001245<ref name="nris"/>
}}

There are six named houses in Arden designed by William Lightfoot Price: Friendly Gables (built 1909), 2205 Little Lane; The Lodge (1910), 2209 The Sweep; Rest Cottage (1910), 2328 Cherry Lane; Green Gate (1909), 2210 The Sweep; The Second Homestead (1909), 2311 Woodland; and The Fels House (1909), 2110 Orleans Road.<ref>[http://www.arden.delaware.gov/townMeetingPDFs/2003_01_27minutes.pdf  Minutes] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110090135/http://www.arden.delaware.gov/townMeetingPDFs/2003_01_27minutes.pdf |date=November 10, 2010 }} Town Meeting of January 27, 2003, accessed November 30, 2010.</ref> Price also designed the Arden Craft Shop in 1913.  His designs are generally [[Elizabethan Revival]] and show the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement.  The first houses built in Arden were small summer cottages that have been destroyed, or in a few cases greatly enlarged.  Small worker's cottages were also built after the completion of the Craft Shop.  Price may have participated in the designs of both these forms as well.  Residents often designed, built and named their own cottages.  [[Upton Sinclair]]'s cottage was built with funds from Joseph Fels and named by other residents "Jungalow."<ref>{{cite book | last =Taylor | first =Mark  | title = Arden, Images of America | publisher = Arcadia Publishing | year = 2010  | pages = 128 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=9KxJTJw2GE4C | id = {{ISBN|0-7385-8559-9}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7385-8559-8}} }}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|0.3|sqmi|km2}}, all  land.  It is bounded by Sherwood Forest, Marsh Road, Hanby Park, and the expansion villages of Ardentown and Ardencroft.

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
[[File:2022-07-29 16 58 49 View south along Delaware State Route 3 (Marsh Road) at Harvey Road and Grubb Road in Arden, New Castle County, Delaware.jpg|thumb|left|DE 3 southbound in Arden]]
[[Delaware Route 3]] runs southwest-northeast along the western border of Arden as Marsh Road, heading south toward [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]] and north toward [[Delaware Route 92]] west of [[Claymont, Delaware|Claymont]]. Harvey Road runs northwest-southeast through Arden and leads southeast to a partial interchange with [[Interstate 95 in Delaware|Interstate 95]], which  has access to southbound I-95 toward Wilmington and access from northbound I-95 coming from Wilmington, and to [[U.S. Route 13 Business (Wilmington, Delaware)|U.S. Route 13 Business]] southwest of Claymont.<ref name=deldotmap>{{Delaware road map|year=2008}}</ref> [[DART First State]] provides bus service to Arden along Route 11, which heads south via DE 3 and Washington Street to the [[Wilmington station (Delaware)|Wilmington station]] serving [[Amtrak]] and [[SEPTA Regional Rail]]'s [[Wilmington/Newark Line]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dartfirststate.com/information/routes/index.shtml|title=Routes and Schedules|publisher=DART First State|access-date=August 16, 2013}}</ref>

===Utilities===
[[Delmarva Power]], a subsidiary of [[Exelon]], provides electricity and natural gas to Arden.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.delmarva.com/connect-with-us/about-us/service-territory/|title=Service Territory|publisher=Delmarva Power|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525061222/http://www.delmarva.com/connect-with-us/about-us/service-territory/|archive-date=May 25, 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=August 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gas Delivery Service Area|publisher=Delmarva Power|url=http://www.delmarva.com/my-home/natural-gas/our-service-area/|access-date=August 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815062712/http://www.delmarva.com/my-home/natural-gas/our-service-area/|archive-date=August 15, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Suez Delaware]], a subsidiary of [[Suez North America]], provides water to Arden.<ref>{{cite map|title=Geographic Information|publisher=New Castle County, Delaware|url=https://gis.nccde.org/gis_viewer/|access-date=March 5, 2018}}</ref> Sewer service in Arden is provided by New Castle County. Trash and recycling collection in Arden is provided by [https://www.trashtech.com/ Trash Tech].<ref>{{cite web|title=Civic Committee|publisher=The Village of Arden|url=http://arden.delaware.gov/committees/civic-committee/|access-date=June 22, 2018}}</ref>

==Education==
It is in the [[Brandywine School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st10_de/schooldistrict_maps/c10003_new_castle/DC20SD_C10003.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: New Castle County, DE|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=June 18, 2021}}</ref> Zoned schools are as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st10_de/place/p1001400_arden/DC20BLK_P1001400.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Arden village, DE|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2025-03-14}} - Compare to the school boundary maps.</ref> Forwood Elementary School,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brandywineschools.org:443/fs/resource-manager/view/c6b46d18-db6d-4f0e-b808-47075d7ee732|title=Elementary Schools (Grades K-5)|publisher=[[Brandywine School District]]|access-date=2025-03-14}} - Compare to the village map.</ref> Talley Middle School,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brandywineschools.org/fs/resource-manager/view/8bb1ba8a-f54a-4ff7-93fc-0a02a9bc6bd1|title=Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)|publisher=[[Brandywine School District]]|access-date=2025-03-14}} - Compare to the village map.</ref> and [[Mount Pleasant High School (Delaware)|Mount Pleasant High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brandywineschools.org/fs/resource-manager/view/96590ac7-348e-468c-aaa0-a3012fbd93f1|title=High Schools (Grades 9-12)|publisher=[[Brandywine School District]]|access-date=2025-03-14}} - Compare to the village map.</ref>

There was formerly an Arden Elementary School. It began having a racially desegregated student body in 1952.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nagengast|first=Larry|title=School desegregation issue began with 1896 court case|newspaper=[[The News Journal|The Morning News]]|place=[[Wilmington, Delaware]]|date=1976-05-20|page=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/169237726/ 5]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Joe Biden]] – the 46th president of the United States, lived in Arden during part of his childhood.<ref name="June 22, 2009 Meeting Minutes">{{cite web |last=Hickey |first=Elaine |date=September 18, 2009 |title=INSIDE: June 22, 2009 Meeting Minutes |location=Arden, DE|publisher=The Village of Arden |at=p. 3, 4.0  Recognition of the Departed |url=https://arden.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/June-2009.pdf |access-date=December 3, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Cramer 1992 p. 301">{{cite book |last=Cramer |first=Richard Ben |author-link=Richard Ben Cramer |chapter=1954 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/whatittakeswayt00cram/page/300/mode/2up?q=Arden |title=What it takes : the way to the White House |publisher=Random House |publication-place=New York |year=1992 |isbn=9780394562605 |oclc=24794262 |page=301 |url=https://archive.org/details/whatittakeswayt00cram |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref name="Delaware Today 2017">{{cite web |title=Towns for Arts Lovers |website=Delaware Today |date=March 6, 2017 |url=https://delawaretoday.com/life-style/towns-for-arts-lovers/ |access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref>
* {{annotated link|Ella Reeve Bloor}} (1862–1951)<ref name="Bloor 1940">{{cite book |last=Bloor |first=Ella Reeve |chapter=Suffer, Little Children— |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/wearemanyautobio0000unse/page/66/mode/2up?q=Arden |title=We Are Many: An Autobiography |location=New York |publisher=International Publishers |year=1940 |oclc=577705692 |url=https://archive.org/details/wearemanyautobio0000unse |url-access=registration |pages=66–72}}</ref><ref name="Harris 2004">{{cite book |last=Harris |first=Matthew M. |chapter=Arden History |publisher=Lincoln Institute of Land Policy |year=2004 |page=38 |title=Lessons from Attempted Utopia: Fairhope, AL and Arden, DE |chapter-url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep18534.10 |access-date=December 3, 2020 |location=Cambridge, MA}}</ref><ref name="Chicago-Area Computer Activism">{{cite web |title=ArchivesUSA: Bloor, Ella Reeve |website=Chicago-Area Computer Activism |url=http://www.cpsr.cs.uchicago.edu/robeson/links/archives/arch09.html |access-date=December 3, 2020}}</ref>
* {{annotated link|Harry Kemp}} (1883–1960)<ref name="Leech">{{Cite journal |last=Leech |first=Steven |title=Comedy and Romance in Arden, Delaware |journal=The Broadkill Review |volume=10 |issue=2 |issn=1935-0538 |oclc=76893150 |pages=1, 19–20 |url=https://www.academia.edu/24556947/Fiction_Film_and_F_Scott_Fitzgerald_Review_}}</ref><ref name="Brevda 1986">{{cite book |last=Brevda |first=William |chapter=Love's Coming-of-Age |title=Harry Kemp, the last Bohemian |publisher=Bucknell University Press Associated University Presses |publication-place=Lewisburg London |year=1986 |isbn=9780838750865 |oclc=610117506 |pages=55–65 |url=https://archive.org/details/harrykemplastboh0000brev |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/harrykemplastboh0000brev/page/54/mode/2up |url-access=registration}}</ref>
* {{annotated link|Scott Nearing}}<ref name="Grau 2014 pp. 276-277">{{cite journal |last=Gray |first=Erik |title=Radical Teaching: Scott and Helen Nearing's Impact on Maine's Natural Food Revival |journal=Maine History |publisher=Maine Historical Society |date=July 1, 2014 |volume=48 |number=2 |oclc=35278700 |pages=276–277 |url=https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1118&context=mainehistoryjournal |via=digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu}}</ref><ref name="Ketcham Dunham Dasgupta Tisdale 2012">{{cite web |last=Ketcham |first=Christopher |last2=Dunham |first2=Lena |last3=Dasgupta |first3=Rana |last4=Tisdale |first4=Sallie |title=Monopoly Is Theft |website=Harper's Magazine |date=October 19, 2012 |url=https://harpers.org/2012/10/monopoly-is-theft/ |access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Taylor 2010">{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Mark |title=Arden |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |publication-place=Charleston, SC |year=2010 |isbn=9781439626085 |oclc=860833892 |url={{google books|id=kwp1m8z5-EAC|page=PT46|plainurl=yes}}}}</ref>
* {{annotated link|Russell W. Peterson}}<ref name="Delaware Today 2017"/><ref name="Peterson 1946">{{cite web |last=Peterson |first=R.W.n |title=The August 26, 1946 Meeting of the Town Assembly of Arden, De |location=Arden, DE |publisher=The Village of Arden |url=https://arden.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/August-26-1946.pdf |access-date=December 3, 2020 |quote=<u>Signed</u>: R.W. Peterson}}</ref><ref name="Frank 1985">{{cite news |last=Frank |first=Bill |title=The Henry George session was a flop |newspaper=The News Journal |location=Wilmington, DE|date=September 4, 1985 |issn=1042-4121 |oclc=760300114}}{{page needed|date=December 2020}}</ref>
* {{annotated link|Upton Sinclair}}<ref name="Deseret News 2012">{{Cite web |last=Milford |first=Maureen  |date=October 15, 2012 |title=Walking tour celebrates history of Arden community |url=https://www.deseret.com/2012/10/15/20441842/walking-tour-celebrates-history-of-arden-community |access-date=December 2, 2020 |website=Deseret News}}</ref><ref name="The New York Times 1911">{{cite web |title=Upton Sinclair in Jail; With Ten Others for Violating Delaware's Sunday Law. |website=The New York Times |date=August 2, 1911 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1911/08/02/archives/upton-sinclair-in-jail-with-ten-others-for-violating-delawares.html |access-date=December 2, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Arden Claims Upton Sinclair 1934">{{cite news |title=Arden Claims Upton Sinclair |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20851342/arden-claims-upton-sinclair-1934g/ |newspaper=The News Journal |location=Wilmington |date=September 1, 1934 |page=6 |oclc=760300114 |access-date=December 2, 2020}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align= left
|1970= 555
|1980= 516
|1990= 477
|2000= 474
|2010= 439
|2020= 430
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 474 people, 229 households, and 122 families residing in the village.  The population density was {{convert|1,780.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 243 housing units at an average density of {{convert|912.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the village was 95.15% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.84% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.42% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.69% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 1.90% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.32% of the population.

There were 229 households, out of which 21.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.3% were non-families. 38.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.07 and the average family size was 2.80.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 18.1% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 35.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.8% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.9 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.3 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $56,731, and the median income for a family was $70,893. Males had a median income of $48,125 versus $38,333 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $30,422.  None of the families and 2.1% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and 2.0% of those over 64.

==See also==
* {{annotated link|National Register of Historic Places listings in northern New Castle County, Delaware}}
* {{annotated link|Fairhope, Alabama}}
* {{annotated link|Rose Valley, Pennsylvania}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite thesis|last=McKinney|first=Connee|url=https://udspace.udel.edu/items/31ab4c57-56ad-474c-875e-bdc4880e8d37|title=What the Arden School can teach us: hard lessons in community building|publisher=[[University of Delaware]]|year=2004}} - [https://udspace.udel.edu/bitstreams/844ecc02-1aa5-43eb-b437-e0e632338579/download PDF]

==External links==
{{Commons category|Arden, Delaware}}
* {{Official website|http://www.arden.delaware.gov/}}
* [http://charters.delaware.gov/arden.shtml Village Charter]

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