Upper Floor Housing offers option for adding more housing stock
Ongoing efforts to address the substantial need for more affordable housing suggest multiple solutions are necessary to build the neeeded level of available housing stock.
One approach that could help is something called “upper floor housing,” or upper floor redevelopment projects. They are a way some communities are utilizing underused spaces, like empty office buildings or unused historic buildings, to meet the demands for housing while preserving their downtown facade.
Upstairs Downtown is an organization that seeks to help upper floor redevelopers through workshops like one last month at the Smyrna Opera House.
Delaware Public Media’s Isreal Hale spend time with historic preservation architect Mike Jackson and Carmody Consulting principal consultant Dan Carmody to learn how Delaware communities could benefit from upper floor redevelopment.
Arts in Delaware: A look ahead to 2026
As we head into 2026 – we here at The Green commit to once again putting a strong focus on the Delaware arts community through our regular arts segment – Arts Playlist.
The segment is helmed by our local Morning Edition host Martin Matheny – and we figured as we launch into 2026, it would be a good time to chat with Martin about some of the people and places he’s got an eye on over the next few months.
Arts Playlist: The Delaware Contemporary preps new exhibitions
The Delaware Contemporary.It is closed to the public right now, but inside, museum curators and other staff are working hard to prepare a trio of new exhibitions, designed to spark deep conversations and introspection.
To find out what's coming to the Delaware Contemporary, Delaware Public Media's Martin Matheny spoke to Shefon Taylor, Director of Communications, Design and Strategy for this week's Arts Playlist.
Enlighten Me: Stories from Univ. of Delaware student journalists
In this week’s Enlighten Me, we visit the University of Delaware to highlight work from student journalists – pieces produced by UD Communications students for a fall semester class taught by Lydia Timmons.
This week's featured student journalists are Erica Chang, Ellie Hintz and Rachea Santora.