The
Borough of Woodbine is a small community located in northern Cape May
County, bordered by Upper Township to the north and surrounded by
Dennis Township along the southern, eastern and western municipal
boundaries.
Woodbine
is a community of approximately 2,700 persons who take pride in their
community and maintain a strong interest in preserving the rural
character that symbolizes the area's historical significance as an
early Jewish immigrant community that became a self-sufficient farming
village.
Beyond the Borough's advantageous proximity
to the shore region is the fact that it is one of only five Pinelands
Towns—a designation that offers the community the opportunity
to develop as a centerpiece within this region. The "Town" designation
typically indicates a larger, usually more dense area, and more likely
to be a sewered area than that of the next classification, Pinelands
Village. The Pinelands Comprehensive Plan indicates that, within a
Town, appropriate infill residential, commercial and industrial
development may be permissible within the existing character of the
community.
In addition to its locational advantages and
status as a Pinelands Town, the Borough also has a well defined Town
Center, with Washington Avenue and Adams Avenue being the primary
commercial throughfares. Washington Avenue, in particular, is
undergoing extensive streetscape improvements, facade improvements, and
other enhancements that will create a focal point as a specialty retail
hub in the Borough town center as an attractive venue for both
residents and visitors alike. The DeHirsch Boulevard commercial and
industrial zone is the other primary throughfare (east-west), which
begins near its intersection with Washington Avenue and continues east
to the Woodbine Municipal Airport.
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