BEL AIR, MD-The developers for a planned continuing care retirement community on nearly 153 acres near the intersection of Route 543 and Amyclae Drive have made some revisions to their plan.

Towson-based Presbyterian Home of Maryland and Elm Street Development of McLean, VA say the changes involve flip-flopping the layout of the retirement community and planned single-family homes. The new plan for the development to be built at the Eva-Mar property calls for fewer living units in the retirement community, but more single-family homes on the remainder of the site.

The development team is seeking approval from Harford County to build the project. The new plan decreases the number of proposed units for the retirement community from 700 to 514. The number of proposed houses has increased under the new plan from 120 to 144.

The changes to the plan were made based on input from community meetings. "We want the residents of Harford County to know that Presbyterian Home is listening," Presbyterian Home President and CEO Susan Shea said. "The re-drafting of the site was not imposed by the county. It was our decision to give up nearly 10 acres of land so that the revised layout would better suit our neighbors." See story in the Baltimore Sun.