About St. Charles, Maryland

Saint Charles, located in Southern Maryland, is considered one of the most successful planned communities in the country. Located just 11 miles outside the Washington Capital Beltway, it is zoned to include 24,730 housing units in five villages; Smallwood, Westlake, Fairway, Wooded Glen, and Piney Reach. The first two, Smallwood and Westlake are fully completed, and Fairway Village is currently being developed with three neighborhoods: Sheffield, Heritage, and Gleneagles, all with major roadways and significant infrastructure already in place.

The master planned community also includes Saint Charles Towne Center, a 1.1 million square foot regional mall, and several village centers and neighborhood commercial districts. Saint Charles is home to the largest sector of private employment in Charles County and the most successful retail, commercial, and industrial parks in Southern Maryland. With mass transit, pedestrian friendly walking paths, dozens of fine restaurants, neighborhood schools, a state of the art baseball and entertainment facility, and much more, Saint Charles truly is A Place Whose Time Has Come.

Our Green Initiative

Our Green Initiative for Saint Charles is an effort to meet a fundamental challenge:  preserving and protecting our environment in a manner that makes economic sense.

Saint Charles green initiative has three key components:
First, we are changing how we plan, design and develop future residential and commercial land in Saint Charles. Next, we have raised the efficiency standards for new homes, new apartments and new commercial buildings in Saint Charles. And lastly, we are working with our existing homeowners, businesses, and apartment residents, to help them to improve their  energy efficiency, and  educate them on the economic benefits of more efficient buildings.