[1] Started in 1971, it is one of the oldest villages, and comprises four neighborhoods: Jeffers Hill, Kendall Ridge, Locust Park, and Phelps Luck.

[4] The property was divided between his three sons "John of Col Edward", Benjamin and "Nicholas of Long Reach" Dorsey in 1705.

[5] In 1769, the "Bethesda Old Place Farm" home was expanded on the property and run as a tobacco-producing plantation with 26 slave workers.

German prisoners of war would be delivered to site daily from Fort Meade through WWII to be used as farmhands by local residents.

[18][19][20][21] The inward-facing village center concept was centrally managed by the Rouse Company, limiting ownership diversification.

With 17 percent of Long Reach developed as subsidized housing, a secondary goal of the developer was to place the village center close to residents who may not be able to afford transportation and want to walk to the center, with an unintended effect of becoming community open space for residents not shopping.

The deal fell through as different legislation packages proposed giving or charging the church an additional $1 million for parking rights.