KINGSTON — After years as a seed, Olympic Property Group’s plan for Arborwood is getting ready to germinate.

The project is preparing to begin again, and OPG officials are hoping to gain public input before the development starts to grow.

OPG President Jon Rose is seeking public input on the Kingston development during an open house on Oct. 11, so he has a clearer picture as to what the North End community wants to prune or keep before designs for Arborwood bloom.

“We’re working on what we can do to alleviate unnecessary angst,” he said, adding that OPG hopes to address concerns before the conceptual drawings are inked. “We don’t want any unnecessary angst.”

Arborwood will encompass 380 acres and currently calls for 765 lots on about one third of that land, Rose said. The rest of the acreage will be dedicated to open space and trails, separating the cluster of homes and giving a sense of rural living in an urban environment.

“We’re at 380 acres now, and we’re right in step with the (Growth Management Act),” said OPG project manager Kent Berryman, adding that the lots have been designed as urban cluster. “It’s the same as urban low (density) but with different housing. We’re keeping a lot of open space.”

“They have a vested plat, that is, they have the same number of units with either large lots or a clustered development,” said Kitsap County Commissioner Chris Endresen. “The impact will be the same, but the clustered housing will be better in the long run for the environment.”

“If people show an interest, maybe we’ll put in a small business center,” Berryman said, adding that the open house will focus entirely on residential housing, but OPG is open to ideas.

“I think Olympic Resources will make it fit into Kingston,” Endresen said. “It is to their benefit to do so. They’ll work to make sure it fits in with this area.”

The plan — which was originally called the Applewood development — included a golf course. With the advent of White Horse’s nine hole course, OPG planners decided it would be prudent to alter the design and the name.

Originally 1,100 acres, Arborwood carved out 380 for the development, leaving the remaining 720 acres for Kingston’s Heritage Park.

Proponents of Arborwood struggled for the proposal’s adoption into the Kingston Urban Growth Area plan, failing to do so in 1999, Rose said. Six years later, in December 2005, Arborwood was added into the UGA, Berryman said.