Welcome to Village District, a place where neighbors gather, a place with a unique sense of togetherness, discovery, and tradition that can never be replicated. More than a shopping center, it is a place that merchants and villagers all call home.Established in 1949.The Cameron Village Shopping Center, located at the intersection of Clark Avenue and Oberlin Road, opened in 1949 with three stores and one restaurant. Raleigh residents were invited to “Shop as you please, with the greatest of ease, in the wonderful Cameron Village!” Designed by Leif Valand, the open-air shopping mall was not only Raleigh’s first shopping center away from downtown but also is considered the first shopping center constructed between Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, Georgia. By 1950, Cameron Village, a “town within a town,” comprised 65 stores, 112 business or professional offices, 566 apartment units, and 100 private homes.