Derry Green Business Park is an employment or industrial area within Milton, with commercial and workplace uses playing a larger role than conventional residential development. The area is oriented more toward employment, industrial, office, logistics or commercial activity than toward conventional residential living. Housing may be limited or concentrated around the edges, while highway access, arterial roads, workplaces and large-format services typically matter more to the area's function. Milton combines a historic town centre with rapidly developed family neighbourhoods, expanding employment areas and convenient access to conservation lands and the Niagara Escarpment.