Hays+Ewing Design Studio, Stoneking/Von Storch Architects and Wolf Ackerman Design are the three finalists from a group of seven entrants.

One of the three winning firms is guaranteed to design the community center and village green. The winner will be selected after the jury interviews the finalists.

The community center likely will have a school and an informal post office, said Chris Schooley, director of land development for Stonehaus Inc., Belvedere’s developer.

The design competition, overseen by the Charlottesville Community Design Center, was an attempt by Stonehaus to find the best design for a subdivision that will be “developed in an environmentally and socially responsible manner,� according to the project’s vision statement.

Belvedere will be developed on 207 acres off Rio Road, just east of Southern Railroad. The jury consists of Joe Barnes, architect and planner at Celebration Associates; Charlottesville Mayor David Brown; Anselmo Canfora, assistant professor at the University of Virginia School of Architecture; Bob Hauser, Stonehaus chief executive officer; Dennis S. Rooker, chairman of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors; and Frank Stoner, Stonehaus chief operating officer.