diff --git a/template/README.md b/template/README.md
index a04d00ba..a092da15 100644
--- a/template/README.md
+++ b/template/README.md
@@ -81,18 +81,22 @@ Please be sure to review the [contribution guidelines](https://auro.alaskaair.co
 
 ### Start development environment
 
-Once the project has been cloned to your local resource and you have installed all the dependencies you will need to open two different shell sessions. One is for the **npm tasks**, the second is to run the **server**.
+Once the project has been cloned to your local resource and you have installed all the dependencies you will need to open a shell session to run the **dev server**.
 
 ```shell
-// shell terminal one
 $ npm run dev
-
-// shell terminal two
-$ npm run serve
 ```
 
 Open [localhost:8000](http://localhost:8000/)
 
+If running separate sessions is preferred, please run the following commands in individual terminal shells.
+
+```shell
+$ npm run build:watch
+
+$ npm run serve
+```
+
 ### API generation
 
 The custom element API file is generated in the build and committed back to the repo with a version change. If the API doc has changed without a version change, author's are to run `npm run build:api` to generate the doc and commit to version control.
diff --git a/template/README__labs.md b/template/README__labs.md
index abec917e..b6a3c5ab 100644
--- a/template/README__labs.md
+++ b/template/README__labs.md
@@ -74,18 +74,22 @@ Please be sure to review the [contribution guidelines](https://auro.alaskaair.co
 
 ### Start development environment
 
-Once the project has been cloned to your local resource and you have installed all the dependencies you will need to open two different shell sessions. One is for the **npm tasks**, the second is to run the **server**.
+Once the project has been cloned to your local resource and you have installed all the dependencies you will need to open a shell session to run the **dev server**.
 
 ```shell
-// shell terminal one
 $ npm run dev
-
-// shell terminal two
-$ npm run serve
 ```
 
 Open [localhost:8000](http://localhost:8000/)
 
+If running separate sessions is preferred, please run the following commands in individual terminal shells.
+
+```shell
+$ npm run build:watch
+
+$ npm run serve
+```
+
 ### API generation
 
 The custom element API file is generated in the build and committed back to the repo with a version change. If the API doc has changed without a version change, author's are to run `npm run build:api` to generate the doc and commit to version control.
diff --git a/template/index.html b/template/index.html
index b9e3ffb1..dc0cbbfb 100644
--- a/template/index.html
+++ b/template/index.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <!--
         Visit demo/index.html to see live examples of your element running.
         This page will automatically redirect you there when run in the browser
-        with `npm run serve`.
+        with `npm run dev`.
       -->
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/template/package.json b/template/package.json
index 12d686f9..b1d7a8e2 100644
--- a/template/package.json
+++ b/template/package.json
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
     "================================================================================",
     "# To work within the development environment, run the following tasks",
     "  1. $ npm run dev",
-    "  2. $ npm run serve",
-    "  3. Go to http://localhost:8000",
+    "  2. Go to http://localhost:8000",
     "================================================================================"
   ],
   "name": "[npm]/[namespace]-[name]",
@@ -53,6 +52,7 @@
     "babel-loader": "",
     "compression": "",
     "concat": "",
+    "concurrently": "",
     "copyfiles": "",
     "core-js": "",
     "eslint": "",
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
     "demo:new:build": "mkdir ./build && mkdir ./build/css && mkdir ./build/demo",
     "demo:rm:build": "rm -rf ./build",
     "demo:update:index": "node ./scripts/prepForBuild",
-    "dev": "npm run build:watch",
+    "dev": "concurrently --kill-others 'npm run build:watch' 'npm run serve'",
     "dist:js": "copyfiles -u 1 -V './src/**/*.js' ./dist",
     "esLint": "./node_modules/.bin/eslint src/**/*.js",
     "linters": "npm-run-all scssLint esLint",