Support State Policy to Keep Frederick County Farmers Farming
March 11, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under For Locavores, Preserving Farms, Share your Opinion on Policy, Write a Letter
Write a letter today to help preserve our farming community and healthy food for all of us. Read more about key bills: http://friendsofmd.org/take-action/keeping-farmers-farming/estate-tax-relief-for-farmers-fact-sheet
Funding in Jeopardy for the Maryland Environmental Trust’s Land Preservation Programs
March 4, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Preserving Farms, Spread the Word!, Write a Letter
preserving our land, our water and our quality of life
Contact us: 4 E. Church Street, Frederick 21701
Support our education programs online via paypal at: http://friendsoffrederickcounty.org/ volunteer: friends@friendsoffrederickcounty.org
Use wind generated electricity in your home. Save on power bills and support local conservation work!
February 28, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under For More Info, Spread the Word!, Wind Energy on Farms
Friends of Frederick County is partnering with Clean Currents to join their GREEN NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECT CHALLENGE! Download our flier and distribute to friends and neighbors – or email to them! Save money on your electric bill, help the environment by supporting clean, renewable wind power and support local land and water conservation in Frederick County.
Available now: financial and technical support for farmers going organic
February 4, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Preserving Farms
Global Mission “Mega” Church site plan still under discussion
January 1, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Global Mission "Mega" Church, Police, Fire and Rescue, Protecting our Waterways, Share your Opinion on Policy, Urbana
Sugar Loaf Mountain neighbor raises concern with Global Mission Church development
December 7, 2009 by FofFC
Filed under Global Mission "Mega" Church, Police, Fire and Rescue, Protecting our Waterways, Urbana, Water and Sewer, Write a Letter
Letter via email to Rick Brace, Frederick County Planning and Zoning, December 7 2009
I live on the corner of Peach Tree and Comus Road in Clarksburg, Maryland. Our home is a 1920s Cape Cod style farm house situated on just over two acres of land with a perfect birds-eye view of Sugar Loaf Mountain. There [...]
Frederick County sits at top of list for farmland lost in Maryland – 2009
November 20, 2009 by FofFC
Filed under Preserving Farms, Share your Opinion on Policy
But overall for Maryland lost much less farmland in 2009 than in previous years. Read more from Maryland Department of Planning’s report:
November 19th 7pm (Thursday) “Keeping the Lights On…”
November 16, 2009 by FofFC
Filed under OurCommonWEalth, Wind Energy on Farms
Using wind turbines and other emergency energy systems when the power goes down
ANNOUNCING the third program in a series of Community Education Programs about Small Wind Energy Systems and is relevant for any person, small farm, non-profit organization (i.e. churches, clubs), school, municipality or rural small business enterprises interested in how to keep power on [...]
The hubris of Global Community Church
November 5, 2009 by FofFC
Filed under Global Mission "Mega" Church, Police, Fire and Rescue, Press and Media, Share your Opinion on Policy, Urbana, Water and Sewer, Write a Letter
Frederick Gazette, November 5, 2009
I am writing in response to The Gazette’s article about the Global Mission Church (“Church to appeal decision,” Oct. 22).
Global Mission Church filed to appeal Frederick County’s Planning Commissions denial of their site plan
November 1, 2009 by FofFC
Filed under Global Mission "Mega" Church, Police, Fire and Rescue, Public Meetings, Urbana, Water and Sewer
Global Mission Church takes issue with the Health Department and Fire and Safety staff recommendations for denial to the Board of Appeals. Read their appeal here.