Promoting environmental conservation, fair and open government, and active civic engagement in Frederick County, Maryland

FNP: citizen questions city permitting the Tough Mudder, and links bad planning to votes of current elected officials

 Put blame in the right place

Frederick City Planning Dept Staff Report – Crum II Annexation and Development

CRUM II STAFF REPORT

5-15-12 FNP City needs more details on Crum annexation

Features of planned development $572 million: total value at completion $181 million in commercial and office development 700 single-family homes 300 townhouses 200 condominiums 1 million square feet of office 120,000 square feet of retail 80,000 square feet for a grocery store

FoFC: facts on northern annexations

Call for your opinion on the northern annexations!

“Classic sprawl…look for problems to come” says Commissioner Gray; Commissioners Young, Shreve, Smith and DeLauter allow Crum and Thatcher Farm development to proceed

“Classic sprawl…look for problems to come”; BOCC allows development on Crum and Thatcher Farms immediately

Click here for information on the citizen complaint against the northern annexations.

03-07-2011 FNP letter to the editor: The downsides of development

I saw absolutely no reason to even consider repealing a portion of the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance that relates to schools.

Citizens speaks out on quality of life and love for Frederick County: asks BOCC for citizen representation

My name is Nicole Chafitz Orr. My family moved here from Rockville when I was 14, My parents saw the beauty and potential of Frederick. They purchased commercial property, invested in the community and made this place home.We moved to a 90 acre farm in New Midway. As a 14 year old pre-teen, I fought [...]

FoFC’s position on use of mitigation fees to pay for school demands of new development: woefully inadequate

Use of a “mitigation fee”  - as proposed by the Frederick County Builder’s Association on February 10, 2011 – to “cover the cost” of building a new school or addition to one so that a facility is adequate to house new kids for developer’s new housing development,  is not a solution, and really just adds [...]

03-01-2011 FoFC concerned that mitigation fees woefully inadequate – taxpayers to pick up tab for developer’s profits

Testimony before BOCC ref:  Frederick County Ordinance 09-28-532, a repeal of the countywide APFO for schools on land annexed into municipalities for development after June 23, 2009.

Next Page »