04-13-2010 City and County to Meet Over City’s Sprawl Growth Plans
March 11, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Municipal Annexations, Police, Fire and Rescue, Public Health, Public Meetings, Roads, Schools, Share your Opinion on Policy, Testify, The Hidden Costs of Sprawl, Water and Sewer
The Issue
After established deadlines, HB 1141 (amending Article 66B) prohibits the annexation of any property that is not included in a Municipal Growth Element. This Growth Element must contain a detailed analysis of the growth impacts of annexing and developing properties in the municipality’s planned growth area. Prior to adopting this Growth Element, a municipality [...]
Point / Counterpoint on the Thatcher and Crum Annexations: Growth in Frederick City
February 2, 2010 by admin
Filed under Crumland Farm, Frederick City, Frederick, Police, Fire and Rescue, Press and Media, Roads, Schools, Spread the Word!, Thatcher Farm, Frederick City, The Hidden Costs of Sprawl, Water and Sewer
Point/Counter Point: Growth
Posted on 16 November 2009
Frederick City is poised to grow by more than 500 acres thanks to the recent annexation of two area farms, but the move remains controversial. While development advocate Bruce Dean, (left) a lawyer specializing in annexations with McEvoy & Dean, and other supporters say expanding the city’s boundaries is [...]
Insider Forum: safeguarding our schools using a countywide school test, Monday February 1st 7:30pm
January 30, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Discussion Forums, Schools, Share your Opinion on Policy
INSIDER FORUM, Monday February 1st 7:30pm
Recently annexed properties will be subject to schools test
November 17, 2009 by FofFC
Filed under Crumland Farm, Frederick City, Press and Media, Schools, Thatcher Farm, Frederick City
Originally published November 17, 2009
County growth policy makes sense (Gazette Opinion)
November 12, 2009 by FofFC
Filed under Schools, Share your Opinion on Policy
A proposal by Frederick County Commissioner John “Lennie” Thompson Jr. may raise the ire of municipal leaders, but would have long-term benefits for the county’s public school students.
County seeks to control growth in towns, cities
November 12, 2009 by FofFC
Filed under Schools, Share your Opinion on Policy
Regulations aimed to help stop school overcrowding
by Margarita Raycheva | Staff Writer
Frederick County commissioners are getting closer to passing a proposal that would give the county greater growth control power over cities and towns.
Friends’ opinion on APFO county wide school test
November 11, 2009 by FofFC
Filed under Schools, Write a Letter
On behalf of Friends of Frederick County we say thank you to Commissioner Thompson for proposing to do what your experience tells you is right, and for what the citizens of Frederick County have asked you to do:
City needs to work with county to address annexation issues
September 3, 2009 by FofFC
Filed under Frederick, Growing Smart with Adequate Public Services, Municipal Growth Element, Police, Fire and Rescue, Press and Media, Public Meetings, Roads, Schools, The Hidden Costs of Sprawl, Water and Sewer
Frederick News Post
Letter to the Editor
September 03, 2009
It is unfortunate that city and county elected officials are debating the Crum and Thatcher annexations in the letters to the editor. It would be much more productive if the majority of the city elected officials would have met with the Frederick County Board of County Commissioners as [...]
Frederick City promotes sprawl whereas Frederick County works hard to contain growth and promote redevelopment
September 1, 2009 by FofFC
Filed under Municipal Growth Element, Schools, We Draw the Line: Comprehensive Plan
Frederick County has been working on its 20 year Comprehensive Plan. The Frederick County Planning Commissioners have taken great care to curb costly growth patterns, protect natural resources, add emphasis to providing infrastructure for multi-modal forms of transportation, protect our agricultural land for production of food and fiber, and preserve ourquality of life. In that vein [...]
FoFC makes argument against Thatcher and Crum Farm annexations for city development
June 8, 2009 by FofFC
Filed under Crumland Farm, Frederick City, Frederick, Municipal Growth Element, Police, Fire and Rescue, Preserving Farms, Roads, Schools, Testify, Thatcher Farm, Frederick City, Water and Sewer
Ref: Crum and Thatcher Annexation Proposals on Agenda, June 8, 2009 Public Hearing
#1 The first and most important issue we raise is that these proposals will most certainly create a death trap on route 15 – endangering our families, our kids and visitors to our county. Both Willow Road andBiggs Ford Road are at grade, unsignalized intersections allowing people access to a [...]