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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
County denies application for large Korean-American church plan
October 15, 2009 by FofFC
Filed under Global Mission "Mega" Church, Police, Fire and Rescue, Press and Media, Protecting our Waterways, Urbana, Water and Sewer
Originally published October 15, 2009
By Meg Tully , News-Post Staff
A church that hopes to move to southern Frederick County is running into opposition from county planners and residents.
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 [...]
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 [...]