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 Share and Enjoy:
State Planning Secretary corrects lobbyists (FNP letter to the editor)
May 15, 2012 by FofFC
Filed under Municipal Growth: addressing the hidden costs of sprawl in New Market, Protecting Waterways, Share your Opinion on Policy
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Frederick City Growth Plan Map – showing areas of interest for annexation and development
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Sign citizen letter expressing your concern with Keller Farm development
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE GROWTH ALONG YELLOW SPRINGS ROAD [Letter to Frederick City elected officials] Share and Enjoy:
CIty of Frederick considering annexation of 302 acre Keller Farm, could build over 1000 new homes
April 26, 2012 by FofFC
Filed under Frederick, Frederick, Government Affairs: budget, privatization, land use policies, Growing Smart with Adequate Public Services, Keller Farm, Municipal Growth, Municipal Growth Element, Municipal Growth: addressing the hidden costs of sprawl in New Market, Our Campaigns, OurCommonWEalth and All Things Sustainable, Police, Fire and Rescue, Preserving Farms and Open Space, Protecting Waterways, Public Health, Roads, Schools, Share your Opinion on Policy, Spread the Word!, Water and Sewer
The following entities have petitioned the city (annexation petition) to annex the 302 acre Keller Farm into its boundaries for development, and on which 4 houses/acre are proposed for build out: Share and Enjoy:
Binding Developers Rights and Responsibilities Agreement (DRRA) up for consideration; no standards for school, road or emergency service adequacy
April 18, 2012 by FofFC
Filed under Government Affairs: budget, privatization, land use policies, Growing Smart with Adequate Public Services, Monrovia, Spread the Word!
Developers Rights and Responsibilities Agreement (DRRA) The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) is in the process of rezoning up to 15,000 acres of farmland and open space in Frederick County for development. In the past when projects enter the development process Frederick County has relied on a local ordinance to help protect all citizens from [...]
Expert affidavits on New Market growth plans illustrate likely tax increases, congested roads, overcrowded schools and harm to environmentally sensitive areas
In 2011, Friends of Frederick County, the Audubon Society of Central Maryland and 13 residents filed a complaint in the Frederick County Circuit Court against the Town of New Market asserting that the Town’s Master Plan, the Municipal Growth Element, failed to satisfy the requirements of the State law. (Friends of Frederick County et al. [...]
FoFC: facts on northern annexations
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2-21-12 Public Hearing: Will the BOCC give developers, lobbyists/lawyers the power to negotiate the adequacy of our schools and roads?
February 21, 2012 by FofFC
Filed under Our Campaigns, Police, Fire and Rescue, Roads, Schools, Share your Opinion on Policy, Spread the Word!, Water and Sewer
Public Hearing tonight: 2/21 @ 7PM Share and Enjoy:
FNP: resident concerned that we are losing the county to sprawl
February 7, 2012 by FofFC
Filed under Preserving Farms and Open Space, Roads, Schools, Share your Opinion on Policy
Losing Frederick County to sprawl Originally published February 03, 2012 Share and Enjoy:
