FoFC questions who Frederick City leaders represent?
June 14, 2012 by FofFC
Filed under Frederick, Keller Farm, Municipal Growth Element, Municipal Growth: addressing the hidden costs of sprawl in New Market, Share your Opinion on Policy
June 11, 2012 Meta Nash, Chairman Josh Bokee, Vice Chairman Elisabeth Fetting Richard L. Stup
Frederick City Growth Plan Map – showing areas of interest for annexation and development
Sign citizen letter expressing your concern with Keller Farm development
Click here to read background information on the Keller Farm annexation and development plans.
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:
New Market’s supplement to their growth plan and FoFC’s response
April 20, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Delaplaine Farm in New Market, Ganley Farm in New Market, Municipal Growth Element, Municipal Growth: addressing the hidden costs of sprawl in New Market, New Market, Police, Fire and Rescue, Public Health, Roads, Schools, Share your Opinion on Policy, Smith/Cline Farm in New Market, Spread the Word!
April 2011 New Market’s mayor and town council released a New Market Supplement to their Municipal Growth Element and Comprehensive Plan along with an analysis of traffic. In July 2011 Friends of Frederick County submitted comments on the supplement to Mayor Burhans, as did the Maryland Department of Planning. In October 2010 Dr Reid [...]
03/13/2011 FNP letter to the editor: Friends or not Friends — an easy call for taxpayers
March 13, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Delaplaine Farm in New Market, Ganley Farm in New Market, Growing Smart with Adequate Public Services, Municipal Growth Element, Municipal Growth: addressing the hidden costs of sprawl in New Market, New Market, Preserving Farms and Open Space, Protecting Waterways, Share your Opinion on Policy, Smith/Cline Farm in New Market, Spread the Word!, Write a Letter
Evidently in his Feb. 28 letter to The Frederick News-Post Mark Koehler was following the wisdom of Harry Truman, who once said, “If you can’t convince them, confuse them.”
03-05-2011 FNP: Friends of Frederick County wrongly vilified by New Market-area resident
March 5, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Delaplaine Farm in New Market, Distribution Material, Ganley Farm in New Market, Municipal Growth Element, Municipal Growth: addressing the hidden costs of sprawl in New Market, New Market, Police, Fire and Rescue, Preserving Farms and Open Space, Press and Media, Protecting Waterways, Public Health, Roads, Schools, Smith/Cline Farm in New Market, Water and Sewer
Homes in more traditional communities tend to hold value better than those built as sprawl
February 24, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Distribution Material, Municipal Growth Element, Urban Revitalization and Infill
A new report released from Smart Growth Maryland has findings that may surprise you… homes inside the priority funding areas (PFAs), located in more traditional communities and designated growth areas, fared better economically than the homes that were built
Costs to county taxpayers for school needs in New Market growth plan: $10 million for school construction and $7 million/year for operations
December 8, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Delaplaine Farm in New Market, Ganley Farm in New Market, Growing Smart with Adequate Public Services, Municipal Growth Element, Municipal Growth: addressing the hidden costs of sprawl in New Market, New Market, Roads, Schools, Smith/Cline Farm in New Market, Spread the Word!, Water and Sewer
Recently approved New Market Plan includes 3 Annexations that will double town size and triple its population
FNP: City, county assess growing pains
June 18, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Frederick, Municipal Growth Element, Municipal Growth: addressing the hidden costs of sprawl in New Market, Press and Media
Frederick city and county officials gathered Wednesday to discuss 30 years into the future: the city’s prospects for development; a north-south road around it; and how to pay any or all of the associated costs.
