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Junto Club, Associated with Flying Dog Brewery, Cleans up Brunswick Stream

October 15, 2012 by  
Filed under Brunswick, Chesapeake Bay, Protecting Waterways

Junto Club, Associated with Flying Dog Brewery, Cleans up Brunswick Stream On Saturday, October 13th Junto members joined forces with Brunwick Mayor Karin Tome and Councilman Ellis Burruss and FoFC’s executive director, Janice Wiles,  to clean trash from one of Brunswick’s tributaries to the Potomac River.

10-10-11 Seven citizen groups address 194 land use change proposals with letter to the Frederick County Planning Commissioners

Proposals for land use change in Frederick County

Friends of Frederick County has analyzed the 194 proposals available for public reading at:  Frederick County Government website, Community Development page. Here is a summary of our findings:

31 Ways Citizens Can Help Our Economy in Frederick County

Buy Local Buy Fresh at Farmers Markets in Frederick County

Municipal Growth Element Fact Sheet

County’s Role in the Development of “Municipal Growth Elements”

Dominion Gas proposes a gas compressor facility near Jefferson rural neighborhood, important meeting June 19th

June 19, 2008 by  
Filed under Brunswick, Natural Gas

A West Virginia corporation, Dominion Transmission Inc. (DTI), is planning to build an 11-acre industrial facility between Rt. 340, Rt. 180 and Gene Hemp Rd. on the edge of Jefferson, MD. This PEAK Gas Compressor Facility is part of a huge “Gas Storage Factory” project. Check out www.jmdca.org for information, join the site visit on [...]