10-10-11 Seven citizen groups address 194 land use change proposals with letter to the Frederick County Planning Commissioners
October 12, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Addressing the "Northern Annexations" and Development Plans, Brunswick, Changes in Comprehensive Zoning 2011, Electricity, Frederick, Government Affairs: budget, privatization, land use policies, Growing Smart with Adequate Public Services, Jefferson, Middletown, Mount Airy, Natural Gas, New Market, Police, Fire and Rescue, Public Health, Roads, Schools, Share your Opinion on Policy, Solid Waste, Spread the Word!, Thurmont, Urbana, Walkersville, Water and Sewer
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Proposals for land use change in Frederick County
October 10, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Brunswick, Burkittsville, Changes in Comprehensive Zoning 2011, Emmitsburg, Frederick, Government Affairs: budget, privatization, land use policies, Jefferson, Libertytown, Middletown, Monrovia, Mount Airy, Myersville, New Market, Rosemont, Share your Opinion on Policy, Thurmont, Urbana, Walkersville, Woodsboro
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: Share and Enjoy:
FNP: Nonprofits object to Frederick County land-use plan rewrite
September 7, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Changes in Comprehensive Zoning 2011, Frederick, Government Affairs: budget, privatization, land use policies, New Market, Preserving Farms and Open Space, Press and Media, Public Meetings and Workshops, Share your Opinion on Policy, Spread the Word!, Urbana, We Draw the Line: Comprehensive Plan
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06-14-11 @ 7pm Meeting to answer questions on Ft Detrick’s high containment laboratories – and emergency preparedness
June 8, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Discussion Forums, Frederick, Spread the Word!
A community forum: 7 pm on Tuesday June 14th To address questions about emergency preparedness and the high containment laboratories at Fort Detrick and elsewhere in the county. Share and Enjoy:
Citizens invited to make comments on how to make Frederick City more bicycle and pedestrian friendly
May 5, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Frederick, OurCommonWEalth and All Things Sustainable, Roads, Share your Opinion on Policy, Spread the Word!, Urban Revitalization and Infill
If you are a Frederick City resident please voice your support for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure – it’s good for health, property values and overall quality of life. It seems that amenities for riders and walkers are the first to get swept aside when money is tight. Please make your comments here. The 2012 budget [...]
Fort Detrick Biodefense Containment Lab Update: next meeting April 19th.
April 13, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Distribution Material, Frederick, Press and Media, Spread the Word!
Thanks to all of you who turned out for last Tuesday’s containment lab public forum at city hall. A big thanks to all who spoke so well and so compellingly about your concerns and what you want to see the containment lab committee tackle. As a number of you said, it is hard to keep [...]
04-11-2011 7pm IMAGINE! Frederick film: A Community of Gardeners at the MET, discussion to follow
April 5, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Discussion Forums, Frederick, OurCommonWEalth and All Things Sustainable, Preserving Farms and Open Space, Protecting Waterways, Spread the Word!
PLEASE JOIN US! Monday, April 11th 7-9pm IMAGINE! Frederick film:A Community of Gardeners released just last month at the Washington DC Environmental Film Festival, focuses on the people who grow fruits, vegetables and flowers at seven community gardens in Washington, D.C. and shows how these green spaces are changing their lives, their communities and their environment. (a [...]
04-05-2011 6:30 pm Frederick City Hall forum for citizens to ask questions about Fort Detrick biodefense lab growth
March 16, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Discussion Forums, Frederick, Public Meetings and Workshops, Spread the Word!
The biodefense research laboratories at Fort Detrick and elsewhere in the county will grow more than 10 fold to some 2 million square feet of high containment lab space over the next decade. Residents have concerns and questions. An advisory Committee made up of Frederick residents has been established by the City and the [...]
Citizens speaks out on quality of life and love for Frederick County: asks BOCC for citizen representation
March 2, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Addressing the "Northern Annexations" and Development Plans, Crumland Farm, Frederick City, Frederick, Municipal Growth: addressing the hidden costs of sprawl in New Market, Preserving Farms and Open Space, Roads, Schools, Share your Opinion on Policy, Spread the Word!, Thatcher Farm, Frederick City
My name is Nicole Chafitz Orr. My family moved here from Rockville when I was 14, My parents saw the beauty and potential of Frederick. They purchased commercial property, invested in the community and made this place home.We moved to a 90 acre farm in New Midway. As a 14 year old pre-teen, I fought [...]
FoFC’s position on use of mitigation fees to pay for school demands of new development: woefully inadequate
Use of a “mitigation fee” - as proposed by the Frederick County Builder’s Association on February 10, 2011 – to “cover the cost” of building a new school or addition to one so that a facility is adequate to house new kids for developer’s new housing development, is not a solution, and really just adds [...]
