Details on Global Mission Church rezoning request: public hearing Thursday Nov 17th 6pm
November 13, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Changes in Comprehensive Zoning 2011, Roads, Solid Waste, Spread the Word!, Stop the Global Mission "Mega" Church Development, Urbana
(sign up to speak at 5pm), Winchester Hall (12 E Church St, downtown Frederick). Share and Enjoy:
Map showing potential land use change in Urbana
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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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Jefferson citizens out in numbers to say Food Lion inappropriate for their community
The Jefferson Community wore red shirts and spoke well about the social, economic and environmental impacts of a big box store in their rural community. A Village Center is meant to serve a rural agriculture or rural residential community – and hence the maximum footprint. Share and Enjoy:
PATH Project withdraws plans to build high power electric power lines across southern Frederick County
March 1, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Distribution Material, Electricity, Preserving Farms and Open Space, Press and Media, Urbana
Please read Notice of Withdrawal and the Sugarloaf Conservancy’s press release. Share and Enjoy:
01-19-2011 Public hearing on GMC: large church impacts upon public health, safety and the environment
November 29, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Preserving Farms and Open Space, Share your Opinion on Policy, Spread the Word!, Stop the Global Mission "Mega" Church Development, Urbana, Water and Sewer, Write a Letter
In 2008 Global Mission Church, with current perish in Silver Spring, announced its plan to expand to Frederick County , clear forest and farmland, to build a 140,000 ft 2 complex at the base of Sugarloaf Mountain. This megachurch would be built on well and septic; local residents and professionals alike have expressed concern that [...]
09-02-2010 FNP Picking our pockets – to pay for PATH (letter to the editor)
September 2, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Electricity, Mount Airy, Reading Material, Share your Opinion on Policy, Testify, Urbana
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Frederick Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Planning Commission Decision to Deny Water/Sewer Plan for Mega-Church on Farmland
July 20, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Police, Fire and Rescue, Protecting Waterways, Share your Opinion on Policy, Spread the Word!, Stop the Global Mission "Mega" Church Development, Urbana, Water and Sewer
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