Funding in Jeopardy for the Maryland Environmental Trust’s Land Preservation Programs
March 4, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Preserving Farms, Spread the Word!, Write a Letter
preserving our land, our water and our quality of life
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Hot List of Environmental Legislation in Maryland, March 2010
March 3, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Share your Opinion on Policy, Testify, Write a Letter
Hot List of Environmental Legislation: could be good news for bicyclists, farmers and more!
Use wind generated electricity in your home. Save on power bills and support local conservation work!
February 28, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under For More Info, Spread the Word!, Wind Energy on Farms
Friends of Frederick County is partnering with Clean Currents to join their GREEN NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECT CHALLENGE! Download our flier and distribute to friends and neighbors – or email to them! Save money on your electric bill, help the environment by supporting clean, renewable wind power and support local land and water conservation in Frederick County.
02-10-2010 @11:30 Webinar on Our “Pollution Diet” and Pollution Reduction Planning
February 18, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Discussion Forums, Protecting our Waterways, Quality of Life Events, Spread the Word!
EPA will host a series of on-line webinars this year to provide updates on the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load, or “pollution diet.” The first one is scheduled for Thursday, February 25, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The agenda for the initial webinar includes an EPA update on Bay TMDL developments and a presentation [...]
The Hidden Costs of Sprawl Radio Show
February 16, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Curbing Municipal Sprawl, Distribution Material, Reading Material, Spread the Word!, The Hidden Costs of Sprawl
Click here to access and listen: The Environment Report: HIDDEN COSTS OF SPRAWL
Source: theenvironmentreport.org
02-01-2010 Insider Forum: Public Schools and the APFO Countywide School Test
February 15, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Discussion Forums, Share your Opinion on Policy
The Friends of Frederick County’s February 2010 Insiders’ Forum covered the topic of the recent expansion of the schools portion of the county’s Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance to cover municipalities as well as the county area outside these municipalities. The change has generated considerable controversy, and the county’s municipalities have filed suit to prevent the [...]
02-17-2010 @ 5-7pm Green Drinks in Frederick City
February 15, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Discussion Forums, Distribution Material, Quality of Life Events, Spread the Word!
Green Drinks location: Quynn’s Attic, 10 East Patrick Street (side entrance) in downtown Frederick. Boonsboro-based, Glory Energy Solutions will have a 15-minute presentation and demo on home energy audits. Energy audits for the home and business are critical to energy conservation and lowering your utility bill. Green Drinks is a monthly meet up of people working [...]
Municipal Growth Element Fact Sheet
February 9, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Brunswick, Burkittsville, Distribution Material, Emmitsburg, Frederick, Growing Smart with Adequate Public Services, Middletown, Mount Airy, Municipal Growth Element, Myersville, New Market, Reading Material, Rosemont, Spread the Word!, Thurmont, Walkersville, We Draw the Line: Comprehensive Plan, Woodsboro
County’s Role in the Development of “Municipal Growth Elements”
Citizens Write Mayor about Failure to Comply with Growth Policy
Mayor Randy McClement
City of Frederick
101 North Court Street
Frederick, Maryland 21701
Re: The City’s Municipal Growth Element
Citizen letter: vote “yes” to HB228 to put conditions on incinerator construction
February 9, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Share your Opinion on Policy, Solid Waste, Write a Letter
Delegates of the Maryland State House of Representatives,
As a concerned resident of Frederick, MD and a member of “Waste Not! Frederick”– I urge you to vote YES to HB228. The passage of this bill would prohibit the MD Department of the Environment from issuing a permit to construct an incinerator unless certain conditions are met; it [...]