Sustainable growth policies for rural areas: making communities attractive for investment
December 20, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Distribution Material, Municipal Growth: addressing the hidden costs of sprawl in New Market, Public Meetings and Workshops, Spread the Word!
Maryland Department of Planning’s Sustainable Growth Commission Share and Enjoy:
12-2011 Frederick City Begins Comprehensive Rezoning Process
December 19, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Distribution Material, Frederick, Municipal Growth: addressing the hidden costs of sprawl in New Market, Spread the Word!
Frederick City Begins Comprehensive Rezoning Process (to view entire map click on it) Frederick City’s Planning Department is accepting letters requesting zoning changes from property owners until Friday, January 27, 2012. The city will only accept requests for a zoning classification when the zoning change would be consistent with the land use designation as shown [...]
(NYT Opinion Page)The Death of the Fringe Suburb
November 27, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Distribution Material, Municipal Growth: addressing the hidden costs of sprawl in New Market, Spread the Word!
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October 2011 rezoning fact/q and a sheet: see what could happen near your home
October 21, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Distribution Material, Government Affairs: budget, privatization, land use policies, Spread the Word!
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Current Growth Policies versus Smart Growth Scenarios: comparison of costs and environmental implications
Data table from PlanMaryland (page 2-27). Share and Enjoy:
Public Comment on PlanMaryland due by November 9, 2011
Revised Draft Plan – September 2011 After reviewing 120 days of public comment on its initial draft of PlanMaryland the Maryland Department of Planning on September 9, 2011 released a revised draft. MDP is requesting public comment on the revised draft through November 9, 2011 before it prepares a plan to submit to Governor Martin [...]
FNP: Commissioners ease Frederick County road improvement requirements
September 7, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Distribution Material, Government Affairs: budget, privatization, land use policies, Press and Media, Roads, Share your Opinion on Policy, Spread the Word!, Write a Letter
Commissioners ease Frederick County road improvement requirements Originally published September 07, 2011 Share and Enjoy:
Facts about the 194 rezoning applications under review by Young Board of County Commissioners
September 2, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Changes in Comprehensive Zoning 2011, Distribution Material, Government Affairs: budget, privatization, land use policies, Press and Media, Roads, Schools, Share your Opinion on Policy, Testify
Since FoFC did this analysis the county has made some changes to the parcel sizes to be rezoned. Click here for a memo from the Frederick County Community Development Division summarizing those changes. FoFC has not yet revisited our analysis. Share and Enjoy:
05-24 7PM Gasland film showing in Middletown
May 5, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Distribution Material, Middletown, Natural Gas, Public Meetings and Workshops, Spread the Word!
Tuesday, May 24th @ 7pm showing of GASLAND A film directed by Josh Fox, winner of Special Jury Prize-Best US Documentary Feature-Sundance 2010, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. “The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The HALLIBURTON-developed drilling technology of “fracking” or “hydro-fracking” [...]
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 [...]
