03-10-2010 @ 7pm IMAGINE! FREDERICK: see award winning movie “Fresh” at the MET

02-10-2010 @11:30 Webinar on Our “Pollution Diet” and Pollution Reduction Planning

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 [...]

02-01-2010 Insider Forum: Public Schools and the APFO Countywide School Test

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

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 [...]

Insider Forum: safeguarding our schools using a countywide school test, Monday February 1st 7:30pm

INSIDER FORUM, Monday February 1st 7:30pm

Take Action December 2nd 7pm: participate in Chesapeake Bay watershed restoration and protection efforts

Public Encouraged to Attend Forums, Submit Comments on Draft Strategy for Restoring the Chesapeake Bay

PATH meeting highlights gap between residents, Allegheny Power

The proposed Potomac Appalachian Transmission Highline generated more questions than answers for many of the 45 residents attending a meeting.

PATH Forum

Friends of Frederick County hosts the Issue Insiders’ Forum to bring together people concerned about local issues with those who shape them.

Land Value Taxation: what is it, how has it worked elsewhere, and how would it work in Frederick City?

Guest Speaker:    Josh Vincent of The Center for the Study of Economics, http://www.urbantools.org/