How limiting pollution encourages job growth, report by CBF
January 5, 2012 by FofFC
Filed under Chesapeake Bay, Protecting Waterways, Reading Material, Spread the Word!
Debunking the “Job Killer” Myth How Pollution Limits Encourage Jobs in the Chesapeake Bay Region 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 [...]
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 [...]
Agriculture contributes to our quality of life
January 13, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Municipal Growth: addressing the hidden costs of sprawl in New Market, Preserving Farms and Open Space, Reading Material, Urban Revitalization and Infill
Washington County farming by the numbers By JEFF SEMLER jsemler@umd.edu 9:44 AM EST, January 11, 2011 Share and Enjoy:
State making little progress with Smart Growth, study says (Baltimore Sun)
January 7, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Municipal Growth, Preserving Farms and Open Space, Reading Material
State making little progress with Smart Growth, study says Policies had little impact on sprawl, congestion Share and Enjoy:
Thinking outside the box on sprawl: the sprawl repair manual
December 16, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Municipal Growth: addressing the hidden costs of sprawl in New Market, Reading Material, Spread the Word!
Driving the highways and byways of America’s endless exurbs and suburbs can be pretty depressing. Strip mall after megamall after subdivision after strip mall fans out from every city in the country — with much of that development sitting vacant or in foreclosure. Even the sprawl has sprawl these days. Share and Enjoy:
January 20th @ 1pm: mega church appeal before the BOA
November 30, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Public Meetings and Workshops, Reading Material, Stop the Global Mission "Mega" Church Development, Write a Letter
Let your voice be heard at the Board of Zoning Appeals hearing!
Environmental Site Design for stormwater management: resources and powerpoints
October 6, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Distribution Material, Environmental Site Design, Reading Material, Spread the Word!
Since June, Bruce Gilmore and Richard Klein of the Community and Environmental Defense Services (CEDS) have conducted five workshops on Environmental Site Design for Clean Water Advocates. The workshops were designed to expand the base of support for this incredibly important approach. To this end the workshops were successful. More then a hundred people registered [...]
Redevelopment and Stormwater Management/Environmental Site Design
September 22, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Protecting Waterways, Reading Material, Spread the Word!, Urban Revitalization and Infill
High Point Natural Drainage System Share and Enjoy:
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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