Expert affidavits on New Market growth plans illustrate likely tax increases, congested roads, overcrowded schools and harm to environmentally sensitive areas
In 2011, Friends of Frederick County, the Audubon Society of Central Maryland and 13 residents filed a complaint in the Frederick County Circuit Court against the Town of New Market asserting that the Town’s Master Plan, the Municipal Growth Element, failed to satisfy the requirements of the State law. (Friends of Frederick County et al. [...]
FoFC’s testimony on the 2011 Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Review in their consideration of 193 rezoning applications
February 1, 2012 by FofFC
Filed under Government Affairs: budget, privatization, land use policies, Share your Opinion on Policy
Response to Frederick County Commissioners Young, Gray, Smith, DeLauter and Shreve, ref: the 2011 Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Review in their consideration of 193 rezoning applications
03-18-2011 Mayor Burhans reacts to citizens’ lawsuit in New Market
March 18, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Delaplaine Farm in New Market, Distribution Material, Ganley Farm in New Market, Growing Smart with Adequate Public Services, Municipal Growth: addressing the hidden costs of sprawl in New Market, New Market, Our Campaigns, Preserving Farms and Open Space, Roads, Schools, Smith/Cline Farm in New Market, Spread the Word!, Water and Sewer
New Market mayor not threatened by lawsuit, says plan has town’s best interests in mind
03-05-2011 FNP: Friends of Frederick County wrongly vilified by New Market-area resident
March 5, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Delaplaine Farm in New Market, Distribution Material, Ganley Farm in New Market, Municipal Growth Element, Municipal Growth: addressing the hidden costs of sprawl in New Market, New Market, Police, Fire and Rescue, Preserving Farms and Open Space, Press and Media, Protecting Waterways, Public Health, Roads, Schools, Smith/Cline Farm in New Market, Water and Sewer
Download Flyer Showing How New Market will Double in Size
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County officials and New Market leaders to go to mediation over growth plan
At Winchester Hall Monday, Sept 20th at 7pm: Will your taxes go to support sprawl? Join us to voice your opinion!
How many residential units can be built in Linganore before roads fail?
December 4, 2007 by admin
Filed under New Market, Roads, Share your Opinion on Policy, Write a Letter
The Revised (December 2007) Traffic Study for the New Market Region concludes that, even if reduced by 1000 residential units, development authorized in the April 2007 Draft Region Plan would result in widespread failure and near failure of critical roadway links throughout the Region. On December 18th, 2007 FoFC asked the Board of County Commissioners [...]
Once and future plan for New Market
Originally published July 24, 2007 FNP Consensus has it that the election of the current Board of Frederick County Commissioners was a response to the previous board’s pro-growth decisions and what they spelled for the county in coming years.Two slow-growth candidates from the previous board, John L. Thompson Jr. and Jan Gardner, were joined by [...]
County Traffic Studies Underestimate Traffic Volumes
July 20, 2006 by FofFC
Filed under New Market, Roads
Friends of Frederick County consultant, Reid Ewing, PhD, investigates the degree to which the county accurately assessed the traffic impacts of rezonings and other decisions in the New Market Regional Plan update. Read assessment here.
National Audubon Society and Friends of Frederick County oppose rezoning of Smith-Cline Property in New Market
June 19, 2006 by FofFC
Filed under New Market, Roads, Schools, Share your Opinion on Policy
In a June 19, 2006 letter to the Frederick County Planning Commission the Audubon Society of Central Maryland and the Friends of Frederick County oppose development proposed by Rezoning Request # R-06-02 (the New Market Smith-Cline property). The letter includes not only interests by both organizations requesting denial, but also the five profound arguments made [...]
