Supporting Communities, Preserving Resources and Enriching Lives… Changing Maryland for the better!
October 26, 2010
Housing, Planning american community survey, eagles, ravens Leave a comment
It is not surprising, but nonetheless somewhat disheartening, to see that one of the major effects of the housing bubble and its rising prices in the middle of the past decade was to cause people to move further “out” and away from their jobs. This outward migration resulted in longer commutes to work, stretching out to Pennsylvania and Maryland’s Upper Eastern Shore Region. more…
October 25, 2010
Uncategorized maryland sustainable growth commission Leave a comment
The Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission holds its inaugural meeting more…
October 12, 2010
Housing, Land Use, Smart Growth, State Growth Plan chesapeake bay foundation, home builders association of maryland, planmaryland, sustainable Leave a comment
One of the trends that has propelled us and other state agencies to work on developing a sustainable growth plan is the immense increase in land use in the past half-century.
While Maryland’s population increased roughly 140 percent between 1950 (2.3 million) and 2005 (5.5 million), the rate of acres developed during that span rose 450 percent. more…
October 1, 2010
Historic Preservation maryland archaeological conservation laboratory, world trade center ship Leave a comment
We grasped that it was a big deal when Nichole Doub, head conservator at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory (MAC Lab), was invited to speak about the lab’s recent work before the New York Academy of Sciences. But we were even more impressed when we realized that the academy’s members over the years included, to name a few, Alexander Graham Bell, Charles Darwin, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Thomas Jefferson and Margaret Mead. No small amount of brain power there. more…