Community Connectors: New Capacity Building Grants Available to Communities Impacted by Divisive Infrastructure

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The new Community Connectors grant program will help advance locally-driven projects to reconnect communities separated or harmed by divisive transportation infrastructure and access available federal and state funds to support these projects.

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Maryland’s Transit Station Area Planning Tool Featured in the New York Times

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by Kristen E. Humphrey, MLA, Local Assistance and Training Planner

The Transit Station Area Profile Tool (TSAPT), first detailed in our June and August 2019 editions, is an online mapping and dashboard tool designed by Planning staff to assist professionals, investors, and citizens when planning around transit stations. Such transportation “nodes” or “activity centers” are generally known as Transit Oriented Development (TODs).

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A New Plan in the New Year

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by Elizabeth Hughes, Director, The Maryland Historical Trust

The Maryland Historical Trust (MHT), a division of the Maryland Department of Planning (Planning), is currently embarking on a new statewide planning effort to help align Maryland’s efforts in historic preservation and cultural heritage toward shared goals. 

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U.S. Green Building Council Announces 2022 Top 10 States for Green Building

(…Maryland Makes the Grade, Coming in at Number Five!)

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On January 17, 2020, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released its annual ranking of U.S. states leading the way on green building, with Massachusetts topping the list. The USGBC ranking is based on LEED-certified gross square footage per capita over the past year. The LEED rating system is the world’s most widely used green building program and was created by USGBC as a leadership standard defining best practices for healthy, high-performing green buildings.

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Nominations are now open for the 48th annual Maryland Preservation Awards

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The Maryland Preservation Awards, presented annually by the Maryland Historic Trust (MHT) Board of Trustees, are the highest level of recognition for historic preservation, heritage education, and community development projects in Maryland.

Figure 1 – Photo of two 2022 Preservation Award recipients being presented award by MHT’s executive Director, Elizabeth Hughes. Courtesy Maryland Historical Trust.
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