Supporting Communities, Preserving Resources and Enriching Lives… Changing Maryland for the better!
July 2, 2013
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July 1, 2013 by Mark Goldstein
Maryland’s population grew by more than 111,000 between 2010 and 2012, mainly due to gains in minority groups, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released in June. More
July 3, 2012
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Caution should be used in analyzing the municipal population estimates just released by the U.S. Census Bureau. There are a few reasons to be careful in making comparisons. More
May 8, 2012
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I used to write about the Internet and telecommunications for a living, but urban planning frequently seems even tougher to describe. I’m not sure why. I often felt that the tech community never figured out that acronyms were meant to make things easier to remember, not harder. RSS feeds? JPEGs? VOIP? DSL? Really? Planners don’t traffic in such odd terminology, but the field can still seem hard to convey. It’s rooted in data and science and seeks to analyze large-scale cause and effect over a long span. That’s why I was excited when a colleague forwarded me a link to Saga City, a video produced by a Quebec firm called Vivre en Ville. 
It depicts — in cartoon form, of all things — how suburban sprawl occurs, why it hastens climate change and why planning is crucial to confront that challenge.
April 10, 2012
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First of two parts
William F. Eckman remembers the late afternoon of April 28, 2002 as bright and sunny in his yard in La Plata. Forecasts on radio and TV described a storm moving through but predicted it farther north in Charles County. The sky did change and he noticed that, strangely, debris began to swirl about off the ground. But Eckman, who had been mayor of the town for 17 years at that point, said he didn’t think much of it until his town manager called. “Mayor,” he said, “we just got hit and hit hard.” All seemed fairly normal on Eckman’s block, although he was startled when his neighbor said he’d heard the hospital in town had lost water pressure and he wondered whether something had happened to the town’s water tower. “No, the tower can’t be down,” the mayor said.
He learned very shortly that indeed the strongest tornado in recorded history in Maryland struck La Plata that day. It claimed four lives, including a heart attack victim. The tornado – measured at F4 on the Fujita Scale, the second-highest intensity — carved a path about three football fields wide through the middle of town. More
February 29, 2012
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Gallup Well-Being Map
The Atlantic Cities website published a map based on the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index that charts the levels of happiness across states based on such factors as emotional health, work environment, physical health, life evaluation, healthy behaviors and access to basic resources. Maryland and Virginia stand out the “happiest” east of the Mississippi and below New England. The most happy states include Hawaii, North Dakota, Minnesota, Utah, Alaska, and Colorado. The least happy states include Ohio, Kentucky, Mississippi, and two of our neighboring states, Delaware and West Virginia.
October 27, 2011
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Govenor O'Malley at PlanMaryland forum
Governor O’Malley discussed PlanMaryland with The Atlantic Cities blog, which describes itself as exploring “the most innovative ideas and pressing issues facing today’s global cities and neighborhoods.” A sample from today’s interview:
PlanMaryland isn’t something we’re doing for current residents. PlanMaryland is something we’re doing for our children. If 40 years ago we had actually implemented a statewide development plan, you might have a very different state now. You’d have a very different Baltimore city right now. You’d have a Chesapeake Bay that’s not fighting for her health year after year. This is something we have to do in order for our kids to be able to enjoy a quality of life here, and be part of this living system called the Chesapeake Bay.
Read more of Eric Jaffe’s interview.
February 18, 2011
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You are not alone. Prior to the 2010 Census all of the socioeconomic characteristics such as income, poverty, educational attainment, housing value and how long it took commuters to drive to work were collected during the decennial census through a “long form” questionnaire. More
