by Joseph Griffiths, AICP, Local Assistance and Training Manager
As a follow up to last month’s launching of the Peer Leadership Network, the Maryland Planning Commissioners Association (MPCA) is excited to introduce three new peer leaders – Bill Butts, Kathleen Seay, and Michael Pellegrino.
Continue readingby Kristen E. Humphrey, MLA, Local Assistance and Training Planner
The need for a peer/leader support network has been discussed within the Maryland Planning Commissioners Association (MPCA) for some time. There have been several approaches developed over the past couple of years – stalled, though never stymied by the pandemic – but the fundamental idea remains unchanged – to pair up incoming or only recently established planning commission and board members with seasoned members.
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In 2020, and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Maryland Department of Planning (Planning) joined the Mid-Atlantic Planning Collaboration (Collaboration), a consortium that also includes American Planning Association state chapters, the Maryland Planning Commissioners Association, the West Virginia Land Use and Sustainable Development Law Clinic, the Virginia Rural Planning Caucus, and the Chesapeake Bay Program.
Continue readingby Joseph Griffiths, AICP, Local Assistance and Training Manager
Do you know a citizen planner or entire planning board (planning commission, board of zoning appeals, historic district commission) that deserves recognition for their work in 2021 or 2022?
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In our June 7 edition of Planning Practice Monthly, we asked you to Save the Date. Now you can register to join the Maryland Planning Commissioners Association (MPCA) for its 38th annual conference in Solomons on October 26-27.
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