MPCA Corner Registration is now open for the 36th Annual Maryland Planning Commissioners Association (MPCA) Conference in Aberdeen, to be held November 6-7, 2019. The theme for this year is Meeting the Trends, Embracing the Future, and the agenda will be filled with sessions on timely topics that Maryland's citizen planning boards currently face and will … Continue reading MPCA Holding Its 36th Annual Conference in November
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MPCA Corner
MPCA Corner The Maryland Planning Commissioners Association warmly thanks everyone who attended and contributed to its 35th annual conference in Gaithersburg on October 25 and 26, with a special appreciation for the hard work of the City of Gaithersburg, Mayor Jud Ashman, and the City’s exceptional staff! The MPCA has never felt so welcomed. The … Continue reading MPCA Corner
Planning Education: Not Just for Staff
Resources and Tools The results of planning decisions (new roads, residential development) are prevalent and conspicuous, but the decisions themselves, let alone the rationale behind those decisions, often go unnoticed. Planning decisions impact a community’s appearance, traffic, housing stock, economic development, environmental conditions, and multitudes more. Because of this, planning must be a highly public … Continue reading Planning Education: Not Just for Staff
Article: Planning working with Statewide Planning Commissioners to Reinvent an Effective Association
In a July 17th article in Maryland Matters, the Maryland Planning Commissioners Association's (MPCA) Outreach Project was highlighted. This project is an effort to listen to stakeholders so that Maryland’s planning community can best meet the needs of local jurisdictions. The MPCA is a statewide, nonprofit educational organization of municipal, county and regional planning commissioners and boards of … Continue reading Article: Planning working with Statewide Planning Commissioners to Reinvent an Effective Association
Citizen Planners Meet to Discuss Barriers, Issues Facing the Planning Community
The Maryland Planning Commissioners Association’s (MPCA) Outreach project is off to a hot start this summer. With two focus group meetings in the books and five to go, members of Maryland’s planning community are embracing the effort and expressing their opinions. The MPCA hosted the first meeting in Calvert County and the local press took … Continue reading Citizen Planners Meet to Discuss Barriers, Issues Facing the Planning Community
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