Now Available! Compatible Use Webinar-Volume 2 Session Recording

Planning in Progress

The Compatible Use Webinar-Volume 2 webinar recording is now available. The Maryland Department of Planning (MDP) organized and conducted the webinar, which is an educational extension of MDP’s Military & Community Compatibility website, in partnership with the Mid Atlantic Planning Collaboration.

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Maryland Department of Planning Partners with Mid-Atlantic Jurisdictions on Compatible Use Webinar-Volume 2

Continuing Maryland Department of Planning’s (Planning) participation in the Mid-Atlantic Planning Collaboration and as an extension of our Military and Community Compatibility website, Planning has scheduled a second compatible use planning in the Mid-Atlantic region webinar on April 6, 2023, from noon to 1:30 pm.

Planning hosted the first webinar, partnering with Maryland and Virginia planners and military installations, in August 2021

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Maryland Launches New Tools to Support Military and Community Compatibility

Planning in Progress

by Joseph Griffiths, AICP, Local Assistance and Training Manager

Starting in the mid-2010s, the Maryland Departments of Planning and Commerce, as well as local and military stakeholders, began partnering on planning efforts and resource development aimed to enhance collaboration between Maryland’s military installations and jurisdictions.

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Coming Soon! New Tools and Resources for Communities to Assess Compatible Use Issues and Renewable Energy Siting in Maryland

Resources and Tools 

by Kristen E. Humphrey, MLA, Local Assistance and Training Planner and Sarah Diehl, AICP, compatible use Community Planning Liason

In the July 2020 edition of Planning Practice Monthly, we announced the launch of the Phase 2 of the collaboration between the Maryland Departments of Commerce (Commerce) and Planning on the Maryland Military and Civilian Compatible Use Project.  

Phase 2 implements some of the top recommendations of the Statewide Joint Land Use Response Implementation Strategy (SJRIS), completed in 2019 as the main deliverable of the project’s Phase I. 

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