Supporting Communities, Preserving Resources and Enriching Lives… Changing Maryland for the better!
March 12, 2014
Agricultural/Rural Preservation farm easements, land preservation, MALPF, Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, Maryland Board of Public Works, resource protection and planning policy, smart growth Leave a comment
On March 5, the Maryland Board of Public Works (BPW) approved 11 land preservation easements for the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation (MALPF) comprising 1,175 acres. Easements pay landowners to preserve their tracts in perpetuity.
The first statewide farmland preservation program in the nation, MALPF has preserved close to 300,000 acres of farm and forestland. It is considered to be at the forefront of national land preservation programs. More
April 1, 2011
Uncategorized baltimore, Economic development, economic growth, Environment, GrowthPrint, Infrastructure, Maryland, maryland department of planning, Public participation, quality of life, resource protection and planning policy, Rural area, smart growth, state development plan, Sustainable development, Urban and Regional Planning, Urban sprawl 7 Comments
Growth TrendsThe total acreage of developed land in Maryland nearly doubled in the past three decades, resulting in large losses of farms and forests. It took three centuries to develop the first 650,000 acres of land in Maryland and a mere 30 years to develop the next 650,000 acres. More
March 25, 2011
What Are We Trying to Accomplish Biodiversity, Environmental policy, Maryland, Natural environment, Natural resource, planmaryland, planning visions, resource protection and planning policy, smart growth, state development plan, Water resources 4 Comments
Goal 2Preserve and protect environmentally sensitive and rural lands and resources from the impacts of development. More
March 23, 2011
What Are We Trying to Accomplish Economic development, economic growth, Infrastructure, maryland department of planning, planmaryland, resource protection and planning policy, state development plan, Transit Oriented Development, Urban and Regional Planning, urban planning, Walkability 8 Comments
Goal 1Concentrate development and redevelopment in towns, cities and rural centers where there is existing and planned infrastructure. More
March 7, 2011
Uncategorized Economic development, economic growth, Environment, Maryland, maryland department of planning, planmaryland, planning visions, Policy, resource protection and planning policy, state development plan, sustainability, Sustainable development, urban planning Comments Off on Introduction to PlanMaryland, Part 2
Guiding VisionsState planning and growth decisions are to be undertaken in accordance with and in furtherance of the State Economic Growth, Resource Protection and Planning Policies. Codified in Title 5 of the State Finance and Procurement Act under subtitle 7, the policies were originally drafted in 1992. Originally known as the State Planning Visions, these policies represent More