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Allegheny
Trail Alliance
Allegheny
Trail Alliance,
http://www.atatrail.org/ata-home.htm
Description: The Allegheny Trail Alliance is a coalition of seven trail-building organizations in southwestern Pennsylvania and western Maryland whose purpose is to assure the construction, maintenance and use of the multi-purpose trail between Pittsburgh, PA, and Cumberland, MD, where the trail will join the C&O Canal Towpath Trail, which continues on to Washington, DC.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania, Maryland
Baltimore
Regional Partnership
Baltimore
Regional Partnership,
http://www.balto-region-partners.org/
Description: The Baltimore Regional Partnership is an alliance of five civic and environmental groups -- Citizens Planning and Housing Association, Baltimore Urban League, 1000 Friends of Maryland, Environmental Defense, Chesapeake Bay Foundation -- that work on a common agenda to enhance the Baltimore area's quality of life through urban revitalization and environmental protection.
Topics: Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Canal
Place Heritage Area
Canal
Place Heritage Area,
http://www.canalplace.org/html/home.htm
Description: Canal Place keeps Cumberland's transportation heritage alive, offering a variety of activities for the whole family. Visitors can ride a steam train, hike or bike the towpath, tour a full scale Canal Boat Replica, learn about canal history at the C&O Canal National Historical Park's Cumberland Visitor Center, enjoy unique festivals like our annual C&O CanalFest and, in the near future, take a ride on a canal boat on the rewatered terminus.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
City
of Gaithersburg
Smart
Growth Policy,
http://www.ci.gaithersburg.md.us/documents/smartgrowth.pdf
Description: The Smart Growth Policy document is general in nature but provides clear guidance for the community and gives incentives for development to be in a manner consistent with the policies that are set forth.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Coalition
for Smarter Growth
Coalition
for Smarter Growth,
http://www.smartergrowth.net/
Description: The Coalition for Smarter Growth is dedicated to preserving quality of life in the Washington Region for current and future generations. We believe that suburban sprawl is contributing to higher taxes in developing jurisdictions and to disinvestment and blight in older communities. We oppose public spending for an Outer Beltway which will contribute to sprawl without reducing traffic gridlock; destroy farmland, open space, and the environment; and subsidize the continued movement of jobs and residents from our Nation's Capital and older suburbs.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maryland, Washington, D.C.
Code
of Maryland Regulations
Code
of Maryland Regulations,
http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/
Description: Maryland State agency regulations are compiled in the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR). COMAR contains 33 Titles, with each Title usually corresponding to a department or agency. Each regulation is assigned a unique four-part codification number.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Department
of Natural Resources
Maryland
Greenways,
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/greenways/
Description: Maryland's Greenways and Water Trails Program works with public and private sector partners to preserve a network of natural corridors that connect areas of open space. Some corridors in the system include trails along rivers, streams, ridgelines, and abandoned rail lines, as well as vegetated corridors with no improvements for human access.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Department
of Planning
Department
of Planning,
http://www.mdp.state.md.us/#
Description:
MDP coordinates the plans and programs of government agencies, private
enterprises, and the citizens of Maryland to support State Planning Policy;
works to ensure livable communities that retain their value over time;
serves as the lead agency for land preservation and recreation planning;
and maintains and develops resources necessary for the State's planning
needs.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Department
of Transportation
Office
of Real Estate,
http://www.mdot-realestate.org/
Description:
The MDOT Office of Real Estate has evolved to an oversight and transaction
oriented section with specific responsibilities to: dispose of excess
real estate owned by the Maryland Department of Transportation, promote
development around our transit stations, promote port related development,
and develop special projects that are core to the needs of MDOT or that
foster Maryland's economic development.
Topics: Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
East
Coast Greenway
East
Coast Greenway,
http://www.greenway.org/
Description:
The East Coast Greenway will be the nation's first long-distance, city-to-city,
multi-modal transportation corridor for cyclists, hikers, and other non-motorized
users. Our goal is to connect existing and planned trails that are locally
owned and managed to form a continuous, safe, green route -- easily identified
by the public through signage, maps, users guides, and common services.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
Eyes
of Paint Branch
Eyes
of Paint Branch,
http://www.eopb.org/
Description: The Eyes of Paint Branch was formed in 1994 to preserve and enhance the ecology of the Paint Branch. We are a grass-roots organization of volunteer citizens devoted to preserving the Paint Branch through education, community awareness, and action.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Live
Baltimore Home Center
Live
in Baltimore,
http://www.livebaltimore.com/index.html
Description: Live Baltimore Home Center is an independent non-profit organization founded in 1997 to promote the benefits of city living. As the single source for information about living in Baltimore City, Live Baltimore provides comprehensive information about city neighborhoods, real estate professionals and home buying incentive programs.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Maryland
Judiciary
Maryland
Appellate Court Opinions,
http://www.courts.state.md.us/opinions.html
Description: Only reported opinions are available here. Reported opinions appearing on this website may not be the final, official version of the text of Appellate Court opinions/orders. Only the bound volumes of the Maryland Reports and Maryland Appellate Reports contain the final, official texts of the reported opinions of the Maryland Court of Appeals and the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Northeast-Midwest
Institute
Northeast-Midwest
Institute,
http://www.nemw.org
Description:
The Northeast-Midwest Institute is a Washington-based, private, nonprofit,
and non-partisan research organization dedicated to economic vitality,
environmental quality, and regional equity for Northeast and Midwest states.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
Office
of Smart Growth
Office
of Smart Growth,
http://www.smartgrowth.state.md.us/
Description:
The Office of Smart Growth will continue and build upon its mission to
coordinate the Priority Places efforts of state agencies, work with developers
and local officials to help them bring smart growth projects to fruition,
and educate and informe the public.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Potomac
Trail Council
Potomac
Trail Council,
http://www.potomactrail.org/
Description:
The Potomac Trail Council (PTC) is an alliance of community organizations
and local agencies committed to the development, protection, interpretation
and celebration of the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail (PHNST).
Our goal is to secure land and water routes in the PHNST corridor for
public use while protecting natural settings and historic landscapes.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Maryland, Pennsylvania
Smart
Growth Network
Maryland
Smart Growth Articles,
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=MD&res=800
Description:
Listing of news articles relating to smart growth issues in a specific
state.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maryland
State
Highway Administration
Bicycles,
http://www.sha.state.md.us/exploremd/bicyclists/oppe/bicyclists.asp?id=H14+H1
Description:
The Department of Transportation recognizes bicycling and walking as integral
elements of a muli-modal approach to transportation. With the Maryland
Transportation Plan, MDOT, allied with committed citizens, has the opportunity
to strengthen and build upon the accomplishments of the past and make
bicycling and walking a convenient, efficient, and enjoyable option within
the framework of an integrated statewide transportation network.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
State
Highway Administration
Improving
Our Community Programs,
http://www.sha.state.md.us/ImprovingOurCommunity/ImprovingOurCommunity.asp?id=I84
Description:
Information about Department of Transportation programs related to improving
communities.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
State
Highway Administration
Maryland
Scenic Byways Program,
http://www.sha.state.md.us/exploremd/oed/scenicByways/BywaysProgram.asp
Description:
The Maryland Scenic Byways program funds the development of community-based
corridor management plans (CMP), which make scenic byways eligible for
additional grants as well as a National Scenic Byway designation. A CMP
is a guide for the promotion, preservation and development of a scenic
byway that addresses issues that can be as diverse as tourism development,
roadway safety, highway signs or the preservation of natural features
and historic structures. It is the result of local governments, organizations,
and residents working together to document in maps and text the vision
for their scenic byway.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
State
Highway Administration
National
Recreational Trails Program,
http://www.sha.state.md.us/exploremd/oed/trails/trails.asp
Description:
The National Recreational Trails program funds the development of community-based,
motorized and non-motorized recreational trail projects. The program provides
funds for all kinds of recreational trail uses, such as pedestrian uses
(hiking, running, wheelchair use), bicycling, in-line skating, equestrian
use, cross-country skiing, off-road motorcycling, all-terrain vehicle
riding, four-wheel driving.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
USDA
Forest Service
Northeastern
Area State and Private Forestry,
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/
Description:
The mission of the USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area is to lead and
help support sustainable forest management and use across the landscape
to provide benefits for the people of the 20 Northeastern and Midwestern
States and the District of Columbia.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
Wilmington
Area Planning Council
Wilmington
Area Planning Council,
http://www.wilmapco.org/
Description:
WILMAPCO is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization
(MPO) for New Castle County, Delaware and Cecil County, Maryland. Our
mission is to educate and involve the public and local officials in the
transportation decision making process.
Topics: Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Delaware, Maryland
Smart Growth - governors office -MD
Smart Growth Best Practices - Parking, www.smartgrowth.state.md.us
Description: Smart growth study of parking strategies that meet BP mgmt.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, transportation, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Trust for Public Land
Preserving land in the chesapeake watershed, www.tpl.org
Description: Progress of bay state and how can rededicate to the commitment.
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Abandoned Housing, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Challenges that face cities w/high rates of abandoned housing.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, healthy communities, transportation, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Managaing Urban Sprawl: Effects of land use externalities, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: How neighborhood interaction, as land use externalities influence land development decisions..
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, housing, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Chesapeake Bay Program
Chesapeake Bay Agreement, www.chesapeakebay.net
Description: Overview of goals & priority commitments for living resources; water quality; development; governance et al.
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Chesapeake Bay Program
DID YOU KNOW? Facts about the Chesapeake Bay, www.chesapeakebay.net
Description: Numerous facts and features of the Chesapeake Bay.
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Chesapeake Bay Program
Chesapeake Bay: How is it doing?, www.chesapeakebay.net
Description: In depth power point on the state of the Chesapeake Bay.
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Exec Council sets up watershed financing authority, www.bayjournal.com
Description: Bay cleanup leaders took first step toward a watershed wide authority ...
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
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