The 2nd design workshop, held on October 9 at the Battle Monument School in Dundalk, aimed to refine and give form to the concepts discussed in the initial workshop, which was held in July and discussed in this article. It took the trail features we highlighted in workshop #1 and brought us to the questions […]
One of the best things about going to the annual Land Trust Alliance conference, known as “Rally,” is the opportunity to take a field trip to see projects that other land trusts are doing around the country. This year, Rally was in Raleigh, NC, and among our land trust hosts was the Triangle Land Conservancy […]
Bill 37-19 eliminated one long-standing loophole, which has been in our law since at least 2010, that allowed parking islands, otherwise known as “zoning amenity open space” to reduce the amount of public open space that developers of major subdivisions are required to provide.
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The fact that Baltimore County’s population has been steadily increasing for years is not breaking news. The fact that the County’s senior population has been increasing at a much quicker pace might be. Baltimore County already ranks first in the percentage of seniors in its population among Maryland’s ten largest counties and estimates are that […]
A. Executive Summary We respectfully ask the Council to Pass Bill 37-19 without amendments for 3 reasons: 1. Our Unique History of Development Set the Stage for an Enormous Open Space Deficit Beginning with the Great Depression and the severe housing shortage that ensued, history and policy created our inner suburbs with […]
Our County has a unique land-use history, shaped by federal zoning law and housing policy, the Great Depression, World War II, the GI Bill, the 1st Eisenhower Beltway, the Plan for the Valleys, and the Urban Rural Demarcation Line. The upshot of this is that we are NOT like Harford County, Carroll County, Howard County […]
“I am deeply saddened by the actions of lower level [County] staffers who cooperated with and illegally endorsed the developer’s efforts to totally gut the County’s open space requirements.” (Attorney Robert Smith, testifying in favor of Bill 37-19 on Tuesday, August 27, 2019) At the end of 49 minutes of testimony on Bill 37-19 on […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 7, 2019 Contact: Barbara Hopkins 443-377-3760 barbara@neighborspacebaltimorecounty.org Baltimore County Council Bill 37-19 Would Remove Loopholes in Adequate Public Facilities Law Governing Open Space NeighborSpace estimates well over $1 million “left on the table” since July 2016 Towson, MD – Today, NeighborSpace of Baltimore County applauded Councilmen Tom Quirk and […]
When 6.75 wooded acres was purchased in 1967, the idea was simple: protect greenspace from yet another townhouse development. In the years since, Dunmore Land Holdings, Inc. (DLH) has ensured to meet the goal; but with nominal dues and fewer buy-in from new home purchases this old growth forest needs a bit of a revamp. […]