That’s often what you get when you find what you think is a nice piece of vacant land inside the URDL using GIS – someone’s side yard (i.e., a parcel not suitable for subdivision), a panhandle with few redeeming qualities other than being vacant, a landlocked parcel, or a parcel that has a lot of […]
The Corner Store. We all have a mental image of one. If you’ve ever lived near one, you went there because you had a need that demanded quick and convenient fulfillment – cigarettes (God forbid), a six-pack (ditto), bread, milk, coffee, an ATM or just some of that world famous Royal Farms Chicken and Western […]
It is no secret that our metropolitan region saw significant military action during the War of 1812. The Chesapeake Campaign involved the British invasion of Maryland, the Battle of Bladensburg, the burning of the White House and the Capitol, and, in the summer of 1814, the Battle for Baltimore. What may be less known are […]
$54,000,000. That’s the price tag for solving the problem of food insecurity experienced by 105,000 county residents, about 13% of Baltimore County’s population. According to the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, food insecurity occurs when there is a limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable […]