FCPS and Climate Change Education
NOTE: This piece is reprinted from its appearance as a Letter to the Editor of the Frederick News Post , with permission from the authors. As current and former students of the Frederick County Public...
View ArticleFrederick City Aldermanic Primary Forum 2021-Environment/Land Use Issues Summary
Envision Frederick County is part of the Smarter Growth Alliance for Frederick County. Our group worked with the Frederick County League of Women Voters to ask questions of the environment to the...
View ArticleThe Sugarloaf Treasured Landscape Plan – A Neighbors View
The draft Sugarloaf Treasured Landscape Management Plan (“Plan”), released July 30, 2021, is the first detailed area plan prepared as part of the Livable Frederick Master Plan. It discusses issues...
View ArticleSpeak Up, Show Up!
Whether you choose to super-glue your hands to the sidewalk in front of Parliament, or camp out high in a tulip poplar to block a pipeline, or call your child’s third-grade teacher to improve his...
View ArticleMay we stop the madness?
It’s that time of year again. The Holidays. No matter which holiday you celebrate, be it Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or another, this time of year compels us to buy stuff. All kinds of stuff. Now I...
View ArticleKeeping the Food Chain Intact
One of Envision’s key tenets is public engagement and understanding to help us advocate. The Sugarloaf Aquatic event was held for just that reason-to give us the science behind what we know we need-a...
View ArticleEnvision Continues to Press for Public Information
Envision Frederick County in the fall filed a Public Information Act request with Frederick County Government, the City of Frederick, and the City of Brunswick to receive any non-disclosure agreements...
View ArticleEnvision Frederick County Welcomes Two New Board Members
Envision Frederick County welcomes two local community champions to the Board of Directors in January. Carey Murphy of Urbana and James Baker of Frederick joined the continuing members of the Board on...
View ArticleSusan Hanson Recognized for Preservation of Rural Roads
Maryland Historical Trust Director Elizabeth Hughes, left, presents the 2022 Maryland Preservation Award for Outstanding Individual Leadership on the Local Level to Susan Hanson on Poffenberger Road in...
View ArticleThe Sugarloaf Treasured Landscape Management Plan and the South Frederick...
The Sugarloaf Treasured Landscape Management Plan On July 13th, after months of review, numerous workshops and a public hearing, the Frederick County Planning Commission voted to approve the Sugarloaf...
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