Getting out and about in Frederick County, with Envision Frederick County
Last Saturday, nineteen people…and one dog…took short walk and a enjoyed a picnic lunch at a beautiful waterfall in the forest on the western slope of Catoctin Mountain! The event […] The post Getting...
View ArticleFrederick Community Action Agency sites for summer food service program
The Summer Food Service Program, operated locally by the Frederick Community Action Agency (FCAA), provides a lunchtime meal for children and youth who would typically qualify for free- or...
View ArticleEnvision Frederick County joins Choose Clean Water Coalition
We are pleased to announce that Envision Frederick County recently joined the growing Choose Clean Water Coalition. The Choose Clean Water Coalition was officially launched on May 20, 2009, when […]...
View ArticleThis is Maryland’s fracking uprising!
If Secretary of the Environment Ben Grumbles is doing his job, he is probably meeting with Gov. Larry Hogan this week to deliver the message: “Mr. Governor, we have a […] The post This is Maryland’s...
View ArticleAmerica’s Walking Renaissance
I am pleased to offer you a free download of my new book, America’s Walking Renaissance, created with America Walks and the Every Body Walk Collaborative. Please feel free to […] The post America’s...
View ArticleEnvision launches an ongoing series of nature photography galleries and essays
Envision Frederick County is pleased to announce that we will be presenting an ongoing series of guest blog entries on this site featuring local photographers. More often than not, the […] The post...
View ArticleLittle treasures from my morning walks in Thurmont
A few years ago I decided to go on a morning walk each day to get my blood moving and legs loosened up. There are no sidewalks in my neighborhood, […] The post Little treasures from my morning walks in...
View ArticleEvaluating Affordable Housing Development Strategies
There are many ways that communities can support and encourage affordable housing development. Let’s compare them. Housing and transportation are most household’s two largest expenditure categories,...
View ArticleELLICOTT CITY FLOOD: Stop calling it a natural disaster!
For more than 200 years, most flooding — and the worst flooding — in Ellicott City came from the rising of the Patapsco River. And the damage was generally limited […] The post ELLICOTT CITY FLOOD:...
View ArticleTake advantage of your opportunity to participate in the Livable Frederick...
Over the past several decades, Frederick County has developed several “comprehensive plans.” These documents, required under state law, were typically general policy document focused on land use and...
View ArticleFracking could come to Frederick County!
Back in May I found out that hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, could come to Frederick County. Fracking is a dangerous form of gas drilling that has polluted air […] The post Fracking...
View ArticleThe Greatest Social Challenge of our Generation
As coarse as it may sound, the natural order of cities for thousands of years was to have a collection of affluent people living in places surrounded by poor people. […] The post The Greatest Social...
View ArticleHas the Notoriously Invasive Tree of Heaven Met its Match?
While writing the articles presented this fall for the Monocacy and Catoctin Watershed Alliance website, I realized that I was presenting a great deal of negative information about the ongoing […] The...
View ArticlePrince George’s County officially rejects incinerator option!
Prince George’s County has officially declined to move forward with garbage incineration as part of its future solid waste and recycling management system. On 9 August the County notified all […] The...
View ArticleEnvision Frederick County welcomes two new members to our Board of Directors!
I am extremely pleased to announce the addition of Mark Long and Karin Tome to the Envision Frederick County Board of Directors. For a long time, and in many ways, […] The post Envision Frederick...
View ArticleNew Fracking Regulations: Your Signature Needed
In April of last year, legislators in Annapolis voted to send Governor Hogan a two-year ban on fracking throughout Maryland. Two months later, the moratorium became law without being signed […] The...
View ArticleAfter I-25 Was Widened, It Filled Back Up With Cars in Less Than 5 Years
EDITOR’S NOTE: This blog entry focuses on the widening of Interstate 25, in Colorado, but what has happened there (and in Houston, and many other places) could just as well […] The post After I-25 Was...
View ArticleFrederick County Announces New Solar Co-Op
The Frederick County Office of Sustainability, Environmental Resources (OSER) and Maryland Solar United Neighbors (MD-SUN), a state project of the Community Power Network, are teaming up to create the...
View ArticleStrong towns strength test
People frequently ask if there is a way to measure a successful Strong Town. Systems like LEED-ND have value, but the technical analysis required is time consuming and beyond the […] The post Strong...
View ArticleCitizens deliver 1200+ signatures to County Council supporting a county ban...
Today, more than fifty Frederick County residents, business owners, faith leaders and advocates held a rally in downtown Frederick before delivering more than 1,200 petitions to the Frederick County...
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