PlanMaryland
PlanMaryland is a new planning process designed to create a better and more
sustainable future for Maryland. The state legislature created the authority for
such a plan in the 1970s, but a broader recognition of the costs of
unsustainable types of land use has grown in recent years to the point where
such a plan is now urgently needed. We need to do a better job of steering
development toward areas that already have roads, schools and other public
infrastructure.
The Maryland Department of Planning is coordinating this process. We are
holding 13 PlanMaryland public forums, or meetings, throughout the state during
the first half of 2010. You are invited to attend and participate in these
meetings.
Your input at these forums is invaluable to the PlanMaryland process and the
plan that is ultimately created. MDP will facilitate innovative activities and
small table discussions at each forum that will engage residents and other
stakeholders in helping to cast a better vision for Maryland's future. When all
13 meetings are done, we will have involved thousands of Marylanders in this
process.
