This press release is a good explanation of the relatively minor changes the County Council made to the existing growth policy. Our compliments to council press officer Neil Greenberger, who…
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Rollin Stanley, Montgomery County’s star planning director, favors channeling growth to walkable downtowns, encouraging mixed-use development with significant density and even using congestion to force people onto transit. Furthermore, he…
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Montgomery County Planning Director Rollin Stanley is starting to hit a wall. That’s a problem – not only for him, but also for the county that depends on him.Rollin Stanley…
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Governor Martin O’Malley has just issued an Executive Order directing state agencies to consider proximity to transit stations as a criterion in planning their office space. In Maryland, land-use planning…
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Steve Silverman, the County’s recently hired Director of Economic Development, submitted a comment on our post “Leggett, Knapp Issue Dueling Plans for Biotech.” We reprint the comment below for the…
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At a time when many politicians are seeking to re-monopolize the electricity industry, Delegate Dereck Davis (D-25) is actually promoting savings from competition as a constituent service. And guess what?…
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Something is in the air, folks. If you pause for a moment and listen, you might hear it – a little voice that whispers, “Jobs, jobs, jobs.” Council Member Mike…
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Last week, we offered our readers a snapshot of current unemployment in each of Maryland’s twenty-four jurisdictions, as well as some of its biggest cities. Today, we burrow deeper into…
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The Gaithersburg West Master Plan continues to make its way through the County Council and we have allowed supporters and opponents to make their case on this blog. We have…
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Snapshot: Unemployment in Maryland
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Maryland has a lower unemployment rate than the U.S. average, but the regions of the state are faring differently. If you live in Baltimore City, on the Eastern Shore or…