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Map of Preservation, Conservation and Deed-Restricted Lands around Ruthsburg
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Double click on the map for a larger view. The approximate location of the proposed FASTC is circled in red.
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Bloomfield slowly turning from working farm to park
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Sealed bids for leasing up to 40 acres of the former Bloomfield Farm on Route 213 just north of Centreville for a vineyard will be opened next Tuesday, June 30, by the Queen Anne’s County commissioners.
That was not what farm owner William V. (Bill) Riggs III had in mind when he agreed, in the closing [...]
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MDP Concerned About QAC Ag Preservation Program
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The Maryland Department of Planning (MDP) is concerned that some aspects of QA County’s Agricultural Preservation Program is incompatible with the goals of the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation (MALPF). They include:
- For three of the years since 1998, the rate of conversion of farmland into residential developments has been greater than the State [...]
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QA’s commissioners approve development resolution
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The Queen Anne’s County Commissioners approved a resolution that sets a policy when deed restricted open space land is annexed into a municipality for development.
The county commissioners voted 5-0 on Dec. 18 to approve resolution no. 07-22, which was endorsed by the Regional Council of Governments of Queen Anne’s County in November.
The resolution states it’s [...]
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Council of Governments of Q.A.’s endorses open space resolution draft
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The Regional Council of Governments of Queen Anne’s County (COG) unanimously endorsed a draft resolution of the county commissioners to set guidelines for preserving open space at its Nov. 14 meeting at the Liberty Building.
Members of the county commission and all eight town councils voted. The resolution will soon go to a vote of the [...]
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Upper Mill Community Opposes Growth Area Expansion
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I am a resident of the Upper Mill Community off of Rolling Bridge Rd. The McCrone Gardner Family Trust proposal to build 220 low income townhomes and apts. as well as businesses involves land that borders our community. If any of your members are in opposition to the amendment to the community plan [...]
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More Information on Proposed New Development
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At the September 26th Comprehensive Plan Hearing, Thomas Sperl (the current developer of Northbrook) and Michael Whitehill (V.P. of McCrone) proposed an expansion of Centreville’s growth area so 700 new homes could be built.
One development will be 220 workforce housing units and 30 transition housing units located on what is currently County deed-restricted Open [...]
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Queen Anne’s County, towns make progress on open space agreement
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“The Queen Anne’s County Commissioners have agreed to draft legislation to keep the county from creating open space in towns’ planning areas, even if they are outside town limits.”
Read more in the Star-Democrat (subscription required)
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Letter from Town to County requesting that Open Space legislation be tabled.
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A copy of a letter from the Town to the County requesting that County’s proposed Open Space legislation be tabled is available here.
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