Maryland
How To Fix Smart Growth
Despite support from five consecutive governors, Maryland's progressive smart growth effort has seen only limited success. Here's how to fix it...
Quiet Community In Transition To Activist Enclave
An in-migration of gays And others has brought new life to an old city just across the state line from Washington, D.C.
NSA's 'Classified' Toxic Waste
Should environmental hazards and toxic waste associated with the NSA be considered state secrets? The agency is uncooperative with EPA cleanup efforts.
Court Ruling Opens Road To Pedestrians
County and team officials had prevented football fans from walking to games.
Housing and Schools Mismatch Creates Widespread Problem
'As military families migrate to better quarters at Fort Meade and elsewhere, local authorities strain to educate an influx of children.'
Land Use Struggle at a Stalemate
'Many port cities are struggling...because port and city leaders usually have different ideas about how waterfronts should be used. Only rarely have they worked together on a vision.'
Planners May Hold the Fate of Locus Point in Their Hands
The next steps of the redevelopment of Locus Point, a booming South Baltimore neighborhood with longtime industrial roots, may rest in the hands of city planners.
Reversing Baltimore's Brain Drain
A 27-year-old wants to curb Baltimore's brain drain and reinforce community.
Baltimore's Biotech Bid
A low-income neighborhood near Baltimore's John Hopkins University will be demolished in a move to create an office park to lure biotechnology firms.
The Town That Beat Wal-Mart
Preservation Magazine's cover story features the town that beat Wal-Mart -- the company that 'doesn't lose.'
Rouse Will Not Tolerate Rabble-Rousers
The developer bans a street performer on its property for making an offensive comment.
Pornography And Urban Renewal
Could Larry Flynt's new Hustler Club in Baltimore generate a vibrant new commercial district?
Encounters With a Land Use Loophole
Environmentalists and residents of Anne Arundel County, MD are worried by the recent development of old waterfront properties that predate current and tougher development regulations.
Induce Job Creation, Reduce Commutes
As nearly 60% of residents in Carroll County, MD commute to work, regional planners are proposing new zoning designations that would attract more businesses and light manufacturing to the county.
Design Changes For Intercounty Connector
The Intercounty Connector (ICC) has been on planning maps of the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. for decades, but most of it has never advanced beyond the stage of preliminary engineering.
True Community Involvement In Planning
A Baltimore County plan would reward developers that substantially incorporate community suggestions into their plans.
Growing Pains
Real estate agents, farmers and others react negatively to plans in Calvert County, MD to toughen zoning regulations to control growth.
Melting Pot Dynamics
A look, from the perspective of the new 'Main Streets' program in Washington D.C., at the joys and pangs of bringing change to a neighborhood deeply embedded in its cultural roots.
Dropping Anchor In The Neighborhood
Concentrated rehabilitation works better than scattered-site infill to revitalize Baltimore's struggling neighborhoods.
New Growth Policy, A Mixed Bag
To deal with growth, Montgomery County, MD will lift a building moratorium in its most congested areas, but impose the state's highest taxes on development.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Borough of Carlisle
Caltrans
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
City of Cambridge, Maryland
