BALTIMORE REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP Newsletter
Land Use and Transportation Issues Around the Region
April 8, 2002
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MEETINGS ON REGIONAL VISION START APRIL 9

Starting Tuesday evening, April 9, at Owings Mills High School,
residents of the Baltimore region will have an unprecedented opportunity
to offer their views on the future of our metropolitan area over the
coming three decades.  The region's local governments, with additional
support from the Baltimore Regional Partnership, will hold 17 public
meetings around the region through May 8 as part of a nearly two-year
initiative known as Vision 2030.   At the meetings people will have a
chance to react to four general paths the region could take with respect
to growth and transportation infrastructure, offer new ideas for the
future in small groups, and comment on goals and principles developed by
four committees of stakeholders from around the region. 

Vision 2030 and these 17 public meetings represent the first time
Baltimore, Annapolis, and our region's five counties have come together
in such a public way to explore the interactions between growth,
transportation, economic development, social equity, and environmental
protection at the regional level.  Following the meetings, Vision 2030's
39-member Oversight Committee, chaired by Donald C. Fry of the Greater
Baltimore Committee, will use the feedback to draft a report to the
region's executives.  The Oversight Committee will circulate a draft
report for Vision 2030 to the public in the fall and submit the final
report to the region's executives in January 2003.

All 17 public meetings will be held from 7:00 to 9:00 PM (with
registration starting at 6:30 PM).  The schedule for this week's
meetings is the following:

*April 9:
Owings Mills High School
124 Tollgate Rd., Owings Mills

*April 10:
Westminster High School
1225 Washington Rd., Westminster

*April 11:
Fairmont-Harford Institute
2555 Harford Rd., Baltimore

More information, including a full list of all 17 public meetings,
materials for the meetings, results of preliminary focus groups
conducted for Vision 2030, and more are available at:
http://www.baltometro.org/Vision2030.html

April 5 Sun story on announcement of the meetings by the region's
elected executives available at:
http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-md.vision05apr05.story

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ABOUT THE BALTIMORE REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP AND NEWSLETTER

The Baltimore Regional Partnership is an alliance of five civic,
environmental, and anti-sprawl groups:1000 Friends of Maryland
(www.friendsofmd.org), Baltimore Urban League (www.bul.org), Chesapeake
Bay Foundation ( www.savethebay.cbf.org), Citizens Planning and Housing
Association (www.CPHARallyForTheRegion.org), and Environmental Defense
(www.environmentaldefense.org).


This newsletter explores current issues, recent and upcoming events, and
ongoing deliberations that affect the region's quality of life through
transportation, economic development, and land use policy and planning. 
We hope to link citizens in the region who are working to fight sprawl,
promote clean and efficient transportation, protect valuable farm and
forest lands, and revitalize urban areas, older suburbs, and historic
towns. You can view past issues at
http://www.balto-region-partners.org/news.htm.

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