BALTIMORE REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP Newsletter
Land Use and Transportation Issues Around the Region
April 15, 2002
__________________________

VISION 2030 COMES TO BEL AIR, GLEN BURNIE, COLUMBIA

This week public meetings for the regional Vision 2030 come to Bel Air
on Tuesday evening, Glen Burnie on Wednesday, and Columbia on Thursday. 
At these meetings, all held 7:00-9:00 PM at local schools, residents of
the Baltimore region 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 launched Vision 2030 in 2001 to
develop a framework for the future of the Baltimore Region.  With
additional support from the Baltimore Regional Partnership, the Vision
2030 process includes 17 public meetings around the region through May
8.  At the meetings people will have a chance to offer ideas for the
region's future, respond to four general paths the region could take in
terms of growth and transportation infrastructure, and comment on values
developed by stakeholders from around the region. 

Additional 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 11 Carroll County Times article on April 10 meeting in Westminster
available at:
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=3817001&BRD=1289&PAG=461&dept_id=156627&rfi=6


__________________________

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.

Has this newsletter been forwarded to you, and you would like to receive
it yourself? Go to http://www.balto-region-partners.org/news.htm to sign
up.


Send us information, too. Let us know about your work on land use and
transportation decisions that are affecting the Baltimore region. Email
information to Steve Beck at steve@balto-region-partners.org.  Visit the
Baltimore Regional Partnership website at
http://www.balto-region-partners.org.