The Baltimore Sun

Making Workforce Housing Work

As officials grapple with how to address workforce housing issues, moderate income families continue to be priced out of the housing market.
6 April 2004 - 6:00am
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To Speed Or Not To Speed

Drivers across the nation are speeding ancd contributing to more deaths on the roads. Should the speed limits be raised or lowered?
18 February 2004 - 8:00am
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National Security Agency Opens Environmental Study

Top secret agency allows officials from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Maryland Department of the Environment and Fort Meade's environmental office to view a pollution report.
30 January 2004 - 11:00am
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Studies Advocate Regional Affordable Housing Policies

Two new reports co-authored by the Brookings Institution argue that different housing policies could have positive effects for entire metropolitan regions.
13 January 2004 - 6:00am
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Rebuilding Historic Neighborhoods With Small Incentives

A new program in an old Maryland neighborhood could spark an historic resurrection.
13 January 2004 - 5:00am
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Yosemite to Get a Controversial Facelift

'Yosemite was made a national park in 1890, and since then it has struggled to find a balance between preservation and public access.'
17 December 2003 - 1:00pm
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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.'
17 December 2003 - 12:00pm
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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.'
17 December 2003 - 6:00am
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The Influence of Segregation on Growth Patterns

Regardless of the outcome of the recent public housing discrimination trial, the Baltimore Sun reports that the case has provided a 'fascinating' look at the early development of inner-city Baltimore.
15 December 2003 - 6:00am
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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.
15 December 2003 - 5:00am
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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.
23 November 2003 - 5:00am
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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.
18 November 2003 - 7:00am
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Community Development on the Brink of Change?

Community development professionals debate over the direction community development is headed, and how it should be done.
9 November 2003 - 1:00pm
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True Community Involvement In Planning

A Baltimore County plan would reward developers that substantially incorporate community suggestions into their plans.
7 November 2003 - 6:00am
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Dropping Anchor In The Neighborhood

Concentrated rehabilitation works better than scattered-site infill to revitalize Baltimore's struggling neighborhoods.
2 November 2003 - 9:00am
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Historic Preservation Needed

As urban sprawl encroaches upon California's oldest wineries, owners are concerned about the future of their industry.
31 October 2003 - 5:00am
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Community Ties That Bind

Former residents of a Baltimore neighborhood who were forced out to make way for a proposed highway over 35 years ago, reunite--sans the bitterness.
30 October 2003 - 1:00pm
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Isabel's Long-Term Damages

The destruction left by Hurricane Isabel 'is likely to accelerate the trend of mini-mansions pushing middle-income families and summer cottages from the waterfront.'
15 October 2003 - 6:00am
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Rising Home Prices Force Public Servants To Relocate

Priced out of an affluent county, workers like firefighters, teachers must commute long distances.
14 October 2003 - 11:00am
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Naturalized Immigrants More Likely To Become Homeowners

New Census data shows that naturalized immigrants are more likely to own homes than members of the same born in the U.S.
14 October 2003 - 7:00am
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