TWO SIDES FACED OFF AGAINST EACH OTHER AT AN OCTOBER 19 MEETING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF GROWTH IN CHARLES COUNTY

No one said it was going to be easy to hammer out Charles County’s 2012 Comprehensive Plan update. But when the county recently published on its website an evaluation of land-use scenarios by the county’s consultant Environmental Resources Management (ERM), many say it skewed the process against Smart Growth and tilted it toward sprawl development.

WATCH a video of Steven Ball, Charles County Planning & Growth Management

WATCH a video of John Sweet, Waldorf, Maryland

WATCH a video of Terry Cummings, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

WATCH a video of Jennifer Bevan-Dangel, 1,000 Friends of Maryland

LISTEN to Clive Graham, Environmenal Resources Management (ERM)

LISTEN to questions and answers during the open house

READ ERM’s evaluation of the two comprehensive plan scenarios