VPC worked with the Baltimore County Land Trust Coalition (BCLTC) to ask all the candidates for Baltimore County Council for their views on issues including the URDL, land preservation, parks, watershed protection, agriculture, and more. Baltimore [...]
PSEG's application to the Public Service Commission (PSC) for a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) was deemed incomplete by the Power Plant Research Program (PPRP). PPRP found that PSEG did not adequately explain [...]
On December 31, 2024, PSEG submitted an application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) to the Public Service Commission (PSC) for the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP). This started the official process [...]
Check out the latest edition of PreserveCast at https://bit.ly/3BMdKd9. Renee Hamidi, executive director of Valleys Planning Council, talks about the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project and its implications for Baltimore County and land conservation. PreserveCast is [...]
PJM, a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in 13 states and the District of Columbia, determined that more electricity was needed in Frederick to improve the reliability of the grid. [...]
The Department of Public Works and Transportation will be conducting its annual Rural Roads meeting virtually on June 5, beginning at 5:30. County residents are encouraged to submit questions by May 31 and to attend [...]
If you travel through the intersection of Greenspring Avenue, Worthington Avenue and Tufton Avenue, you know what an improvement the roundabout made to the flow of traffic there. This was VPC's project - we [...]
It may seem counterintuitive to support the annual culling of trees, but environmentalists say Christmas tree farms have ecological benefits. A few years after the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire [...]
At our Annual Meeting September 19, we honored two members of the Board of Directors who are stepping down from active service. Pete Colhoun and Meriwether Morris both served for nearly 30 years and [...]
Sagamore Farm at 3366 Belmont Avenue has requested a special exception for a distillery at its property in Worthington Valley. A special hearing and several variances related to parking have also been requested. For [...]