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Commissioners pause decision on Delaney parcel transfer after residents urge keeping land available for future school site
Summary
A proposal to transfer the county‑owned Delaney property to the Industrial Development Authority for an employment campus was discussed but a motion to transfer was withdrawn; residents and school advocates urged retaining some acreage for future school replacement.
The Board of County Commissioners discussed a request from the county’s Industrial Development Authority (IDA) to transfer roughly 78 acres of county‑owned land in Eldersburg — known as the Delaney property — for development as an employment campus, but no final decision was made on Oct. 9.
Economic development staff and the IDA told commissioners the parcel is within the designated growth area, has…
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