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Planning board opens public hearing on Small Area Plan 11; plan highlights waterfront, nodes and 92 implementation actions
Summary
Planners from the Baltimore County Department of Planning presented Small Area Plan 11 for eastern Baltimore County on Nov. 6, describing area assets, four priority nodes and a set of refined recommendations tied to Master Plan 2030; the public offered supportive comments and the board will consider next steps at its Nov. 20 meeting.
Jess Elliott Meyer, community planner for District 7 with the Baltimore County Department of Planning, and colleagues presented Small Area Plan 11 to the Planning Board and the public on Nov. 6. The plan covers roughly 75 square miles of eastern Baltimore County, including White Marsh, Middle River, Bowleys Quarters, Essex and Rossville, and addresses land use, transportation, the waterfront, parks, housing pressures and economic revitalization.
"This small area plan is rooted in Baltimore County's Master Plan 2030," Jess Elliott Meyer said. The presentation noted the plan is the county's first systematic small-area planning effort intended to distribute planning resources equitably rather than rely on community-initiated plans alone.
Planner Iyad Abdi described Area 11 as home to about 105,000 residents and roughly 60% of the county's shoreline. Key anchors include MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) Essex campus, and Martin State Airport. Abdi described the…
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