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Carroll County to update master plan first; board votes to keep Freedom plan separate
Summary
After a presentation on outreach, data and required state elements, the Board of County Commissioners voted 3–2 to update the Carroll County Master Plan first and retain the 2018 Freedom Comprehensive Plan as a separate document. Staff will draft updates and convene a planning summit with municipalities.
Daphne, deputy director for the Department of Planning and Land Management, presented progress on Carroll County’s master plan update, citing public outreach over more than a year, work groups on housing, economy and agriculture, and recent data showing modest population growth and a housing-study projection of about 3,000 units needed by 2040.
“The master plan is serving the county well and really only needs some minor updates,” Daphne told the joint work session, listing five driving…
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