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Board raises Rural Legacy per-acre cap to $10,000 to reflect market changes

Harford County Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board · May 21, 2026
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Summary

Staff recommended and the board approved raising the Rural Legacy program per-acre price cap to $10,000 to reflect recent market pricing changes; the motion passed unanimously.

Harford County staff recommended increasing the Rural Legacy program per-acre price cap to better reflect recent market values, and the advisory board voted on May 21 to raise the cap to $10,000 per acre. Staff members Jen Wilson and Kaitlin Lee told the board that the Rural Legacy per-acre cap had not been updated in several years and should be adjusted upward.

Bill Amoss moved to approve increasing the Rural Legacy per-acre cap to $10,000, with Mitch Hopkins seconding; the motion passed unanimously. The meeting minutes do not attach an implementation date or list specific parcels affected by the change in the minutes.