Maryland Department of Planning

08/28/2026

🚲🚄🚍 You gotta just love this! Andrew does a terrific job of explaining in the way only someone who lives it really can! Love his observations about what he's gained by giving up his car. Thanks Maryland Department of Transportation for sharing his story!

08/27/2026

Open now through September 30, submit your nomination to the Maryland Sustainable Growth Awards today! Apply here: https://ow.ly/zASj50ZxaC2

Today we're discussing: what makes for a great policy? One with impact now but that also endures into the future. The Maryland Transportation Trails Strategic Plan, an SGA 2026 winner, is a terrific example of a plan with policy recommendations to ensure both short and long-term successes!

08/25/2026

ICYMI - This is an important take on of urban trees, which includes, trees in parks, public streets, easements, and private property.

Q: When is the best time to plant a tree?🌳
A: 50 years ago😢
Q: When is the second-best time to plant a tree?🪏
A: TODAY!⏰

08/25/2026

08/24/2026

🎉🙌📣This is such great news to Marylanders and visitors alike -- congratulations, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and thank you for making this addition to our public state parks and open spaces happen! ⛺🥾🎣

08/24/2026

Fascinating stuff! Thank you Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) for being the champions of preserving for generations to come!

08/21/2026

Join us for a look at the MD 295 Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Corridor Pilot, Commuter Choice Maryland's innovative response to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. This session will cover how the pilot came together, from selecting the corridor and building a working group, to the key milestones reached so far. We'll share what we've learned, how the project is helping ease impacts from the bridge collapse, and how this approach could serve as a model for future corridor efforts across the state of Maryland.

Register here (website): https://bit.ly/46iKbff

08/20/2026

ICYMI! 🏘️🏗️👷‍♀️At a recent forum addressing the urgent need for more housing at the Maryland Association of Counties' (MACo) summer conference, Secretary Rebecca L. Flora, AICP, Maryland Department of Planning, discussed the importance of improving bogged-down permitting processes.

Secretary Flora, observed that from her work with the state's Permitting Review Council, she learned other states improved their permitting timelines by simply making the process more transparent.

“Transparency solved a huge part of the problem, because once you have a transparent system of tracking a project that others can see and everybody knows what’s going on, they had some pretty significant gains," she stated.

Read more on Maryland Matters website: https://ow.ly/TLNI50ZC13R

08/20/2026

Join us for our latest live webinar, “The Venn Diagram Between Hazard Mitigation Plans and Comprehensive Plans,” on Tuesday August 25th,12-1:30PM! Register today:

https://ow.ly/eksF50ZyZjM

In partnership with the , the Maryland Department of Planning (MDP) will explore trends in hazard mitigation planning, recommendations of the new , and strategies for resilience planning through the lens of equity.

How state agencies are helping jurisdictions implement the MD sustainable growth principle of resilience, best practices, and a case study from Queen Anne’s County, will be discussed.

Panelists will share national, regional, state, and local perspectives. Panelists include:

- Chrissy Caggiano, AICP, Technical Manager, Michael Baker International
- Virginia M. Smith, AICP, Principal Smith Planning and Design
- Clyde Drayton, IV, ENV SP, WEDG, Lead Resilience Planner, MDP
- Amy G. Moredock, CFM, Planning Director, Queen Anne's County.

ng

08/18/2026

🎉ICYMI - Some absolutely wonderful historic buildings and structures from across the state recently received FY26 support through the Maryland Historical Trust's Historic Preservation Capital Grant Program! Check them and maybe plan a visit to one near you.

MHT is excited to announce the FY2026 grantees for the Historic Preservation Capital Grant Program. Read more about the awardees on our latest blog post: https://rb.gy/pkcmf7