This issue includes articles on intertidal flats, greener alternatives to septic systems, and analyses of Midland/Miles Point’s TND application. Previous issues can be found in publications.
Washington College’s Center for Environment & Society undertook an analysis of Midland/Miles Point’s pending application for a Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND) overlay zone in the Town of St. Michaels. See their summary presentation here (1250k pdf).
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This year’s Bay Hundred Foundation celebration takes place on Sunday, June 1st, at Hampden (a historic homestead, ca. 1663) with special guest Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Please see our invitation (pdf) for more details.
History
In 1998, the Midland Companies first introduced plans for intensively developing two parcels (72 acres with St. Michaels and 17 in the county) to include over 300 residences, a hotel, and 18,000 square feet of retail space. Although the St. Michaels Commissioners initially rejected the request, they began reversing themselves in late 2003 when they annexed the 17-acre “Hunteman” parcel. (A coalition of concerned neighbors and eight local grass-roots organizations challenged the legality of that annexation, which was subsequently overturned in Talbot County Circuit Court.)
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Great news! Paw Paw Cove on Tilghman Island—perhaps one of the most archaeologically significant sites in North America—has now been preserved for posterity.
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