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<span style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Maryland Department of Planning to Hold Listening Session in Montgomery County to Discuss New State Development Plan<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Citizens Encouraged to Attend Monday, April 16 Evening Meeting at the Montgomery County Government Center in Silver Spring</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">(April 12, 2018)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> Baltimore, MD - The Maryland Department of Planning (Planning) is currently engaging
local officials, staff, and residents in the new state development planning process,
<b><i>A Better Maryland</i></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Planning will host a listening session next Monday, April 16 at 7:00 p.m. at the Montgomery County Government Center, located at </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwNDEzLjg4MzYwNzgxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDQxMy44ODM2MDc4MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDAwMjE2JmVtYWlsaWQ9dG93bkByaXZlcmRhbGVwYXJrbWQuZ292JnVzZXJpZD10b3duQHJpdmVyZGFsZXBhcmttZC5nb3YmdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&101&&&https://www.google.com/maps/place/8787+Georgia+Ave,+Silver+Spring,+MD+20910/@38.999262,-77.0315416,18.29z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b7c8b7a2bdd499:0x2de8efbf9960ccbd!8m2!3d38.9994474!4d-77.0312137?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery"><b><span style="color:#C30043">8787
Georgia Avenue</span></b></a><b> in Silver Spring. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">The purpose of the outreach and overall statewide dialogue is to connect with stakeholders and solicit feedback about the plan and how it can help local governments and state agencies better
meet local planning needs. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">“Governor Hogan signed an Executive Order in August 2017, providing a great opportunity for all of us to work together on a new state development plan,” said Special Secretary of Smart Growth
Wendi Peters. “As we complete our initial round of listening sessions in every county and Baltimore City, the feedback we are receiving from citizens, local governments and other stakeholders is providing valuable insight and information for
<b><i>A Better Maryland</i></b>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">At the listening sessions, attendees view a short presentation and interact with planning staff and other stakeholders using an instant polling exercise and discussion questions.
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">The overall effort consists of a series of 24 outreach events in every Maryland county and Baltimore City. Planning will be scheduling additional follow-up meetings later this year to discuss
the information gathered and next steps for the plan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Stakeholders can also review the project purpose and methodology, find out about upcoming listening sessions, read summaries of session input, and complete a
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">"We continue to receive phenomenal feedback as we complete our initial listening sessions," said Acting Secretary of Planning Rob McCord. "Each meeting has brought a unique local perspective
and we encourage people to view comments from prior meetings around the State on the
<b><i>A Better Maryland</i></b> website. " <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">The survey remains open and is an excellent way for citizens to become involved if they cannot attend a listening session or they prefer to provide an online comment. The outreach is designed
to provide convenient and frequent access to make engagement meaningful and consistent.
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Planning is working closely with the public, local governments, state agencies and other stakeholders, the
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