Secretary Hall on Plan for the Valleys

STATEMENT FROM SECRETARY RICHARD E. HALL ON THE “PLAN FOR THE VALLEYS” RECEIVING A NATIONAL LANDMARK ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION:

National award for Baltimore County

In its national awards, the American Planning Association recently gave its 2010 National Planning Landmark Award to Baltimore County’s ”Plan for the Valleys.”

Here’s the award summary from the APA: “In the early 1960s, the Green Spring and Worthington Valleys, a rural region of Baltimore County, Maryland, was facing intense urbanization pressure. The community had the foresight to realize that if uncontrolled, the growth would surely wipe out