{"id":233774209,"date":"2012-05-29T17:16:49","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T17:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=233774209"},"modified":"2012-05-29T17:16:49","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T17:16:49","slug":"transportation-officials-who-are-changing-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=233774209","title":{"rendered":"Transportation Officials Who Are Changing the Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

[B’ Spokes: Just to highlight one of the many great folks at Planning in Maryland.]<\/em><\/p>\n

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by Angie Schmitt, Streets Blog<\/p>\n

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Richard Hall<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Secretary of Planning, State of Maryland<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Richard Hall has led Maryland to the forefront of state-level smart growth planning. Photo: Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Politically, you can\u2019t give enough credit to Governor Martin O\u2019Malley for Maryland\u2019s new state-level smart growth plan, PlanMaryland<\/a>. O\u2019Malley stood up to rural opposition and muscled legislation through late last year to put in place what may be the most progressive state-level land use planning in the country.<\/p>\n

But you also can\u2019t separate the governor\u2019s successes from the man behind the scenes, turning policy positions into reality: Richard Hall. With Hall\u2019s help, for decades Maryland has been laying the groundwork to be a national leader in smart growth.<\/p>\n

Hall started at Maryland\u2019s Department of Planning in 1992. He worked his way from principal planner to director of land use planning to head of the agency, a title he has held for five years.<\/p>\n

All the while he was helping move the state toward this moment<\/em>. Hall\u2019s work contributed to the state\u2019s Smart Growth Act in 1997, which established \u201cpriority growth areas\u201d for the state and set the stage for PlanMaryland.<\/p>\n

Now, under Hall\u2019s leadership, Maryland will decide which areas of the state will be prioritized for development. The process, by its nature, divides places into winners and losers and is sure to be a thorny undertaking, full of political hurdles. But the work of PlanMaryland has always been thorny.<\/p>\n

Hall doesn\u2019t shy away from facing the critics head on. \u201cSome lawmakers contend they want to \u2018save rural Maryland\u2019 from PlanMaryland,\u201d he said in a local forum recently<\/a>. \u201cBut their aim seems to be to \u2018pave rural Maryland.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Hall and O\u2019Malley both recognize that for too long Maryland\u2019s system was already dividing the state into winners and losers, as the interests of cities and existing communities were supplanted by unplanned, sprawling development. It will take strong leadership to change the dynamic. But these two are up to the task.<\/p>\n


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[B’ Spokes: Just to highlight one of the many great folks at Planning in Maryland.] by Angie Schmitt, Streets Blog … Richard Hall Secretary of Planning, State of Maryland Richard Hall has led Maryland to the forefront of state-level smart growth planning. Photo: Flickr Politically, you can\u2019t give enough credit to Governor Martin O\u2019Malley for … <\/p>\n

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