Updated
Updated · Frederick News Post · Jul 13
Frederick County Council Weighs IW2 Industrial Acreage Expansion on Tuesday
Updated
Updated · Frederick News Post · Jul 13

Frederick County Council Weighs IW2 Industrial Acreage Expansion on Tuesday

1 articles · Updated · Frederick News Post · Jul 13

Summary

  • Tuesday’s council meeting will take up the Investing in Workers and Workplaces plan, which would expand land available for industrial and other employment uses in Frederick County.
  • The proposal reaches the County Council as a recommendation from the Planning Commission after multiple public hearings.
  • Those hearings produced a significantly scaled-back version of the expansion plan before it advanced to the council.
  • The vote will test how much industrial growth the county is willing to support after public pushback narrowed the original proposal.

Insights

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