From Harford Habitat for Humanity: The First LEED-certified Modular Home Ever Built by High School Students in the USA was the winner as one of the Green Projects of the Year for 2009 (Bel Air, MD) – The Maryland Chapter of the US Green Building Society, an organization committed to a prosperous and sustainable future […]
Harford’s Impact Fee Debate Sparks Tea Party Revolt/Rift
A bill to repeal Harford County’s impact fee created some strange bedfellows when it was first introduced by Dion Guthrie, a Democrat representing Edgewood and Joppatowne and Chad Shrodes, a Republican representing the rural north. Now, the repeal effort has sparked a rift among the leaders of the anti-tax Tea Party movement and drawn a […]
Bruce: Who Should Pay For New Schools?
The following was submitted by Morita Bruce: Do you support a tax increase to pay for recently-built schools? Should Red Pump Elementary School or other school construction projects be stopped? If your answer is NO to either of these, then oppose Bill 09-29, School Development Impact Fee, because this Bill stops the school impact fees […]
McGrady: Tea Party Against Impact Fee, “This Tax Isn’t About Schools, It’s About Jobs”
The following letter was received from Tea Party organizer and House of Delegates candidate Patrick McGrady: Editor, Since July 2005, the Harford County government has levied an Impact Tax on every new home construction permit. The idea of the Impact Tax seems noble enough- the money raised from the tax goes into the Harford County […]
Are Harford Building Moratoriums Keeping BRAC Transplants Away?
Blaming the provision for a “complete shut down” of new home construction in the very areas where BRAC transplants should be looking for local housing, the president of the Harford County Chamber of Commerce has asked the Harford County Council to allow its Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance – which imposes a building moratorium within in […]
Department of Community Services Awards Federal Funds to Harford Family House
(Bel Air, MD – March 3, 2009) As part of Harford County Government Administration’s focus on serving the most vulnerable members of our community in today’s difficult economy, the Department of Community Services has awarded $75,000.00 award of HUD Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to Harford Family House, Inc. This agency provides sixteen furnished […]
Harford Counting The Homeless
(Bel Air, MD – January 14, 2009) – – On January 28, 2009, Harford County Government, local homeless service providers, community volunteers, and local police agencies will come together in a coordinated effort to conduct a one day count of homeless persons in Harford County. Harford County will use the data collected during this point-in-time […]
Housing Market of Horrors: A 20-Something’s Guide to Buying a Home
Since the housing market began its dramatic landslide last year, I’ve been pushing my fiancé to buy a house under the impression that this may be the most affordable time for first-time buyers. There’s a lot of real estate out there for sale, most of which has been sitting stagnant for several months. The lenders […]
