Sprawl & Politics: The Inside Story of Smart Growth in Maryland (S U N Y Series on Urban Public Policy)

An account of the origin, enactment, and implementation of Maryland's Smart Growth land use program begun in 1966. Sprawl and Politics is a political history of the origin, enactment, and implementation of Maryland's well-known Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation initiative. It is an insider's look at the political pressures and decisions made by Parris N. Glendening, the former governor of Maryland, and his top staff as they worked to enact and implement a new program to manage growth and curtail sprawl. The book traces the evolution of the Smart Growth program from its substantive underpinnings to the political and public relations strategies needed to assure the program's adoption. Known around the country almost immediately after it was enacted, the program's incentive-based approach served as a model for other states struggling with growth pressures but reluctant to regulate land use. With a perspective only a participant could provide, John W. Frece examines the incidents, issues, pressures, and personalities responsible for shaping the program as well as the challenges faced putting the ideas into practice. Sprawl & Politics......Page 4 Contents......Page 8 Illustrations......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 12 Foreword......Page 14 1. Room 217......Page 16 2. Brownfields, Chapman’s Landing, and the Chestertown Wal-Mart......Page 32 3. “Tell Them, ‘The Governor Is Very Serious’”......Page 44 4. The Initiative Begins to Take Shape......Page 64 5. The Inside/Outside Strategy......Page 72 6. “The Most Important Thing in the Whole Administration”......Page 78 7. Opposition Solidifies......Page 90 8. The General Assembly Battle......Page 96 9. Momentum, Implementation, and Resistance......Page 110 10. Second Term Freedom......Page 122 11. Clicking on All Cylinders......Page 136 12. A Conservative’s Opportunity......Page 150 13. Political Lessons from the Maryland Experiment......Page 168 Appendix: Milestones in Maryland Land Use Planning......Page 184 Notes......Page 188 C......Page 200 G......Page 201 M......Page 202 O......Page 203 S......Page 204 Z......Page 205 "Sprawl and Politics is a political history of the origin, enactment, and implementation of Maryland's well-known Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation initiative. It is an insider's look at the political pressures and decisions made by Parris N. Glendening, the former governor of Maryland, and his top staff as they worked to enact and implement a new program to manage growth and curtail sprawl. The book traces the evolution of the Smart Growth program from its substantive underpinnings to the political and public relations strategies needed to assure the program's adoption."--Jacket Room 217 Brownfields, chapman's landing, and the Chestown Wal-Mart "Tell them, 'the governor is very serious'" The initiative begins to take shape The inside/outside strategy "The most important things in the whole administration" Opposition solidifies The general assembly battle Momentum, implementation, and resistance Second term freedom - Clicking on all cylinders A conservative's opportunity Political lessons from the Maryland experiment.