Baltimore's Draft new Comprehensive Master Plan unveiled today

There's more to Baltimore than the Inner Harbor. Oil painting by Sy Mohr.

I don't have time to print this off at the moment--it is voluminous--but the draft version of the New Comprehensive Master Plan for the City of Baltimore is now online.

From the website:

The Baltimore City Department of Planning has drafted Baltimore's first new Comprehensive Master Plan in over 30 years. Written in a business plan format, it sets out strategies for coordinating and leveraging City investment, policy and programming to maximize economic opportunity and the quality of life for all citizens of Baltimore over the next 6 years.The Plan focuses on four primary areas: LIVE, EARN, PLAY, and LEARN.

I think that the business plan format is an interesting one that I have seen in a couple other places, notably Niagara Falls, New York, which has to contract due to the decline of local industry, and its subsidiary role to Niagara Falls, Ontario for local tourism.

I do want to compare this effort to that in DC. I have added the first public meeting for the "Live, Earn, Play and Learn" process in Baltimore to my calendar, and I'll add the others shortly.

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