2011 Travails of Farm and Land Preservation
...obtain funding from a preservation program within the five year period, then the county has the right to record its own preservation easement to prevent development of the farm. This...
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In Case You Missed It: A Land Owner’s Guide to Maryland Land Preservation Options
...Maryland. Land Preservation Options There are three primary land preservation options available, all involving the use of easements: easement donation, easement sale, and the transfer of development rights. Land preservation...
A Land Owner’s Guide to Maryland Land Preservation Options
...Maryland. Land Preservation Options There are three primary land preservation options available, all involving the use of easements: easement donation, easement sale, and the transfer of development rights. Land preservation...
What’s up with Farm and Land Preservation in Frederick County?
While turkeys plead for preservation this time of year, is it still a priority to preserve valued real estate for future generations of farmers? Last week I was interviewed by...
Real Estate Math 101: Farm and Land Preservation by the Numbers
If the farmer can get them, dollars from farmland preservation take a double hit in the current economy. Over the Thanksgiving Day holiday, I received an email from one of...
Land Preservation Tool Kit Expands
Montgomery County Maryland is on the forefront of land preservation efforts with a new and innovative tool – the Building Lot Termination (“BLT”) Program. The BLT program piggy backs on...
Saving Farmland with Transferable Development Rights
...in the farm and land preservation effort. In Maryland there are active Transferable Development Right preservation programs in Charles, Calvert, Saint Mary’s, Queen Anne’s, Howard and Montgomery Counties. Many TDR...
Land Conservation
Preserve and Benefit. MacRo has contributed to the preservation of more than 6,000 acres of land throughout Maryland and several New England states. What’s more, we’ve assisted clients in the...
The Case of the Unfinished Wall
How far should preservation guidelines go to protect the integrity of real estate in downtown historic districts? It all started about 14 years ago when Captain Edward “Massie” Simpkins began...
13 Components of a Successful Transferable Development Right Program
...Transferable Development Right programs work best in conjunction with other Federal, state, county and/or city preservation programs. 4. Public support: Land developers must buy in to the concept and see...