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. About This Website The purpose of this website is to monitor Maryland's performance through eight categories of growth indicators in order to make better progress toward smarter patterns of growth. The eight indicators used to measure Maryland Smart Growth...(more) Smart Growth Goals Since at least the 1992 adoption of seven "Visions" to guide growth in Maryland, the state has embraced a policy to channel most new development toward existing communities and away...(more) History of Growth Management in Maryland Public officials in Maryland have been trying to find ways to better manage land use and growth for more than 60 years. In 1933, the state created the Maryland...(more) I. Indicators: what they are, how they work What are "indicators" and why do they matter? What progress is Maryland making toward achieving the land use goals its citizens care about? Indicators provide some answers...(more) II. Categories of Indicators Selected for this Project The first section of this web page explains (1) the importance of having indicators that logically connect to objectives that people want to achieve, and (2) the lack of...(more) III. Next Steps for the Project Though this project starts small, we plan to grow it. We are now in Phase 1: Creating the indicators and the web site. ...(more)

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