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By: Gerald Winegrad, Capital Gazette Columnist The destruction of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem began more than 400 years ago with the clearing of forests and later, the filling and draining of wetlands. About 66% of our tidal and freshwater wetlands were destroyed, including thousands of acres drained with federal and state funds to create farmland. read on >
Tag: Environment
The Capital: “The bay is dying a death of a thousand cuts while policy makers fail to act”
By: Gerald Winegrad, Capital Columnist After 36 years, the Bay Program is at its nadir. Impeding recovery is a lack of political will to take the necessary regulatory steps to curb farm and development pollution. The cops on the beat are looking the other way as U.S. EPA not only is failing to enforce pollution read on >
Conservation Easement Terms Still Not Settled for Crystal Spring Property
A threshold issue for citizens concerned about development of Crystal Spring is the prospect for future additional development on the property. They want assurance that if the Providence Point senior community project is ever approved, all other future development will be extinguished. A binding legal document must be agreed upon ensuring the land will be read on >
Crystal Spring Development Plans Grossly Fail to Meet Stormwater Pollution Laws
The control of polluted stormwater from the Crystal Spring development continues to be a major concern surrounding the proposed destruction of 30-acres of mature forest on a 35-acre footprint. The development site for the senior community now called The Village at Providence Point flows directly into Crab Creek, which is already one of the two read on >
Ensuring No Net Loss of Forest at Crystal Spring
Since the inception of plans for the development of Crystal Spring, the destruction of 30-40 acres of mature, protected forest has been a pivotal issue of concern to residents of the area. National Lutheran Communities and Services (NLCS) filed plans with the City of Annapolis on January 22, 2019 to build 303 senior homes and read on >
CRYSTAL SPRING DEVELOPMENT PLANS DEAD IN THE WATER
It has been six months since the developers filed their most recent proposal with the City for their senior community, the Village at Providence Point, and once again they are back at square one. The City’s extensive review is still ongoing, but they have already requested substantial changes. The plans are nowhere near approval, and read on >
Capital LTE: “Stewards of Annapolis”
All of us present citizens of Anne Arundel County and the City of Annapolis need to be responsible stewards of our lands which are entrusted to our care. Forests, creeks, all of our waterways, depend on us for good management. Forest Drive and the entire peninsula it serves, is just such land. Its trees cannot read on >
Capital Op-Ed: “Providence Point is in for an unnecessary fight”
By: John Frece It is hard to overstate how disappointed and betrayed those of us who have worked to improve the proposed Providence Point development feel after the developers’ uncaring refusal to make any of the important changes we suggested. We foolishly thought they were operating in good faith, only to see a submission to read on >
Capital Gazette: “The Villages of Providence Point development proposes zero tree replanting. Here’s why.”
By: Danielle Ohl, Capital Gazette reporter The Annapolis City Council in November passed a law to protect the city’s trees. For every tree cut own, a tree would have to be replanted. So, it’s come as a shock to some — including the law’s lead sponsor Alderman Rob Savidge — that the first planned development read on >
The Capital: “5 things to know about The Village at Providence Point”
By: Danielle Ohl, Capital Gazette reporter National Lutheran Communities and Services submitted its most recent application for a 351-unit retirement community late last month. The project is the descendant of Crystal Springs, a sprawling mixed-use complex that drew fierce opposition from environmentalists and residents living near Forest Drive. The latest iteration is called the Village read on >