Please consider adding more parks and open space to Towson,downtown area as well. The area has an F grade from the American Lung Association for ozone. WE need more open space for the health and well being of our citizens. Some nice pedestrian areas and a protected bike path would be great!
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Shelley Brockway
11 years ago
I find it difficult to believe, Mr. Kamanetz, that, with this much outcry from the TRC and the surrounding Towson residential communities, our voices are still unheard. How is it possible?
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Trish Mayhugh
11 years ago
Give families the resources and support they need AND deserve. The developers will TAKE what they need.
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Andy Evans
11 years ago
Our elected officials and those they employ and assign in positions responsible for this inexcusable action must be held accountable by we the public, who they are to serve. I find this action completely irresponsible and negligent on the part of those in County Government.
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Jeffrey landsman
11 years ago
Insider deals
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Chris Dax
11 years ago
Please keep our open spaces.
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Frederick Ross
11 years ago
The fees owed by developers have no bearing on the feasibility of the projects. If the projects are that tight financially, they shouldn't be built anyway. The Towson area has far too little open space due to the lack of planning and forward thinking by generations of politicians and bureaucrats. The fees are reasonable and legitimate.
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Merritt Keffer
11 years ago
Come on Mr. Kamenetz! Our fields are in bad shape. Help out the CHILDREN of Towson!
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Bryan Fick
11 years ago
Baltimore County, and specifically the Towson area, needs more open spaces and the fees.,
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Susan Behm
11 years ago
I live in Towson, not Cockeysville
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Susan Behm
11 years ago
I live in Towson, not Cockeysville
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Susan Behm
11 years ago
Schools & open spaces are top priorities for families . Keep our neighborhoods viable as good places to live. There must be a balance and it's all too frequent that business tips the balance in the wrong direction.
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Deb Vance
11 years ago
It's bad enough that the developers are asking for -- and receiving -- so many zoning variances for the over-construciton that's now taking place in Towson, but it's unconscionable that the developers are also excused from giving back to the community. They're benefiting from the infrastructure our taxes have supported for years. They should behave like good citizens and help improve our lives, not just their own pocketbooks.
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Marilyn E. Demorest
11 years ago
Do the right thing, not just the politically expedient thing!
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Jill Sullivan
11 years ago
Less asphalt, more green. Don't give our home away to developers.
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Victor Velazquez
11 years ago
Quality of life in Towson is the magnet that keeps drawing in families and individuals who value that quality. It's what drives the continuation of a tremendous history of bright little kids growing up into productive citizens who care about where they live, care for their interactions with their neighbors and care for their time in the limited green spaces available. Coupled with an economic model that exists across the country, you seek to develop and profit and you pay fees and costs to achieve that desired outcome. It's recognized that Towson wants to maintain its position as a destination of choice for development. We want economic vitality. We want open spaces. Enforce what's on the books. We will have both. County Executive Kamenetz should recognize the hundreds signing this petition by not allowing the waiver of fees for major development projects.
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Kristy Knuppel
11 years ago
This is the most important thing to me as a life-long resident of Towson. Please do all you can to help us keep and enhance the little green space we have left! My children play on the same TRC fields I used 40 years ago. The only difference is that all of the TRC programs have grown to 40 times the number of children playing! Why should TOWSON be the ONLY exception to a standard practice everywhere else in Baltimore County? Why should TOWSON be exempt from Federal Open Space legislation? What am I missing here?
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Open space is vital for the health and well being of our community. It need to be made a priority.
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Carol Appleby-Vanko
11 years ago
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Stop the giveaways to big developers. They aren't needed. They want to build in Towson. Fairly supporting open space and quality of life will increase the desire ability and value of their own projects without reducing the value of my home or our quality of life.
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Michelle M Nonnon List
11 years ago
It's already terrible that Open Space regulations are not being enforced. Why should our rules be flouted at all?
Kamenetz and crowd are incredibly arrogant to be so dismissive of the health, recreational and aesthetic well-being of current and future citizens of Towson. "In-fill" policies do not give anyone license to destroy our green space--our room to breathe and play.
We must be more vigilant, we must protect our neighborhoods from creeping urban blight. We must vote these guys out of office!
Please consider adding more parks and open space to Towson,downtown area as well. The area has an F grade from the American Lung Association for ozone. WE need more open space for the health and well being of our citizens. Some nice pedestrian areas and a protected bike path would be great!
I find it difficult to believe, Mr. Kamanetz, that, with this much outcry from the TRC and the surrounding Towson residential communities, our voices are still unheard. How is it possible?
Give families the resources and support they need AND deserve. The developers will TAKE what they need.
Our elected officials and those they employ and assign in positions responsible for this inexcusable action must be held accountable by we the public, who they are to serve. I find this action completely irresponsible and negligent on the part of those in County Government.
Insider deals
Please keep our open spaces.
The fees owed by developers have no bearing on the feasibility of the projects. If the projects are that tight financially, they shouldn't be built anyway. The Towson area has far too little open space due to the lack of planning and forward thinking by generations of politicians and bureaucrats. The fees are reasonable and legitimate.
Come on Mr. Kamenetz! Our fields are in bad shape. Help out the CHILDREN of Towson!
Baltimore County, and specifically the Towson area, needs more open spaces and the fees.,
I live in Towson, not Cockeysville
I live in Towson, not Cockeysville
Schools & open spaces are top priorities for families . Keep our neighborhoods viable as good places to live. There must be a balance and it's all too frequent that business tips the balance in the wrong direction.
It's bad enough that the developers are asking for -- and receiving -- so many zoning variances for the over-construciton that's now taking place in Towson, but it's unconscionable that the developers are also excused from giving back to the community. They're benefiting from the infrastructure our taxes have supported for years. They should behave like good citizens and help improve our lives, not just their own pocketbooks.
Do the right thing, not just the politically expedient thing!
Less asphalt, more green. Don't give our home away to developers.
Quality of life in Towson is the magnet that keeps drawing in families and individuals who value that quality. It's what drives the continuation of a tremendous history of bright little kids growing up into productive citizens who care about where they live, care for their interactions with their neighbors and care for their time in the limited green spaces available. Coupled with an economic model that exists across the country, you seek to develop and profit and you pay fees and costs to achieve that desired outcome. It's recognized that Towson wants to maintain its position as a destination of choice for development. We want economic vitality. We want open spaces. Enforce what's on the books. We will have both. County Executive Kamenetz should recognize the hundreds signing this petition by not allowing the waiver of fees for major development projects.
This is the most important thing to me as a life-long resident of Towson. Please do all you can to help us keep and enhance the little green space we have left! My children play on the same TRC fields I used 40 years ago. The only difference is that all of the TRC programs have grown to 40 times the number of children playing! Why should TOWSON be the ONLY exception to a standard practice everywhere else in Baltimore County? Why should TOWSON be exempt from Federal Open Space legislation? What am I missing here?
Open space is vital for the health and well being of our community. It need to be made a priority.
Stop the giveaways to big developers. They aren't needed. They want to build in Towson. Fairly supporting open space and quality of life will increase the desire ability and value of their own projects without reducing the value of my home or our quality of life.
It's already terrible that Open Space regulations are not being enforced. Why should our rules be flouted at all? Kamenetz and crowd are incredibly arrogant to be so dismissive of the health, recreational and aesthetic well-being of current and future citizens of Towson. "In-fill" policies do not give anyone license to destroy our green space--our room to breathe and play. We must be more vigilant, we must protect our neighborhoods from creeping urban blight. We must vote these guys out of office!