Maryland planning for less sprawl 

Posted: 7:00 pm Sun, August 22, 2010
By Nicholas Sohr
Daily Record Business Writer

OCEAN CITY — Maryland is crafting a plan to curtail the construction of sprawling suburban subdivisions and concentrate future growth in areas of the state that are already developed. State officials expect the first-of-its-kind land-use plan, called Plan Maryland, to be finished in summer or fall of 2011. It will encourage “smart growth” to somewhat ...