Eastern Shore 2010 PETITION

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I want my county leaders to do more to protect our quality of life, working farms and natural areas from development.

I strongly urge my county’s elected leaders to sign the new Eastern Shore 2010 agreement. Rapid, large-scale growth on the Shore is consuming too much land, polluting our waters, and overcrowding our schools and roads. What makes the Eastern Shore special will be lost forever unless our county leaders take stronger actions to manage new growth – NOW.

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About the Eastern Shore 2010 agreement

In 2002 Eastern Shore Land Conservancy created an inter-county agreement, Eastern Shore 2010, which set the highest expectations for managing growth on the Eastern Shore. It contained four land use goals and was adopted by the county governments of Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Caroline, Talbot and Dorchester counties.

While some progress toward these goals has been made in each county, the Eastern Shore faces increasingly fast-paced growth (160,000 new residents and more than 70,000 new houses in the next 25 years, according to state projections) so we recently strengthened the agreement. The updated version of Eastern Shore 2010 calls for:

Eastern Shore counties must intensify efforts to manage new growth on the Shore so it remains a special place for all. The alarming growth projections from the Maryland Department of Planning and the possibility of another Bay Bridge show us that action toward these goals must begin soon. The window of opportunity to save our beautiful farms, rivers, and forests is quickly closing.

We hope the six county governments of the mid and upper Eastern Shore will again sign on to work toward the agreement’s goals – and a better Shore for everyone. You can play an important part by signing the petition and showing your elected officials that the Shore’s future is important to you.

Show your support for the new Eastern Shore 2010 agreement

Write a letter to the editor

A sample letter to the editor is attached for your convenience. Download here.

Letter to the editor addresses for local papers:

The subject should read: Letter to the Editor
For the Dorchester Star it should read: Letter to the Editor for Dorchester Star