Invasive Species Survey, Frederick City Watershed

Invasive plant species are present within Frederick City Watershed and are a concern for ecosystem health. Research has shown that roads and trails often act as vectors for invasive species. Within Frederick City Watershed, there is a 9.5-mile sanctioned (legal) trail and over 100 miles of unsanctioned (illegal) trails. We addressed three questions to better […]

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Neighborhood Locations and Amenities

This report presents exploratory research that examines the relationship between neighborhood boundaries and amenity location/accessibility in The City of Frederick. A series of maps were produced that depict neighborhoods based on distance to amenities. Surveys were conducted to better understand which amenities draw locally and which draw regionally. Research shows that accessibility is higher the […]

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Signage Safety: Road Signs, Pedestrian Crossing Conditions, and Hit & Run Police Calls in Howard County, Maryland

How do road signage and pedestrian crossing conditions affect the prevalence of hit & run police calls in Howard County, Maryland? More specifically, do signs encouraging driver safety and awareness reduce hit & run calls? Do marked pedestrian crossing points and lower speed limits reduce hit & run calls? […]

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Housing Opportunity in Southwest Baltimore

The housing group focused on a variety of factors or variables to assess housing issues in the Southwest Partnership neighborhoods. Our goal was to identify areas of lowest and highest housing opportunity in the Partnership area by analyzing variables related to the characteristics and quality of housing. These variables included housing conditions, year built, housing […]

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Southwest Partnership Project Economic Development Team

The Southwest Partnership has made significant progress in exploring the existing status of commercial development in their seven neighborhoods. This project will support this work using geospatial analysis and visualization to further the Southwest Partnership’s economic development goals. Data provided by the Southwest Partnership on existing businesses was geocoded and represented on a map of […]

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Healthy and Safe Neighborhoods

For this project the Healthy and Safe Neighborhoods group worked with Baltimore’s Southwest Partnership (SWP) to create mapping resources for their seven partnering neighborhoods. The primary focus was to investigate the health and safety of Southwest Baltimore’s current neighborhood using the most recent ACS (American Community Survey) and Census Data as well as open source […]

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