In September 2018, Greg Pizzuto, Director of Tourism for Harford County, Maryland gave a presentation of the county’s tourism information as shown on their website: https://visitharford.com. The county is exploring tourism-related initiatives but also seeking additional help in innovative ideas and methods to present areas of interest to the public. Through the Partnership for Action […]
Program: Partnership for Action Learning
Prince George County Public Schools: Suitland High School & William Wirt Middle School
Transit-Oriented Development and Affordable Housing in Prince George’s County: A Case Study-Based Approach
Prince George’s County is eager to activate and capitalize on some of its greatest assets, i.e. its Metro stations, by attracting dense transit-oriented development projects to the county. However, this poses a serious risk of displacement to many of the station areas’ existing residents and has the potential to limit accessibility for potential future low-to-moderate […]
Watershed Restoration Prioritization Project
The goal is to serve DoE’s mission to improve water quality and satisfy the Federal Mandate to meet the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) requirement of reducing nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment in Prince George’s watersheds by 2025. The requirement is set by the EPA. Currently design teams select […]
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A Review of Stakeholder Feedback and Indicator Analysis for the Maryland Environmental Justice Screening Tool
Background: A wealth of research has shown that communities of color and low-income populations have been disproportionately burdened by environmental hazards and locally unwanted land uses (LULUs) including incinerators, power plants, landfills, and other pollution- intensive facilities. Unfortunately, the State of Maryland has made little progress in constructing tools to assess and address environmental injustice […]
Harford County Bel Air Bicycle Network Study
In 2013, Harford County adopted a Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan that establishes goals and priorities for improving the County’s bicycle and pedestrian networks and connecting to key destinations throughout the County. In 2018, Harford County engaged with the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Capstone Studio at the University of Maryland to develop a more comprehensive […]
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Environmental Analysis and Development Potential in the Creswell Area of Harford County, MD
This project was undertaken as part of the UMD PALS program by graduate Landscape Architecture students in LARC 642 in the fall of 2018. It contributes to a series of courses addressing the development potential of the Creswell study area in Harford County. The objectives of this course were threefold: 1. Identify abiotic, biotic, and […]
Sewer System Alternatives Evaluation for Potential Creswell Area Expansion in Harford County
This report summarizes the findings of the ENCE422 Fall 2018 class term project. Students were tasked with evaluating sewer system alternatives for the Creswell area expansion in Harford County. Student groups were to consider environmental impacts, community/social impacts, and perform financial analysis for the alternatives they chose to evaluate. This report extracts information from 14 […]
Improving the UX of the Visit Harford App & Website
Susceptibility of Montgomery Park Trees to Emerging Invasive Pests
This report provides recommendations to the Montgomery County Department of Parks on the management of four invasive pests: Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula), oak wilt, and thousand cankers disease in managed park regions. To prepare for these potential infestations, an analysis of the risk to current park tree populations was performed […]
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