Through their work with the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland (UMD), the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) commissioned this report from the university’s Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS). PALS works with local jurisdictions throughout Maryland to identify projects and problems that can be taught through university courses […]
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HarfordNEXT, the county’s 2016 Masterplan, calls for a comprehensive analysis of facilities needed to serve Creswell and asserts that future development must be compatible with the preservation of Creswell’s rural character. This mandate is the basis for the present study, conducted under the auspices of the University of Maryland’s PALS program in the spring semester […]
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Defining a Third Place: Communities spend the majority of their waking hours at home, a “first place,†and at work or school, a “second place.†When it comes to social interaction outside of a work setting, individuals can feel unsure or unwilling to explore their community. Whether this trepidation is caused by a lack of […]
The purpose of this document is to provide an agronomic plan for the Harford County Department of Parks & Recreation that establishes a minimum/recreational level turf grass standard for a variety of activities and that uses the most cost-effective treatment options available. The department maintains 91 multi-purpose fields and 58 baseball and softball diamonds. All […]
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Although employment, housing, education, health care, transportation, and long-term services and support are all pressing issues for people with disabilities, recreation, and in particular therapeutic recreation, has increasingly been viewed as a pathway to improved quality of life. But less understood are the factors associated with engaging in therapeutic recreation. The Harford County Therapeutic Recreation […]
Students in PLSC402 worked with Prince George’s County Department of Parks and Recreation to assist the department in improving the maintenance practices on some of their sports fields to provide safe, agronomically sound play areas for county residents and amateur sports teams. Students provided assistance in creating a “turf inventory†on the county’s recreational sports […]
Through their work with the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland (UMD), the Prince George’s County- Department of Parks and Recreation commissioned this report from the university’s Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS). PALS works with local jurisdictions throughout Maryland to identify projects and problems that can be taught through […]
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Maryland’s MyCoast Program is a strategic effort to anticipate and assess the impacts of flooding events across the state. MyCoast is a National program with the mission to document tides, storm damage, beach cleanups, nuisance flooding and more to allow decision makers, emergency managers, and others to use public reports to make better decisions. MyCoast: […]
The Baltimore County Department of Public Works (BCDPW) Storm Drains Engineering Department seeks a standardized operational process and technical system that can be used within Cityworks, an asset management system used to help manage their public assets, work activities, and business process. This standardized operational process and technical system would assist BCDPW in systematically evaluating […]
In the spring 2020 semester, the University of Maryland I-Consultancy tasked a team of college-level information scientists to consult with Prince George’s County’s Department of Public Works & Transportation (DPWT) on the development of a Vision Zero story map. This project was sponsored by the University of Maryland’s Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS) […]
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