Division of Neighborhood Improvement
(Formerly Community Conservation)
Jefferson Building
105 West Chesapeake Avenue
Towson, MD 21204
Public Notices
Baltimore County Department of Planning will invest $71 million in federal, state, and local funds in community projects during 2012 to 2016. Please view our final Consolidated Plan (PDF) for 2012-2016 and our 2012 Action Plan (PDF) to see how we plan to implement priorities from Baltimore County citizens.
Please view Baltimore County's Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (PDF) for Fiscal Year 2011. This report provides information to the public on the activities funded in Fiscal Year 2011. Public comments submitted to the Baltimore County Department of Planning by Thursday, September 29, 2011 will be included in the final submission to HUD on September 30.
Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 the Baltimore Regional Fair Housing Group will release, for public review and comment, a draft Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI), which includes a plan of action for addressing those impediments. The AI, which was funded by Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford and Howard Counties, includes a Regional Section, as well as a Local Section for each of the jurisdictions listed above. Baltimore County’s Local AI (PDF) and the Regional AI (PDF) are available here for download, or to view a copy in person, please contact Elizabeth Glenn at eglenn@baltimorecountymd.gov or 410-887-3317. Copies of all Local AIs and the Regional AI will also be made available at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral Street, Maryland Room, Baltimore, MD 21201.
The public will have an opportunity to submit written comments until close of business on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Written comments should be submitted to Elizabeth Glenn at eglenn@baltimorecountymd.gov or Attn: Elizabeth Glenn at Baltimore County Department of Planning, 105 West Chesapeake Ave, Suite 201, Towson, MD 21204.
A Public Hearing to afford the public an opportunity to comment on the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice will be held on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 6:30 p.m., in the Baltimore City Board of Estimates Room (215), City Hall, 100 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. For more information, or to request disability related accommodations to participate in the meeting or receive a copy of the report, please contact Sharon Grzanka at 410-638-3373 Voice/TTY at least seven business days before the event.
Who We Are
The Department of Planning is a highly responsive, interactive agency that has a fundamental mission to strengthen, enhance and stabilize the county’s older, established communities. These older communities in the County, where a significant majority of the County's residents live, were officially designated as Priority Funding areas. Find a map of Priority Funding areas.(PDF)
A major focus of the agency’s work can be described as community development, or community revitalization. Both terms involve managing or coordinating a variety of projects and interventions that strengthen a given community’s physical assets and social well-being. The work of community development requires that we work closely with a variety of partners from government, the private sector, the non-profit sector and the citizenry.
The Department of Planning administers annual entitlement grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which constitutes the majority of the agency's funding. The Department of Planning receives $4.0 million in Community Development Block Grant funding, $2.3 million in HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, and $183,708 in Stuart B. McKinney Emergency Shelter Grant funds from HUD.
The Department of Planning also administers funding from the State of Maryland that supports those citizens at risk of living in a homeless shelter, citizens living in homeless shelters, and citizens moving out of a shelter in addition to receiving County General funds from the Baltimore County Operating budget to leverage all of the federal and state funding received.
How We Use Our Funding
Most of the funding listed above is allocated to benefit low and moderate income households and individuals through various activities carried out by public agencies and non-profit organizations.
Activities include:
- housing rehabilitation
- lead hazard reduction
- home ownership assistance
- foreclosure prevention
- drug and alcohol counseling
- fair housing
- supportive services to the homeless
- rental assistance for people in shelter
- programs that benefit the disabled
- capital improvements to community-based facilities and public infrastructure
Staff
The office is staffed by 33 employees. Please visit our staff directory for contact information.
Revised December 9, 2011
