Community Design Team (CDT)
Amy Mantay, Community Design Team Coordinator
410-887-3480, atmantay@baltimorecountymd.gov

The CDT is a team of planners, landscape architects and graphic designers drawn together for specific projects from the existing staff within the Office of Planning.  The CDT was developed and based on the Office of Planning’s experience with the Urban Design Assistance Team (UDAT) projects within Baltimore County. 

The CDT works hard to coordinate and facilitate discussion and decision making between state and county agencies, property owners, developers, and community and business groups to help communities create a vision for their community.  Providing quality design ideas and guidelines for communities helps transform them into healthy and desirable places to live, work and play.  Developing and maintaining a quality design vision for communities that is consistent with Baltimore County’s growth management and community conservation will also help achieve sustainable practices that facilitate state, regional and county goals on environmental matters.

The CDT has successfully completed two projects utilizing the charrette process.  The projects include the Lower Back River Neck Community and the Turner Station Community.

FEATURED PROJECTS

Turner Station Charrette The Community Design Team led the community through the charrette process May 28, 2009 - June 2, 2009.

Lower Back River Neck Charrette The Community Design Team led the community through the charrette process September 11, 2008 - September 15, 2008.