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The New Comprehensive Master Plan
The Baltimore City Department of Planning has drafted Baltimore's first new Comprehensive Master Plan in over 30 years. Written in a business plan format, it sets out strategies for coordinating and leveraging City investment, policy and programming to maximize economic opportunity and the quality of life for all citizens of Baltimore over the next 6 years.
The Plan focuses on four primary areas:
LIVE, EARN, PLAY, and LEARN.
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Planning Commission Adopts Baltimore’s
New Comprehensive Master Plan
Baltimore, MD (June 16, 2006) – The City of Baltimore Department of Planning is pleased to announce the adoption of the City’s Comprehensive Master Plan: Live Earn Play Learn: A Business Plan for a World Class City by a unanimous vote of the Baltimore Planning Commission following a public hearing held at the War Memorial Building on Thursday, June 16, 2006.
The Planning Commission’s adoption of the plan represents an important milestone toward Baltimore’s new Comprehensive Master Plan becoming law.
"Now for the first time in 35 years Baltimore has a compass. We know what direction we're going in and it's the right direction for Baltimore City,” said Otis Rolley, Director of the Department of Planning for the City of Baltimore.
This sentiment was echoed by nearly all of the citizens who spoke during the two-hour public hearing. Even those who came with suggestions for improving the plan had positive comments regarding the plan’s overall vision for the City’s future. Many of the recommendations brought forth during the hearing were incorporated by the Planning Commission following a brief recess, capping off an extensive community input and citizen participation campaign that ultimately made the Comprehensive Plan one that has garnered widespread support from residents, businesses and other stakeholders.
The adopted Comprehensive Master Plan will now be referred to the City Council for consideration as a city ordinance. It will be introduced by President Dixon on behalf of the Administration on July 10, 2006. It is anticipated that the City Council will have several hearings of the Committee of the Whole to review the document in its entirety and make any changes they deem necessary. The final plan is anticipated to become law by the end of September.
Once ratified, the Comprehensive Master Plan will serve as the foundation for City policy making and capital investment decisions, guiding and influencing numerous aspects of city life, including education, housing, transportation, recreation and job growth.