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NCSG Maps a Future of Opportunity for Baltimore
A series of maps that illustrate gaps in opportunity, developed by the University of Maryland’s National Center for Smart Growth (NCSG), was the basis for Baltimore’s first-ever comprehensive regional plan to create strong, sustainable communities and break the continuous cycle of poverty for many i...View Article Details for NCSG Maps a Future of Opportunity for Baltimore 
URSP Student Elissa Silverman Elected to At-Large Seat of Washington, D.C. City Council
Last month, D.C. residents elected MAPP’s own Elissa Silverman, a graduate student in the Urban Studies and Planning Program, to the At-Large Seat of the Washington, D.C. City Council. After narrowly losing a seat in her first council campaign in 2013, Elissa won her second election handily, capturi...View Article Details for URSP Student Elissa Silverman Elected to At-Large Seat of Washington, D.C. City Council 
Bostwick Gets a Boost with Long-Awaited Restoration Projects
The powerful derecho that hit the Washington area in June of 2012 is on record as one of the most destructive, fast-moving storms in U.S. history. While the region has largely recovered, there are still traces of the storm’s destruction. For many in the MAPP community, there is no better example of ...View Article Details for Bostwick Gets a Boost with Long-Awaited Restoration Projects 
UMD Leads 2015 Regional Design Awards
Architecture program wins big at AIA Maryland Design Awards and AIA Baltimore’s B-More Resilient CompetitionStudents from the University of Maryland’s Architecture program put on a tremendous showing this year at two regional design forums, The AIA Maryland 2015 Excellence in Design awards and the A...View Article Details for UMD Leads 2015 Regional Design Awards 
UMD Students Present Final Sustainability Projects to The City of Frederick
Students, faculty and administrators from the University of Maryland gathered at College Park City Hall Tuesday night to present four city-focused sustainability projects to Mayor Andrew Fellows and the City Council. The projects—a calculation of College Park’s annual greenhouse gas emissions; desig...View Article Details for UMD Students Present Final Sustainability Projects to The City of Frederick 
HISP Students Cast New Light on a Fundamental Skill
Students employ LiDAR technology to offer new insights in historic restoration in VirginiaFairfax County’s Ash Grove Plantation has seen its fair share of history. Built by the county’s namesake, Brian Fairfax, in 1790, the Plantation was at different times a family home, a boarding school for young...View Article Details for HISP Students Cast New Light on a Fundamental Skill