In June 2005, the Environmental Finance Center, on behalf of Talbot County, Maryland, convened a financing workshop to assist County officials in their efforts to finance and implement a new Countryside Preservation Area program. The goal of the event was to develop the framework for financing and implementing a plan for protecting more than 11,000 acres around each of the four incorporated municipalities within the County. This report, developed by the staff at the Environmental Finance Center and the expert panelists who participated in the charrette, outlines the core components of a sustainable, effective financing strategy, and provides detailed next steps and recommendations for implementing this core feature of the County’s new Comprehensive Plan.