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An Introduction

Sprawl is a national story, threatening America’s famed open spaces, challenging our rural culture and love of nature. Yet, expansion and development, too, are essential to the American character. While neither ideal should dominate, heavily-financed interests often prevail by overwhelming, sometimes corrupting, local public policy. This project examines local experiences and “connects the dots” in order
to illustrate today’s national land use story.

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  1. Eastern Shore Homebuilder Investigated for Storm Water Runoff

    The New Jersey-based homebuilder K. Hovnanian Enterprises is under investigation by the Department of Justice for possible violations of the Clean Water Act. Read more

  2. From Wye Island to Wye Mills: Suburban Maryland Sprawls to the Eastern Shore

    James W. Rouse was an Eastern Shore boy, born and raised in Easton (pop. 14,000), the county seat of rural Talbot County. Read more

  1. Residents and Developers Battle to a Draw in Bucks County

    When the bullet smashed through the living room window of Rick Patt’s Bucks County farmhouse, he was asleep. He didn’t hear the gunshot. He didn’t… Read more

  2. The Curative Challenge

    If land planners in Buckingham Township in central Bucks County, Pennsylvania, had their way, the Village of Buckingham Springs, a 151-acre age-restricted modular home community,… Read more

  1. An Uncivil War: The Battle of Loudoun

    Civil War remains a reality in Loudoun County, Virginia.

    Abundant historical and cultural touchstones of that era dot the landscape. Scores of villages that… Read more

  2. Route 15 Winds Through History, Development Target Zones

    Halfway between the battlefield at Gettysburg and Thomas Jefferson’s home at Monticello, U.S. Route 15 passes through Loudoun County, an area that may be less… Read more

  1. These satellite images represent many of the locations of developments and other points of interest addressed in the Land Use Accountability Project. Read more

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