The Baltimore Sustainability Plan the Baltimore Sustainability Plan
The Baltimore Sustainability Plan The Baltimore Sustainability Plan Adopted by the Baltimore Commission on Sustainability February 3, 2009 Adopted by the Baltimore City Planning Commission February 5, 2009 Approved by the Baltimore City Council’s Judicial and Legislative Affairs Committee February 11, 2009 Approved by the Baltimore City Council March 2, 2009 Published April 2009 This plan is printed using post-consumer recycled material Executive Summary Sustainability, meeting the current environmental, have never been more evident, demand for natural social, and economic needs of our community without resources continues to escalate, and hopes for reigniting compromising the ability of future generations to meet economic growth rest on investments in the emerging these needs, represents a desire to pass on a world that is green economy. Recently ranked among the top ten most as good as, if not better than, we found it for our children sustainable cities in the nation, Baltimore offers immense and our children’s children. opportunity for sustainable living and development by virtue of its population density, significant public Recent economic, political, and cultural realities have infrastructure, and large, diverse stock of existing prompted many cities, companies, and individuals buildings. By improving Baltimore’s ability to offer to assess and reconsider their plans for long-term healthy air and water, varied transportation options, job sustainability. The seriousness of climate change treats opportunities with good growth potential, and clean, Baltimore Sustainabilty Plan 9 safe recreational spaces, sustainable planning can help strategies, while metrics for other goals are still Baltimore attract and retain more residents, businesses, under development. and investment.
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