Carroll farmer proposes zero tax base to save farmland
A Mount Airy area farmer urged Carroll County to adopt a zero tax base on preserved farmland at a public meeting. The plan would tax homes and farm buildings, allow limited residential lots, and avoid state easement purchases. Critics warned it could cut farm value and equity, while planners weighed the idea as an alternative to unregulated housing growth amid public hearings set for April.
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Carroll Farmer
Westminster
Carroll County
Mount Airs
Olver Po Ridgely
Carroll County Farm Bureau
Ridgely
Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation
Edmund R. Cueman
Roger L. Mann
Butler
Ridgely Lee
Finkshore
Planning Commission
Cueman
Edwin Kirby
Ing Land
Baltimore
Washington
Burke Lego
Winfield
Donald I. Dell
Agricultural District
Farm Bureau
Urbana Ladies Auxiliary Plans Spring Activities
The Urbana Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary met March 30 with Bar bara Wilcom presiding and May Lenhart leading opening prayer. Two new members were welcomed, announcements covered sick list, April events including flea market on April 16 and carnival July 22, and plans for various meetings and fundraisers were discussed.
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Urbana Fire Company
Barbara Wilcom
May Lenhart
Sherry Wilcom
Shirley Shipley
Raye Payne
Beverly Maher
Shirley Ausherman
Linda Roelke
Shirley Boncavaghe
Barbara Taylor
County Auxiliary
Middletown
Westminister
Federal
Evelyn Reynolds
Mount Airy shopping center expansion planned
Mount Airy developer David C. Smith & Son has acquired H. L. Rust Co. interest in the Mount Airy Shopping Center. Plans call for a 12 000 square foot Safeway addition this fall, a 6400 square foot building north of the main entrance, a Pizza Hut at the main entrance, and a second fast food outlet at the former B P Oil site. Financing comes from Maryland National Bank. Present tenants include Safeway Drug Fair Unibank Equitable Savings and Loan J B Liquors Abell's Hardware Family Clothing Store Dairy Queen Chic Hairstylist Rozanski Dentist Grimes Realtors Windbray Restaurant and Foto Hut. The firm will also develop the Merridale Gardens subdivision adjacent to the center with 87 dwelling units.
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Mount Airy
David C. Smith & Son
MD. 27
Merridale Gardens
Ridge Avenue
H. L. Rust Co
Safeway
B. P. Oil Company
Oil Company
Smith
Maryland National Bank
Drug Fair
Unibank
Equitable Savings and Loan
J. B. Liquors
Abell's Hardware
Family Clothing
Dairy Queen
Chic
Rozanski
Grimes Realtors
Windbray
Foto Hut
Smith's Company
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Conference Board
San Diego
San Antonio
San Jose
New Orleans
Urbana Ladies Auxiliary
Mount Airy Shopping Center
Olor
Big Boys
Little League
Orion
A.B.C
Frederick Towne
U.S. Route 40
Elmwood Drive
Frederick
Montgomery
Pike
Bitler
Bob Bitler
Fredenck
Mercedes-Benz Specialist Auto Bahn, Inc
N. Carroll St
A.B.C.D.E
Germany
Dick Wettrich
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