Governor Larry Hogan joined state representatives, stakeholders and national experts in smart growth practice last month to examine current smart growth policies for Maryland and strategies for bringing them into the 21 st century. Hosted by the National Center for Smart Growth, Smart Growth @ 20 reflected on how smart growth has performed over the past twenty years and began a new conversation about smart and sustainable development for the next two decades, addressing some of the state’s most pressing issues, including climate change, social equity, energy conservation, economic restructuring and technological innovation.

On Monday April 9, 2018, the Maryland General Assembly completed it’s 2018 legislative session with Sine Die. Sine Die literally means “with no appointed date for resumption,” despite the fact that the legislature will reconvene on January 9, 2019.