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URGENT DEADLINE MONDAY: DON'T LET THEM DESTROY THE BAY
Friends of the Chesapeake Bay: URGENT: Please send in your comments by Monday, Sept 1st on the farcical draft of the 2025 Bay Agreement....

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
Aug 291 min read
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Landing on the Right Boat Ramp Solution -- For Now
https://www.parishcreeklanding.com/ In the crazy saga of the South County boat ramp, the County has finally done the right thing, after...

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
Aug 42 min read
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Don't Stand for This!
This week the County Council cut $1.25M from the Public Campaign Financing Fund. It virtually eliminates the possibility of the fund...

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
Jun 111 min read
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Invest in Your Self and Your HOA/Community Assn. Register Today!
If this is life in your HOA or community assocation, today is the last day to sign up for the HOA Summit, this Saturday, May 10th,...

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
May 51 min read
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Too Much AND Not Enough
To be sure, there's a lot to like about living in AACo, but everyone has complaints. Too much traffic, expensive rents, school crowding,...

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
Dec 17, 20241 min read
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Stand UP and Send a STRONG Message NOW
At the County Council meeting on Monday, October 7th, the Housing Attainability Act, Bill 72-24, gets its first hearing. The affordable...

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
Oct 6, 20241 min read
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3 Big (And Important) Events This Week
It's a big week for AACo citizens this week, with three important events: First : The future of AACo is literally being written right...

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
Sep 24, 20241 min read
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Community Association and HOA Summit Coming June 1st.
Being on the board of your community association or HOA may be the most thankless, pain-in-the-anatomy job there is. There are rules and...

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
May 9, 20241 min read
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Building Better HOAs and Community Associations
Don't Miss: 2nd Annual Comm Assn Summit

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
Apr 29, 20241 min read
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The Citizen Network WORKED!
Several hundred citizens sent letters to the County Council last week about the county's once-in-a-decade Comprehensive Rezoning exercise....

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
Apr 18, 20241 min read
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7 Days to Decide the Future of Your Neighborhood? Say NO Now
On Monday, April 15th, the Anne Arundel County Council is preparing to pass Bill 26-24 as "emergency legislation" that will privilege the...

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
Apr 14, 20242 min read
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Govt for the Many, or the Few? Speak Up by Monday, April 15th, or it will be the Few.
In the great Star Trek movie "The Wrath of Khan," Spock gives up his life to save the crew of the Enterprise because "the needs of the...

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
Apr 9, 20242 min read
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AACo for the Next 10 Years
AACo for the Next 10 Years! Every 10 years, the County makes long range plans for where housing, commercial development, and open space...

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
Feb 26, 20242 min read
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Moment of Truth for Our County
This is a moment of truth for our County. Who do we want to be in the world? What kind of community do we want to create in Anne...

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
Dec 15, 20232 min read
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Stop the Wet Kiss for Developers TODAY
There is a letter below you need to send to your Councilmember. Why? A few weeks ago, the Growth Action Network asked in an op-ed in the...

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
Nov 30, 20232 min read
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Join us for a GAN November, on Housing, Growth, and Mr. Pittman on AACo's Sustainable Future
The first half of November is full of topics for citizens, with three important events in the next two weeks. Get your calendar handy!...

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
Nov 2, 20232 min read
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For the Cost of a Stamp . . .
In the coming weeks, property owners in three parts of the county will be able to apply to have their land rezoned. In these three areas...

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
Oct 8, 20233 min read
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Hold on to Your Hats, Anne Arundel!
These next few months of 2023 will have a HUGE impact on the future of Anne Arundel County. Between now and the end of this year, in...

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
Sep 16, 20232 min read
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Where Does the Water Actually Begin? Whatever "Floats Your Boat?"
The US Supreme Court recently ruled in Sackett vs the EPA that water begins where you can float a boat. Really? Yes, really. We who love...

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
Aug 4, 20231 min read
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Mostly Sunny, with a 60% Chance of Solar
With all of our fabulous summer sun this year, the County Council is considering a bill which will increase solar arrays in commercial...

Matt Minahan, Chair, Growth Action Network
Jul 23, 20232 min read
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