by David Marks | Jul 25, 2021 | Campus Hills, Cromwell Valley, Joppa Road, Loch Raven, Perry Hall, Towson, Towson Circulator
The Fiscal Year 2022 budget provides unprecedented funding for transportation projects. Over the next construction season, highway contractors will be completing some unfinished resurfacing in our district; roads in the Oakleigh Manor and Cromwood-Coventry communities...
by David Marks | Jan 13, 2021 | Carney, Cub Hill, Fullerton, Perry Hall, school overcrowding, Towson, Towson High School
As the 2021 session of the Maryland General Assembly opens, the top priority for our state legislators should be to secure the funding needed to advance new schools in Baltimore County. This will be the third consecutive session where such funding stalled. In 2019,...
by David Marks | Dec 19, 2020 | Angel Park, Carney, Cromwell Valley, dog park, Gough Park, Honeygo Park, Kingsville, Mount Vista, open space, Patriot Plaza, Perry Hall, Ridgely Manor, Seven Courts, Towson
Since 2010, eight new parks have advanced in the Fifth District—four in Perry Hall, three in Towson, and the first new park in a half-century along the Loch Raven Boulevard corridor. Parks are essential to our quality of life, providing recreational space, peace of...
by David Marks | Nov 11, 2020 | Carney, Cromwell Valley, Neighborhood Commons, open space, Perry Hall, Towson, zoning
In 2012, I sponsored legislation that created a zoning category, Neighborhood Commons, to protect land as open space. Thanks to that legislation, about 4,000 acres has now been designated as Neighborhood Commons. The new estimate includes decisions based on the...
by David Marks | Nov 29, 2019 | Anneslie, Carney, Loch Raven, Perry Hall, rezoning, Rodgers Forge, Towson, zoning
Next year, the Baltimore County Council will consider changes as part of the Comprehensive Zoning Map Process. Zoning determines the development and use of all properties in Baltimore County. In 2012 and 2016, I initiated changes to lighten school overcrowding and...
by David Marks | Oct 20, 2019 | 101 York, Carney, Circle East, Downtown Perry Hall, Loch Raven, Rossville, Towson, Towson Row
Since my election to the Baltimore County Council, I have focused on revitalizing and improving our older commercial areas. The change that has occurred in Downtown Towson is breathtaking. Cranes dot the skyline. Businesses are reopening along York Road, and...
