On October 11, 2023, the Howard County Council passed the HoCo By Design plan. The approved Plan provides an equitable, predictable, sustainable, and achievable roadmap for Howard County’s future land use and environmental protection.

Oct 19, 2023 · The new General Plan, dubbed HoCo By Design, advances a long-term strategic vision for how the County will develop and grow alongside evolving land use, conservation, economic, environmental, and social conditions over the next 20 years.

Mar 22, 2023 · HoCo By Design, the County’s general plan update, provides a long-term vision for how Howard County will develop and grow as it adjusts to evolving economic, environmental, and social conditions over the next 20 years. What is HoCo By …

Sep 25, 2023 · Once each decade, Howard County updates its General Plan, a long-range, visionary document that guides land use, growth, and development decisions. The County’s Department of Planning & Zoning is leading a community outreach effort to create a new General Plan, called HoCo By Design.

Mar 15, 2023 · The Howard County Planning Board unanimously approved HoCo By Design, the County’s general plan update and Route 1 Corridor Plan. The vote follows a thorough three-year process which yielded extensive community input and data analysis.

What is a General Plan? A document that establishes a high-level, long-range, community-driven vision and policies on how and where the County will develop and grow as it adjusts to evolving economic, environmental, and social conditions over the next 20 years.

Jan 2, 2024 · Howard County’s long-range, visionary plan for development and conservation in the county through the year 2040 is now available online.

HoCo By Design starts from the baseline of the previous General Plan - PIanHoward 2030 - and aims to define a growth and conservation path to 2040 that is more equitable, more predictable, more sustainable, and more

What is a General Plan? A document that establishes a clear, long-range, community-driven vision and policies on how and where the County will develop and grow as it adjusts to evolving economic, environmental, and social conditions over the next 20 years. What does HoCo By Design address? Housing Affordability in Howard County...

Jul 7, 2020 · HoCo By Design will establish goals for land use over the next 20 years and will identify areas for the County to preserve, enhance, transform and strengthen. It will also form the basis for future regulations on development.