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Coastal Communities Exchange

Coastal Communities Exchange

Local Governments, Decision-makers and Coastal Residents Gathered in St. Michaels to Learn How Other Communities are Addressing Coastal Issues

On Friday, September 16, fifty-five participants representing local, state and federal governments, universities, consultants, and nonprofit organizations attended this interactive workshop at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland. The purpose of the Coastal Communities Exchange was to serve as a venue to highlight projects completed or underway in Maryland's coastal zone (many of those supported by CCP funding made possible through NOAA grants); to share ideas and lessons learned; to discuss best practices; and to share products and outcomes that might be applicable to - or replicable in - other coastal communities.


The Coastal Communities Exchange featured the following:

Coastal Communities Exchange


  • Anne Arundel County presented on their on their project to develop a Sea Level Rise Strategic Plan
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  • Talbot County shared details of their project to conduct Coastal Management for Traditional Villages
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  • Presenting on their ongoing efforts to establish stormwater utilities in their communities was Ocean City and the Town of Centreville
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  • The University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center presented on the Watershed Assistance Collaborative's launch of the Stormwater Financing Unit
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  • New CoastSmart Communities Planner, Jeff Allenby, introduced the new factsheet resources available through the CoastSmart Communities Online Resource Center and reported on the development status of the CoastSmart Communities Scorecard, a community self-assessment tool

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  • The City of Cambridge shared their experience from being selected as a pilot community for EPA's Sustainable Building Blocks Workshop and discussed their current project: "Code and Ordinance Modification to Address Nonpoint Source Pollution and Storm Surge and Sea Level Rise."

  • The Georgetown Law Center presented their work developing a Model Zoning Sea Level Rise Ordinance for Maryland
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  • Providing an example from another coastal state was the Delaware Sea Grant College Program who presented on a pilot project in the City of Lewes, Delaware for Hazard Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change
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  • The Critical Area Commission shared their work on the development of a Buffer Resource Guide
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  • The Lower Eastern Shore office of the Maryland Department of Planning shared how CCP and MDP were able to partner to provide Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Ordinance Updates for Seven Small Lower Eastern Shore Municipalities

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  • The Town of Queenstown reviewed their projects to develop an Integrated Community Design Document and a Transportation Element for their Comprehensive Plan
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  • Lastly, members of the Coastal and Watershed Resources Advisory Committee (CWRAC) described the role and recent involvement of CWRAC in influencing coastal policy and invited Exchange attendees to get involved with CWRAC and to attend the next meeting on October 28, 2011
    – Click here to view CWRAC fact sheet