Category: Government

Noting that residential growth is one of the hottest topics in Frederick County, County Executive Jan Gardner today unveiled the draft Livable Frederick plan, a totally new approach to comprehensive planning that starts with a vision for Frederick County’s future and develops an action plan to get there. Based on a vision developed by community members, Livable Frederick answers how and where we want to grow. It incorporates survey results, demographics, and innovative technology. “For the first time, we used interactive tools and computer simulations to look at scenarios and…

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County Executive Jan Gardner today presented an annual report for 2017 on the accomplishments of Frederick County Government, emphasizing that the county has been energized by innovation throughout the year with cutting-edge initiatives and many economic accomplishments. These include the opening of the new downtown technology center called ROOT, reaffirmation of the AAA bond rating by all three rating agencies, strengthening of ethics laws, collaboration with Frederick County Public Schools to build new schools and add exciting programs for students, improvements in public safety operations, new jobs, spurring business growth across diverse sectors, identifying…

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County Executive Jan Gardner announced that Frederick County Government received $2.6 million in savings on Wednesday in a refinancing of bond debt. The refinancing is over a million dollars more in savings than originally anticipated. “As I said in my annual report, Frederick County’s strong financial outlook means real savings for our residents. We saw phenomenal savings from this negotiated sale of refinanced bonds, resulting in millions of dollars of savings for taxpayers,” commented Executive Gardner. “Our long-term conservative approach to budgeting and strong management of county government has saved taxpayers substantial money. I am…

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