Resources

Council Reports/Resources

• Prince George's County's Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and Subidvision Regulations Rewrite Resources
  • To learn more about the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission's work on this rewrite, Click Here
  • To read the reports FEC has developed in response to the rewrite products, click on the links below:
    • Evaluation and Recommendations Report Feedback

• To view previous Newsletters and Action Alerts, Click Here 

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County Resources:

• "Prince George's County Food Equity Council:  Taking on Food Swamps through Policy Change." Healthy Food Policy Project, 2018.
• Fresh. Local. Fun. PGC, branded by UMD Extension office in Prince George’s County, educates the greater community about the County’s agriculture industry. This resource and website connects residents, agricultural producers, farmers markets, food retailers, restaurateurs, and county agencies to each other for the purpose of promoting agricultural economic development and healthy food access in Prince George’s County.
• "Healthy Food for All Prince Georgians: An assessment of access to healthy food in Prince George’s County, Maryland," Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Prince George's County Planning Department, 2015.
• “Access to Healthy Food in Prince George’s County,” Urban Studies and Planning Program University of Maryland, Summer 2010.
• “Assessing Health and Health Care in PGC,” RAND, 2006.
• Maryland Food System Map, John Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
• “Planning for the Food System,” Maryland Department of Planning, 2012.
• “County Health Rankings & Roadmaps: Snapshot Prince George’s, MD” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• ”Urban Agriculture Report: A Tool for Creating Economic Development and Healthy Communities in Prince George’s County, MD,” Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Prince George’s County Planning Department, 2012.
• "Prince George’s County Food System Study. Preliminary Findings, Phase 1: Access to Healthy Foods," Prince George's County Planning Department
• "Recommendations to Increase the Accessibility, Availability, and Affordability of Existing Farmers Markets for 10 Communities of Prince George's County, MD," Prince George's County Health Department