Cheverly Green Infrastructure Plan
This plan is meant to expand, enhance and restore Cheverly’s natural environments as intact and healthy ecosystems capable of providing the multiple ecological and economic resources and services that are necessary to sustain the community.
Description
The town of Cheverly, Maryland, created this Green Infrastructure Plan to help elected officials, town staff, community organizations and residents consider the town’s needs as a whole. It provides a comprehensive framework for protecting green space, managing water resources and making land use decisions; provides context to evaluate projects and new initiatives and assess how they reinforce or extend the aims of the plan; and aids efforts to obtain grants and other support to implement green initiatives. Its goal is to achieve a balance between the fulfillment of human needs and the sustainability of natural resources so that these needs can be met not only in the present but also in the indefinite future. Its primary purpose is to expand, enhance and restore Cheverly’s natural environments as intact and healthy ecosystems capable of providing the multiple ecological and economic resources and services that are necessary to sustain the community.
Category: Report