One of Envision Frederick County’s core principles is to support transparent government and citizen advocacy for transparency.

In 2021, Frederick County released a first draft of the Sugarloaf Treasured Landscape Livable

Frederick Management Plan. It was discovered that a portion of agricultural land that had been discussed during the years a stakeholders’ group formed the draft plan was removed from the draft released plan. Rumors circulated that the parcels eliminated might be proposed for development that was not envisioned by the stakeholder group, and that county officials had met in closed session about this and pledged not to discuss the circumstances.

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