{"id":9824,"date":"2016-02-11T11:11:36","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T16:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=9824"},"modified":"2017-03-22T10:09:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T14:09:37","slug":"enhancing-marylands-working-waterfronts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2016\/02\/11\/enhancing-marylands-working-waterfronts\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhancing Maryland\u2019s Working Waterfronts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Department Awards Three Grants<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9825\" style=\"width: 539px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/Annapoliswaterfront.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9825\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9825\" class=\"wp-image-9825 \" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/Annapoliswaterfront.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Annapolis waterfront\" width=\"529\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/Annapoliswaterfront.jpg 640w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/Annapoliswaterfront-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Allan Napfel<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has awarded three municipalities\u2014Talbot County, the City of Annapolis and the Town of Rock Hall\u2014with financial and technical assistance for projects through the new <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/ccs\/Pages\/workingwaterfronts.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Working Waterfronts Program<\/a>. These one-year projects will begin in early to mid February with the goal of enhancing and preserving their waterfront communities.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cThe history, culture and community identity of our coastal communities is inextricably linked to the existence of the working waterfront,\u201d Chesapeake and Coastal Service Director Matthew Fleming said. \u201cThese communities are home to water-dependent businesses and industries that support jobs in our state, making them an important component of Maryland\u2019s economy. We look forward to the work that these three communities will do with this funding to protect and invigorate their coastal communities and marine-based economies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This newly-created funding opportunity, made possible by a partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Natural Resources, was <a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2015\/09\/14\/maryland-works-to-preserve-and-revitalize-working-waterfronts\/\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> last September. Applicants were encouraged to address traditional uses, public access, maritime heritage, tourism, recreation, and natural resources conservation and\/or restoration, while taking into account potential flooding and storm surge impacts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe working waterfront is without a doubt, the core of Rock Hall\u2014our town\u2019s economy revolves around it,\u201d Rock Hall Mayor Brian Jones said. \u201cWe are excited to receive this funding to enhance our harbor through professional expertise and planning efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moving forward, all three municipalities will be working with professionals and local stakeholder groups to address various community needs, including waterfront planning, harbor design, and maritime business support.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the program in this\u00a0Working Waterfronts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xckfwi08m0g&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department Awards Three Grants The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has awarded three municipalities\u2014Talbot County, the City of Annapolis and the Town of Rock Hall\u2014with financial and technical assistance for projects through the new Working Waterfronts Program. These one-year projects will begin in early to mid February with the goal of enhancing and preserving their<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2016\/02\/11\/enhancing-marylands-working-waterfronts\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-the-bay"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9824"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9834,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9824\/revisions\/9834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}