Sustainable Community Designation

ROCK HALL AWARDED SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY  DESIGNATION

The Town of Rock Hall is pleased to announce its designation, by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), as a Sustainable Community.  Rock Hall joins the ranks of cities and towns throughout Maryland that enjoy this status, including our neighboring communities of Chestertown, Betterton and Millington.  A Sustainable Community Designation (SCD) is a "threshold requirement" for eligibility to apply for a wide variety of DHCD programs aimed at strengthening communities.  Specifically, available funds target needs such as:  business retention and expansion, streetscape improvements, increased homeownership and home rehabilitation, and land acquisition. 

To attain our SCD, a committee of Rock Hall citizens. meeting for 5 weeks in September and October 2015, was charged with preparing an action plan for the Town in each of the following categories:  environment, economy, transportation, housing, quality of life and society, planning and land use, having first identified strengths and weaknesses in each category.  The SCD application was submitted in late October and, after a lengthy review process among various State committees and boards, we received notification of our designation in mid-March.   

Rock Hall looks forward to pursing the wide variety of State funding opportunities now afforded us due to our SCD status.