(a) There is a Community Legacy Program.
(b) The Department shall administer the Program.
(c) The purposes of the Program are to:
(1) preserve existing communities as desirable places to live and conduct business to reduce outward pressure for sprawl development; and
(2) provide financial assistance to sponsors or their designees to develop sustainable community plans or community legacy projects.
(d) The Program shall encourage partnerships among the federal government, the State government, political subdivisions, and community development organizations to develop and implement sustainable community plans and community legacy projects.
(e) A sustainable community plan or a community legacy project may be sponsored by a political subdivision, a group of political subdivisions, a community development organization, or a community development financial institution.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Housing and Community Development
Division I - Housing and Community Programs
Title 6 - Division of Neighborhood Revitalization
Subtitle 2 - Community Legacy Program
Section 6-202 - Community Legacy Program
Section 6-203 - Community Development Organization
Section 6-204 - Applications for Sustainable Community Plans
Section 6-205 - Designation of Sustainable Community
Section 6-206 - Action on Application
Section 6-207 - Community Legacy Agreement
Section 6-208 - Powers of Department to Implement Program
Section 6-209 - Neighborhood Intervention Projects
Section 6-211 - Community Legacy Financial Assistance Fund
Section 6-212 - Sustainable Communities -- Priority for State Funding