Howard County is purchasing land to preserve as the county tries to beat out developers in the race for property.

“The price [developers] were offering was increasing a lot and quickly, and we felt we were competing against that,” Joy Levy, administrator of Howard?s agricultural land preservation program, said of Howard?s decision last fall to double the maximum amount of money it would pay landowners to $40,000.

Recommended Stories

Anne Arundel purchase preserves land, raises questions on appraisal methods

Activists: Watershed issues often lost on Maryland’s suburban residents

40 years later, Columbia still a utopia for many