Route 1 corridor held as model of Smart Growth policy success

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A drive through the Route 1 corridor in Howard County 10 years ago may have shown piles of used tires, vacant lots filled with trash and rows of tattoo parlors and run-down bars.

“Almost anything the county didn?t want in certain places, they would turn a blind eye and allow in the Route 1 corridor,” said Steven Adler, managing partner of the Historic Savage Mill and co-chairman of the county?s Route 1 Corridor Task Force.

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