Finksburg Corridor Plan - Carroll County Government

Finksburg Corridor Plan
This plan also recognizes the sensitivity of the adjacent Liberty Reservoir and the need to
protect this valuable drinking water resource from the detrimental effects of unmanaged high
impact land uses, poor stormwater management, and outdatedless efficient wastewater disposal
systems, among other things. At the same time, it recognizes that much of the existing
development has occurred without the benefit of today’scurrent technology to controlreduce
pollutants carried in wastewater and stormwater runoff. The only best way to correct this
situation, as well as to address other Plan objectives, will be to promote the redevelopment of the
corridor, thus triggering the review of development proposals using utilizing current
environmental regulationswater resource technologies and management practices. One of the
best incentives to redevelop would be the provision of a community wastewater system, which
not only would provide the needed redevelopment incentive but also would address existing and
potential environmental hazards posed by the preponderance of individual septic systems located
in such close proximity to the reservoir.
Demographic Characteristics
1 Woolery’s (4 th ) Election District
The Woolerys election district has experienced steady growth since 1930. The greatest increases
have occurred since 1960, when the study area had a population of 4,368. While Carroll County
as a whole has also been experiencing significant growth since 1960, the election district has
grown faster than the County as a whole. Both Carroll County and the election district have been
growing at a faster rate than the State of Maryland since 1960.
During the decade 1970 - 1980, the Woolerys election district grew by 73 percent from
6,532 people in 1970 to 11,296 people in 1980, as shown in the Population Trends table. The
election district has growngrew at a faster rate than the County sincebetween 1930 and 2000. In
2000, the election district contained approximately 10.8 percent of the entire Carroll County
population. October 2009 estimates place By 2010, the population for the Woolerys election
district at 18,403was 17,487 – an increase of 2,0741,158 or 12.7.1 percent since 2000.
Woolerys Election District
Population Trends
1930 – 20002010
Carroll County Maryland
Year
%
%
%
Population Change Population Change Population Change
1930 2,629 N/A 35,978 N/A 1,631,526 N/A
1940 3,072 17 39,054 9 1,821,244 12
1950 3,757 22 44,907 15 2,343,001 29
1960 4,368 16 52,785 18 3,100,689 32
1970 6,532 50 69,006 31 3,923,897 27
1980 11,296 73 96,356 40 4,216,933 7
1990 13,9
92
24 123,372 28 4,780,753 13
2000 16,329 17 150,897 22 5,296,486 11
2010 17,487 7 167,134 11 5,773,552 9
Source: U. S. Census Summary Tape File 1A
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