Nanjemoy and Cobb Neck, which will benefit from a $3 million state grant to provide wireless broadband coverage, are also the lowest responding areas in Charles County for the 2020 census, but county officials say that the lack of broadband coverage in both places is only one of the reasons.
County staff updated the Board of Charles County Commissioners on Tuesday on plans to reopen the Housing Choice Voucher waiting list for the first time in eight years and to develop a comprehensive licensing program for rental properties to ensure the county has the ability to enforce minimum health and
Charles County Department of Economic Development staff went on the defensive earlier this week in response to questions from District 1 Commissioner Gilbert Bowling III (D) over the disbursement of emergency relief funds to county businesses affected by the shutdown. Lucretia Freeman-Buster, the county’s chief of business development, told the
Incomplete business records and outstanding balances with the county could disqualify some small businesses from receiving county grants and loans to help them weather the pandemic shutdown until they can reopen — and some are concerned about the impact those restrictions could have on minority businesses struggling to stay afloat.
The Board of Charles County Commissioners voted at the end of March to authorize economic development director Darrell Brown to sign on to a regional cooperative agreement with five other Maryland counties, a decision that did not happen without some political theater. The non-binding joint statement, which was signed by
