Evangelical Lutheran church in Frederick, built in 1752
The earliest European settlement was slightly north of Frederick inMonocacy, Maryland. Monocacy was founded before 1730 (when the Indian trail became a wagon road) and was abandoned before theAmerican Revolutionary War, likely due to the river's periodic flooding, hostilities predating theFrench and Indian War, or simply Frederick's better location with easier access to the Potomac River near its confluence with the Monocacy.
In 1748, Frederick County was formed by carving a section off ofPrince George's County. Frederick Town (now Frederick) was made the county seat ofFrederick County.[17] The county originally extended to the Appalachian mountains (areas further west being disputed between the colonies ofVirginia andPennsylvania until 1789). The current town's first house was built by a youngGerman Reformed schoolmaster from theRhineland Palatinate named Johann Thomas Schley (died 1790), who led a party of immigrants (including his wife, Maria Von Winz) to the Maryland colony. The Palatinate settlers bought land from Dulany on the banks ofCarroll Creek, and Schley's house stood at the northwest corner of Middle Alley and East Patrick Street into the 20th century. Schley's settlers also founded a GermanReformed Church (today known as Evangelical Reformed Church, and part of theUCC). Probably the oldest house still standing in Frederick today isSchifferstadt, built in 1756 by German settler Joseph Brunner and now the Schifferstadt Architectural Museum. The spire of the church and its clock tower were completed in 1763 and will undergo a restoration project in 2025.[18]
Other German settlers in Frederick wereEvangelical Lutherans, led by Rev.Henry Muhlenberg. They moved their mission church from Monocacy to what became a large complex a few blocks further down Church Street from the Anglicans and the German Reformed Church. Methodist missionaryRobert Strawbridge, who accepted an invitation to preach at Frederick town in 1770, andFrancis Asbury, who arrived two years later, both helped found a congregation which became Calvary Methodist Church, worshipping in a log building from 1792 (although superseded by larger buildings in 1841, 1865, 1910 and 1930).[19] Frederick also had aCatholic mission, to which Rev.Jean DuBois was assigned in 1792, which becameSt. John the Evangelist Church (built in 1800).
As the county seat for Western Maryland, Frederick not only was an important market town but also the seat of justice. AlthoughMontgomery County andWashington County were split off from Frederick County in 1776, Frederick remained the seat of the smaller (though still large) county. Important lawyers who practiced in Frederick includedJohn Hanson,Francis Scott Key andRoger B. Taney.
Frederick was also known during the nineteenth century for its religious pluralism, with one of its main thoroughfares, Church Street, hosting about a half dozen major churches. In 1793, All Saints Church hosted the first confirmation of an American citizen, by the newly consecrated Episcopal BishopThomas Claggett. That original colonial building was replaced in 1814 by a brick classical revival structure. It still stands today, although the principal worship space has become an even larger brick gothic church joining it at the back and facing Frederick's City Hall (so the parish remains the oldest Episcopal Church in western Maryland).[20] The main Catholic church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, was built in 1800, then rebuilt in 1837 (across the street) one block north of Church Street on East Second Street, where it still stands along with a school and convent established by theVisitation Sisters.[21] The stone Evangelical Lutheran Church of 1752 was also rebuilt and enlarged in 1825, then replaced by the current twin-spired structure in 1852.[22]
The oldestAfrican-American church in the town is Asbury United Methodist Church, founded as the Old Hill Church, a mixed congregation in 1818. It became an African-American congregation in 1864, renamed Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church in 1870, and built its current building on All Saints Street in 1921.[23]
Together, these churches dominated the town, set against the backdrop of the first ridge of theAppalachians atCatoctin Mountain. The abolitionist poetJohn Greenleaf Whittier later immortalized this view of Frederick in his poem to "Barbara Fritchie": "The clustered spires of Frederick stand/Green-walled by the hills of Maryland."[24]
WhenU.S. PresidentThomas Jefferson commissionedNational Road fromBaltimore towardSt. Louis, eventually built toVandalia, then the state capital of Illinois, National Pike ran through Frederick along Patrick Street; it later becameU.S. Route 40. Frederick's Jacob Engelbrecht corresponded with Jefferson in 1824 and received a transcribed psalm from Jefferson in return. Engelbrecht kept a diary from 1819 through 1878, which remains an important first-hand account of 19th century life on National Road.[25][26] An important house remaining from this era is theTyler Spite House, built in 1814 at 112 W. Church Street by alocal doctor to prevent the city from extending Record Street south through his land to meet West Patrick Street.[27][28]
Frederick also became one of the new nation's leading mining counties in the early 19th century. It exported gold, copper, limestone, marble, iron, and other minerals. As early as theAmerican Revolution,Catoctin Furnace nearThurmont became an important source of iron production.[29] Other mining areas split off intoWashington County, Maryland andAllegheny County, Maryland but continued to ship their ore through Frederick to Eastern cities and ports.
Frederick became Maryland's capital city briefly in 1861, as the legislature moved from Annapolis to vote on the secession question. President Lincoln arrested several members, and the assembly was unable to convene a quorum to vote on secession.
As a major crossroads, Frederick, likeWinchester, Virginia, andMartinsburg, West Virginia, saw considerable action during theAmerican Civil War.[31]Slaves also escaped from or through Frederick (since Maryland was still a "slave state" although it had not seceded) to join the Union forces, work against the Confederacy and seek freedom. During theMaryland campaigns, bothUnion andConfederate troops marched through the city. Frederick also hosted several hospitals to nurse the wounded from those battles, as is related in theNational Museum of Civil War Medicine on East Patrick Street.
PresidentAbraham Lincoln giving a speech in Frederick on October 4, 1862
PresidentAbraham Lincoln, on his way to visit Gen.George McClellan after theBattle of South Mountain and theBattle of Antietam, delivered a short speech at what was then theB&O Railroad depot at the current intersection of East All Saints and South Market Streets. A plaque commemorates the speech (at what is today the Frederick Community Action Agency, a Social Services office).
At theProspect Hall mansion off Jefferson Street to Buckeystown Pike near what is now Butterfly Lane, in the early morning hours of June 28, 1863, a messenger arrived from PresidentAbraham Lincoln and General-in-ChiefHenry Halleck, informing GeneralGeorge Meade that he would be replacing GeneralJoseph Hooker after the latter's disastrous performance atChancellorsville in May. TheArmy of the Potomac camped around the Prospect Hall property for the several days as skirmishers pursuedLee's ConfederateArmy of Northern Virginia beforeGettysburg. A large granite rectangular monument made from one of the boulders at the "Devil's Den" in Gettysburg to the east along the driveway commemorates the midnight change-of-command.
In July 1864, in the third Southern invasion, Confederate troops led by Lieutenant General Jubal Early occupied Frederick and extorted $200,000 ($4.02 million in 2024 dollars[32]) from citizens in exchange for not razing the city on their way to Washington, D.C.[33] Union troops under Major GeneralLew Wallace fought a successful delaying action, in what became the last significant Confederate advance at theBattle of Monocacy, also known as the "Battle that Saved Washington." TheMonocacy National Battlefield lies just southeast of the city limits, along theMonocacy River at the B&O Railroad junction where two bridges cross the stream: an iron-truss bridge for the railroad and a covered wooden bridge for the Frederick-Urbana-Georgetown Pike, which was the site of the main battle of July 1864. Some skirmishing occurred further northeast of town at the stone-arched "Jug Bridge" where theNational Road crossed the Monocacy; and an artillery bombardment occurred along the National Road west of town near Red Man's Hill andProspect Hall mansion as the Union troops retreated eastward.Antietam National Battlefield andSouth Mountain State Battlefield Park which commemorates the 1862 battles are located 23 miles and 35 miles respectively to the west-northwest, whileGettysburg National Battlefield of 1863 lies approximately 35 miles (56 km) to the north-northeast.
The reconstructed home ofBarbara Fritchie stands on West Patrick Street, just past Carroll Creek linear park. Fritchie, a significant figure in Maryland history in her own right, is buried in Frederick'sMount Olivet Cemetery. British Prime MinisterWinston Churchill quoted Whittier's poem to PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt when they stopped here in 1941 on a car trip to the presidential retreat, then called "Shangra-La" (now "Camp David") within theCatoctin Mountains near Thurmont.
West Patrick Street in Frederick, May 1912Aerial view, 1930
AdmiralWinfield Scott Schley (1839–1911) was born at "Richfields", the mansion home of his father. He became an important naval commander of the American fleet on board his flagship and heavy cruiserUSSBrooklyn along with AdmiralWilliam T. Sampson in theBattle of Santiago de Cuba off the shores of the Spanish island colony ofCuba in theSpanish–American War in 1898. Major Henry Schley's son, Dr. Fairfax Schley, was instrumental in setting up the Frederick County Agricultural Society and the Great Frederick Fair.[34] Gilmer Schley served as Mayor from 1919 to 1922, and the Schleys remained one of the town's leading families into the late-20th century.
Nathaniel Wilson Schley, a prominent banker, and his wife Mary Margaret Schley helped organize and raise funds for the annual Great Frederick Fair, one of the two largest agricultural fairs in the State. Since the 1960s, the fair has featured many outstanding country-western singers and become a major music festival.[35] Schley Avenue commemorates the family's role in the city's heritage.
TheFrederick and Pennsylvania Line railroad ran from Frederick to the Pennsylvania–Maryland State line, a/k/aMason–Dixon line.[36] Chartered in 1867, construction began in 1869 and the line opened October 8, 1872. However, it defaulted on its interest payments in 1874 and was acquired by thePennsylvania Railroad in 1875, which formed a new division to operate the rail line. In the spring of 1896, the Frederick and Pennsylvania Line railroad was liquidated in a judicial sale to the Pennsylvania Railroad for $150,000. The railroad survived through mergers and the Penn-Central bankruptcy. However, the State of Maryland acquired the Frederick and Pennsylvania Line in 1982. As of 2013, all but two miles (3.2 km) at the southern terminus at Frederick still exist, operated by either theWalkersville Southern, or theMaryland Midland Railway (MMID) railroads.
Jewish pioneers Henry Lazarus and Levy Cohan settled in Frederick in the 1740s as merchants. Mostly German Jewish immigrants organized a community in the mid-19th century, creating the Frederick Hebrew Congregation in 1858. Later the congregation lapsed, but was reorganized in 1917 as a cooperative effort between the older settlers and more recently arrived Eastern European Jews under the nameBeth Sholom Congregation.
In 1905, Rev. E. B. Hatcher started the FirstBaptist Church of Frederick.
After the Civil War, the Maryland legislature established racially segregated public facilities by the end of the 19th century, re-imposing white supremacy. Black institutions were typically underfunded in the state, and it was not until 1921 that Frederick established a public high school forAfrican Americans. First located at 170 West All Saints Street, it moved to 250 Madison Street, where it eventually was adapted as South Frederick Elementary. The building presently houses the Lincoln Elementary School. TheLaboring Sons Memorial Grounds, a cemetery forfree blacks, was founded in 1851.
Frederick county began a shift away from Agriculture and towards manufacturing over the post-Civil War era, like most of the country. In 1914, more Marylanders worked in industry than in Agriculture, and more lived in urban areas than rural. In Frederick, many farms converted to dairy and orchards, with a decrease in milling. The shift away from rural life dawned a rise of subdivisions surrounding the urban center, with the creation of West Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh streets, as well as the Frederick City Hospital (now Frederick Health Hospital).[37]
In the past few decades, the greatest theme and challenge of the city has been rapid expansion, per census data. The primary cause of this has been the expansion of the federal government and corresponding sprawl of the Metro DC area.
This rapid expansion has created a rise of Traffic as a key political issue in the city.
According to theU.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 23.96 square miles (62.06 km2), of which 23.79 square miles (61.62 km2) is land and 0.18 square miles (0.47 km2) is water.[38] The city's area is predominantly land, with small areas of water being theMonocacy River, which runs to the east of the city, Carroll Creek (which runs through the city and causes periodic floods, such as that during the summer of 1972 and fall of 1976), as well as several neighborhood ponds and small city owned lakes, such as Culler Lake, a man-made small body of water in the downtown area.[39]
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally cool winters. It lies to the west of thefall line, which gives the city slightly lower temperatures compared to locales further east. According to theKöppen Climate Classification system, Frederick has ahumid subtropical climate, abbreviatedCfa on climate maps.[40] Frederick is also the site of the highest temperature recorded in Maryland at 109 °F (42.8 °C) on July 10, 1936.[41]
Frederick city, Maryland – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
In regard to minority group growth, the 2020 census data show the city's Hispanic population at 16,368, a 74 percent increase compared with 9,402 in 2010,[51] making Hispanics/Latinos the fastest growing race group in the city and in Frederick county (87 percent increase[52]). Frederick city had 4,425 Asian residents in 2020, a 16 percent increase from the city's 3,800 Asian residents in 2010. The city's Black or African-American population increased roughly 20 percent, from 12,144 in 2010 to 14,526 in 2020.[51]
According toAmerican Community Survey estimates in 2021, for the roughly 33,907 households in the city, 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.4% were married couples living together, 30.4% had a female householder with no spouse/partner present, and 20.3% male householders with no spouse/partner present. Approximately 14.8% of all households were made up of individuals living alone and 2.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.97.[53]
Frederick's relative proximity toWashington, D.C., has always been an important factor in the development of its local economy, along with the presence ofFort Detrick, its largest employer.
Frederick is the home ofRiverside Research Park, a large research park located on Frederick's east side. Tenants include the relocated main offices of theNational Cancer Institute'sFrederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research as well asCharles River Labs;JLG Industries intends to establish a 113,000 square feet (10,500 m2) facility here in 2025.[54] As a result of continued and enhancedfederal government investment, the Frederick area will likely maintain a continued growth pattern over the next decade.[55] Frederick has also been impacted by recent national trends centered on the gentrification of the downtown areas of cities across the nation (particularly in the northeast and mid-Atlantic), and to re-brand them as sites for cultural consumption.
TheFrederick Historic District in the city's downtown houses more than 200 retailers, restaurants and antique shops along Market, Patrick and East Streets.[56] Restaurants feature a diverse array of cuisines, including Italian American, Thai, Vietnamese, and Cuban, as well as a number of regionally recognized dining establishments.
In addition to retail and dining, downtown Frederick is home to 600 businesses and organizations totaling nearly 5,000 employees. A growing technology sector can be found in downtown's historic renovated spaces, as well as in new office buildings located along Carroll Creek Park.
Carroll Creek Park began as a flood control project in the late 1970s.[56] It was an effort to reduce the risk to downtown Frederick from the 100-year floodplain and restore economic vitality to the historic commercial district. Today, more than $150 million in private investing is underway or planned in new construction, infill development or historic renovation in the park area.[56]
The first phase of the park improvements, totaling nearly $11 million in construction, run from Court Street to just past Carroll Street.[56] New elements to the park include brick pedestrian paths, water features, planters with shade trees and plantings, pedestrian bridges and a 350-seat amphitheater for outdoor performances.
A recreational and cultural resource, the park also serves as an economic development catalyst, with private investment along the creek functioning as a key component to the park's success. More than 400,000 sf of office space; 150,000 sf of commercial/retail space; nearly 300 residential units; and more than 2,000 parking spaces are planned or under construction.
On the first Saturday of every month, Frederick hosts an evening event in the downtown area called "First Saturday". Each Saturday has a theme, and activities are planned according to those themes in the downtown area (particularly around the Carroll Creek Promenade). The event spans a ten-block area of Frederick and takes place from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. During the late spring, summer, and early fall months, this event draws particularly large crowds from neighboring cities and towns in Maryland, and nearby locations in the tri-state area (Virginia and Pennsylvania). The average number of attendees visiting downtown Frederick during first Saturday events is around 11,000, with higher numbers from May to October.[57]
According to the county'scomprehensive annual financial reports, the top employers by number of employees in the county are the following. ("NR" indicates the employer was not ranked among the top ten employers that year.)
A panorama of downtown Frederick along North Court Street.
Frederick is well known for the "clustered spires" skyline of its historic downtown churches. These spires are depicted on the city's seal and many other city-affiliated logos and insignia. The phrase "clustered spires" is used as the name of several city locations such as Clustered Spires Cemetery and the city-operated Clustered Spires Golf Course.
The scale of the older part of the city is dense, with streets and sidewalks suitable for pedestrians, and a variety of shops and restaurants, comprising whatForbes magazine in 2010 called one of the United States' "Greatest Neighborhoods".[60]
The Community Bridge mural in Frederick
Frederick has a bridge painted with a mural titledCommunity Bridge. The artist William Cochran has been acclaimed for thetrompe-l'œil realism of the mural. Thousands of people sent ideas representing "community", which he painted on the stonework of the bridge. The residents of Frederick call it "the mural", "painted bridge", or more commonly, the "mural bridge".[61]
The Frederick Arts Council is the designated arts organization for Frederick County. The organization is charged with promoting, supporting, and advocating the arts. There are over ten art galleries in downtown Frederick, and three theaters are located within 50 feet of each other (Cultural Arts Center,Weinberg Center for the Arts, and the Maryland Ensemble Theatre). Frederick is the home of The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, a leading non-profit in the region,[62] as well as the Maryland Shakespeare Festival.
In August 2007, the streets of Frederick were adorned with 30 life-size fiberglass keys as part of a major public art project entitled "The Keys to Frederick". In October 2007, artist William Cochran created a large-scale glass project titledThe Dreaming. The project is in the historic theater district, across from the Wienberg Center for the Arts.[63]
The Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET), a professional theater company, is housed on the lower level of the Francis Scott Key Hotel. The MET first produced mainstage theater in 1997, but the group began performing together with its creation of The Comedy Pigs sketch comedy/improv troupe in April 1993.[64] The students at Hood College also have a theatre club and put on shows at least once during the school year, sometimes two shows are presented during the school year.[65]
The filmBlair Witch Project (1999) was set in the woods west ofBurkittsville, Maryland, in western Frederick County, but it was not filmed there.
Frederick has a community orchestra, the Frederick Symphony Orchestra, that performs five concerts per year consisting of classical masterpieces. Other musical organizations in Frederick include the Frederick Chorale, the Choral Arts Society of Frederick, the Frederick Regional Youth Orchestra, and the Frederick Symphonic Band. The Frederick Children's Chorus has performed since 1985. It is a five-tier chorus, with approximately 150 members ranging in age from 5 to 18. A weekly recital is played on the Joseph Dill Baker Carillon every Sunday, year 'round, at 12:30 p.m. for half an hour. Thecarillon can be heard from anywhere in Baker Park, and the citycarillonneur can be seen playing in the tower once a year as part of the Candlelight tour of Historic Houses of Worship, on the first weekday after Christmas.
Frederick is home to the Frederick School of Classical Ballet, the official school for Maryland Regional Ballet. Approximately 30 dance studios are located around the city. Each year, these studios perform at the annual DanceFest event.Frederick also has a large amphitheater in Baker Park, which features regular music performances of local and national acts, particularly in the summer months.
Clutch, a successful rock band formed in 1990, calls Frederick their home. The band rehearses for each album and tour in Frederick while drummerJean-Paul Gaster has been a resident of Frederick since 2001. One of the band's biggest hits, "50,000 Unstoppable Watts", was written about Fort Detrick and Frederick.[66]
The city's main mall is theFrancis Scott Key Mall.[69] An abandoned retail center, theFrederick Towne Mall existed previously, and closed in 2013. There are plans for the Frederick Towne Mall, now known as District 40[70] to include new shopping options as construction which began in 2020.[citation needed] The movie theater Warehouse Cinemas opened here in September 2020.[citation needed]
There are numerous religious denominations in Frederick: the first churches were established by early Protestant settlers, followed by Irish Catholics and other European Catholics.
St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Della (nowUrbana) is one of the oldest active African-American churches in Frederick County, Maryland, according to a testimonial placed in its cornerstone which stated that it was the firstA.M.E. church built in the southern part of Frederick County. It was built in 1916 on a foundation first laid in 1908.[71]
Other denominations represented in Frederick City and in the surrounding county include large numbers ofBrethren, as well as somePentecostal churches.[72] Quinn Chapel, of theAfrican Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, is located on East Third Street. The AME Church, founded in Philadelphia in the early 19th century by free blacks, is the first black independent denomination in the United States.[73]The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) has had a presence in Frederick since the 1970s when the first congregation was organized and now includes four congregations in two buildings within the city.[74]
In 1990, Frederick Men's Rugby was formed. They are a D3 program in the Capital Rugby Union. They play their home matches at Tobin Triebel Pitch at Walnut Ridge Park.
In 2004, Frederick Women's Rugby was formed. They are a D3 program in the Capital Rugby Union. They play their home matches at Tobin Triebel Pitch at Walnut Ridge Park.
A proposedcricket ground at the junction ofInterstate 70 and East Patrick Street, abutting theMonocacy River was approved by the Frederick Planning Commission in July 2025, construction of which would require localland use rezoning.[84] Significant public opposition emerged in advance of pending approval by the Frederick Council.[84]
As of the November 4, 2025 local election, Frederick had 59,688 registered voters;[85]: A1 the majority of local voting took place viamail-in andearly voting rather than in-person on Election Day.[86]: A10 A city-only voter registration roll came into effect in September 2024 coincident with allowing all residents, regardless of citizenship status, to vote in municipal elections.[87]: A1 People who have state-level registration do not need to register at the city level.[87]: A1 As of February 2025, not a single person had yet taken advantage of the city-level registration.[87]: A10
Frederick has a board of aldermen of six members (one of whom is the mayor) that serves as its legislative body. Elections are held every four years. Following the elections on November 2, 2021, Kelly Russell, Donna Kuzemchak, Derek Shackelford, Katie Nash (City Council President),[87]: A1 and Ben MacShane, all Democrats, were elected to the board. Democrat Michael O'Connor was re-elected mayor.[92] Two additional members should be added in December 2025 following legislation passed in September 2024.[93]
FCPS ranks number one in the state ofMaryland in the 2012 School Progress Index accountability data, which includes overall student performance, closing achievement gaps, student growth and college and career readiness.[95] FCPS holds the second-lowest dropout rate in the state of Maryland at 3.84%,[95] with a graduation rate at 93.31%.[95] In 2013, FCPS'sSAT average combined mean score was 1538,[95] which is 55 points higher than Maryland's combined average of 1483 and 40 points higher than the nation's average of 1498.[95] Academic achievement improved from 2024 to 2025 across the system, based on the Maryland School Report Card dataset.[96] All of FCPS's high schools, except for Oakdale High School, which was not open to all grade levels at the time of the survey, are ranked in the top 10% of the nation for encouraging students to takeAP classes.[95]
Other public schools: Adult Education, Career and Technology Center, Heather Ridge School, Outdoor School, Rock Creek School, and The Earth and Space Science Laboratory. A publiccharter school, Frederick Classical Charter School, also serves students. Frederick County was long-time home to a highly innovative outdoor school for all sixth graders in Frederick County.[97] This school was located at Camp Greentop, near the presidential retreat at Camp David and Cunningham Falls State Park.[97]
The city is home toWSHE 820 AM (the former WZYQ 1370) and 94.3 FM, relaying free-form The Gamut;WFMD 930 AM broadcasting a news/talk/sports format;WFRE 99.9 FM broadcasting country music; andWAFY 103.1 FM which plays all the latest pop songs. The following box details all of the radio stations in the local market.
Frederick's location as a crossroads has been a factor in its development as a minor distribution center both for the movement of people in Western Maryland, as well as goods. This intersection has created an efficient distribution network for commercial traffic in and out, as well as through the city.
Major roads and streets in Frederick are intersected by:
Beginning in the 1990s, Frederick has invested in several urban infrastructure projects, including streetscape, new bus routes, as well as multi-use paths.[101] A circular road, Monocacy Boulevard, is an important component to the revitalization of its historic core.[102]
The Mayor's Ad-hoc Bicycle Committee was formed in 2010 and given the mission to achieve designation for the city as a Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) by theLeague of American Bicyclists. The first application resulted in an Honorable Mention. Upon reapplication In 2012, Frederick achieved the bronze level BFC designation.[103] The city's third application resulted in re-certification as a Bronze Bicycle Friendly Community. Work is ongoing to achieve an even stronger designation (Silver) at the time of the next application.
In 2013, the Mayor's Ad-hoc Bicycle Committee was expanded in scope to include pedestrian issues and was formally adopted byResolution 13-08 as a permanent standing committee called the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC). The BPAC advises City officials and staff on the sound development, management, and safe use of The City of Frederick's pedestrian and bicycle systems as they relate to infrastructure, accessibility, and promoting the benefits of these systems.
In 2024, the BPAC was renamed as the Active Mobility Advisory Committee (AMAC),[104] wish a larger scope targeting other forms of transportation including "walking, biking, skateboarding,... wheelchair, e-scooter, or any other form of micromobility."
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