Brad Rogers, JD, MEM

Statement  of Qualifications

Brad Rogers is an experienced developer, as well as an advisor to developers, local governments, and citizen organizations across Maryland. A land use attorney with a Masters degree in environmental mangement, Rogers has widespread experience in helping development to achieve the goals and aspirations of local communities. This includes:

• Utilizing pedestrain-scale, transit-oriented, and environmentally sensitve design practices to enhance development projects;
• Using Context-Sensitive Design to ensure that transportation projects respect and enhance community character;
• Crafting meaningful, effective, and policy-driven comprehensive plans;
• Designing zoning ordinances that protect the environment, efficiently use valuable land, revitalize older neighborhoods, and reflect historic building styles;
• Developing a housing stock that meets the needs of working residents, so that individuals employed in the neighborhood can also live there.

Rogers is a founder of Baltimore Landmark Homes (BLH), a full service development and homebuilding firm proudly based in the City of Baltimore. BLH provides high-quality new construction, historic renovations, and custom homes to clients who seek healthier, more sustainable urban lifestyles. Committed to "green" building practices, BLH recently received great attention when it built the first home in Baltimore out of Agriboard straw panels. Rosgers is also the founder of City Life Realty, a brokerage firm that specializes in marketing Baltimore City properties to the region's homebuying market.

Prior to starting his own firm, Rogers was the Development Manager for Marenberg Enterprise Incorprated (MEI), where he worked on federally-subsidezed HOPE VI redvelopment projects in Maryland and Pennsylvania, as well as privately financed market-rate infill and redevelopment projects in the Baltimore area.

Rogers has a long track record of successfully building bridges between the development community, civic leaders, and government officials. In Harford County, for example, he helped a wide range of stakeholders to identify specific zoning changes that would protect wildlife habitat and improve water quality without disrutping the construction industry. In Baltimore City, he acted as a liaison between Johns Hopkins Hospital and nearby residents over 80-acre Biotech Park redevelopment proposal. And he has been repeatedly called on as a intermediary to resolve conflicts over developments trhoughout the state, including the controversial DPZ-designed Miles Point project in St. Michaels.

A regular lecturer at conferences, as well as to graduate and undergraduate classes, Rogers is the author of several articles and publicatons, including Barriers to Environmental Design in Maryland and Smart Growth and Affordable Housing in Maryland. He currently sits on the board of the Center for Watershed Protection, a national organization that advises develpers and local govenments on site design and zoning reform, as well as local organizaitons such as Scenic Maryland and the Jones Falls Watershed Association.