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6 Md. J. Contemp. Legal Issues 283 (1995)
Taking Communities Seriously: Should Community Associations Have Standing in Maryland

handle is hein.journals/mjcolei6 and id is 287 raw text is: Taking Should Communities Community Seriously: Associations Have Standing in Maryland? Michael Sarbanes* Kathleen Skullney** I. INTRODUCTION Community associations are a familiar feature of the civic landscape. Most people belong to one or live somewhere where one exists. 1 In Maryland alone, there are at least two thousand of them. While many of these associations have existed for decades, there has been a marked growth in their number and activity over the last thirty years.2 The need for strong and healthy communities has been common political rhetoric for leaders at all levels of government. Communities are widely recognized as basic units of our body politic. Maryland's neighborhoods are the building blocks of our State; the health of our cities, towns and counties is totally dependent on the vitality of our individual neighborhoods.3 In coundess hours of mostly volunteer time, community associations bring neigh- bors together to meet, plan, organize, communicate with government, and social- ize. They are a primary mechanism by which citizens organize their actions and opinions to safeguard and improve their quality of life. * Michael Sarbanes is an attorney in Baltimore City, formerly with the Community Law Center in Baltimore City, who works with community associations. He is an active member of the Irvington Community Association. ** Kathleen Skullney is an attorney for the firmofSkullncy, Gray& Demoga, and has been active in community issues in Baltimore County for 10 years. She is an active member of the Greater Patapsco Community Association. I RoBERTJ. Dr. NuFCimoRHOOD PogrnL 105-06, 108 (1992). 2 George W. Liebmann, Devolution ofPowerto Commwnity andBio&Assciations, 25 URB. Law. 335, 338- 41 (1993). 3 MAitnD COmMISSiON oN NIaGHBORHOOS, INmuM RPOrT m nE GOVBNoR, Dec. 14, 1994. Maryland Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 283

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