fact of inter-dependency, of the fact that common problems, common
needs and common goals dictate cooperative efforts, that makes the
formation of the tri-county council for Southern Maryland so logical
and commendable, and makes it not merely desirable, but necessary,
that we on the state level support its program, and that you on the
local level cooperate in its activities and whole-heartedly endorse its
aims and purposes.

It is apparent to all of you here tonight that the counties of Charles,
Calvert, and St. Mary's form a unit in terms of economic geography.
Your terrain, your people, and your economies are similar. You share
common problems and, most importantly, common opportunities.
It is in order to cooperatively solve these problems and take advantage
of these opportunities that you have formed this regional organization.
In doing this you are demonstrating that you are alert to the realities
of die modern world, for regionalism is the most rapidly emerging
force in economic development in our nation.

Here in Maryland we are exhibiting this trend towards regionalism
at a rapid pace. Within a few weeks, every non-metropolitan area in
Maryland will be represented by some sort of a regional development
organization. Last year the Delmarva Advisory Council was formed,
with the participation and support of the Governors of Delaware,
Maryland, and Virginia, at the request of the leading citizens of the
Delmarva Peninsula. Very shortly we will announce the formation
of a Western Maryland Development Organization, to insure that
area's effective and continuing participation in the new federal-state
Appalachian Regional Program — an effort which, as I am sure you
know, began here in Maryland a little over five years ago. Central
Maryland — the vast and densely populated Baltimore-Washington
area, stretching in a broadspath more or less from the Susquehanna
River all the way down to the Charles County line and the Annapolis
area — has been engaged in regional development for many years,
although perhaps not always in a formal and organized fashion.

But now that area's chief concern has shifted from "development"
to "orderly growth". It has entered into the second phase of economic
development, where concern over attracting new sources of wealth
becomes subordinate to the problems created by rapidly increasing
and shifting economic activity and the population growth it brings
with it. In other words, Central Maryland is now confronted by a
problem which may seem ironic — they are trying to avoid becoming
the victims of their own success. And their best hope for effectively
resolving this crisis lies in two organizations which, like your own

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