174'/Maryland Manual

The Office of Cultural Administration serves as
the Department's policy and administrative link
with six independent commissions that deal with
history, culture, and the arts.

APPALACHIAN REGIONAL
COMMISSION

MARYLAND REPRESENTATIVES

Harry Hughes, Governor; Hans F. Mayer, alternate
THE COMMISSION

Executive Director: Francis E. Moravitz

1666 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20235
Telephone: (202) 673-7835

By Chapter 415, Acts of 1965, the Governor and
the Board of Public Works were authorized to
appoint a State member and an alternate to the
Appalachian Regional Commission to implement
the federal Appalachian Regional Development
Act of 1965 (Code 1957, Art. 78A, sec. 13A).

The Commission was created by the Appala-
chian Regional Development Act of 1965 (P.L.
89-4) to plan and coordinate projects and pro-
grams authorized by the Act for the development
of the thirteen-state Appalachian Region, which
includes the Western Maryland counties of Wash-
ington, Allegany, and Garrett.

Programs for Appalachian development autho-
rized by the Act include the construction of a
developmental highway system, access roads,
health centers, vocational educational schools, and
sewage treatment works; the development of land,
timber, and water resources; the rehabilitation of
areas damaged by strip and surface mining; and
the establishment of local development districts to
support economic development efforts at the local
level.

The Commission's major function is to plan and
coordinate programs and projects carried out by
federal and state departments and agencies. The
Commission can act only on those programs and
projects that are submitted to it by state members
(Code 1957, Art. 78A, sec. 13).

TRI-COUNTY COUNCIL FOR
WESTERN MARYLAND, INC.

Chairperson: Ernest Gregg, Jr.
Executive Director: Barry LeBaron

County Office Building
3 Pershing St.
Cumberland 21502 Telephone: 777-2158

The Tri-County Council for Western Maryland,
Inc., was chartered as a nonprofit corporation on
July 22, 1971, to serve Allegany, Garrett, and
Washington counties. It replaced the Governor's
Council for Appalachian Maryland, originally es-
tablished in 1968. The Council consists of eighteen
voting members. In 1971, the Governor certified
that the Council was an entity eligible for designa-
tion as a Local Development District under the
provisions of Section 301, Title III, of the Appala-
chian Regional Development Act of 1965, as
amended (P.L. 89^).

The Council functions as a cooperative econom-
ic, social, and cultural development agency within
Allegany, Garrett, and Washington counties. It
develops a regional comprehensive development
plan; provides liaison with local, State, and federal
agencies; and prepares data and studies to support
comprehensive development planning, including
the recommendation of projects and activities to
meet public service needs. It also helps implement
the State's Appalachian Development Program.

DELMARVA ADVISORY COUNCIL

President: William 0. Murray, Delaware
1st Vice-President: James W. Taylor, Maryland
2nd Vice-President: James C. Payne, Virginia
Treasurer: Norman W. Harrington, Maryland

Members appointed by Governor of Maryland:
Norman W. Harrington, 1985; James W.
Taylor, 1985; Joseph D. Quinn, 1986; Lewis R.
Riley, 1987; Carol D. Stockley, 1987.

George P. Volenik, Executive Director and
Secretary

P. 0. Box 711
106 Plaza West, Suite 301
Salisbury 21801 Telephone: 742-9271

The Delmarva Advisory Council (DAC) was
originally established in 1964 as a voluntary associ-
ation by the governors of the states of Delaware,
Maryland, and Virginia within the region known
as the Delmarva Peninsula. By Chapter 671, Acts
of 1984, Maryland joined her neighbor states in
creating the Council by mutual legislation. The
Council is composed of five gubernatorial appoin-
tees from each state, as well as county officials,
designated municipal officials, and citizens.