Tilghman Island Inn Renovation and Hemp Operation Near Easton on County's Pre-Application Agenda

EASTON, MARYLAND — Plans to renovate the Tilghman Island Inn and to grow and process hemp on a property off Sharp Road near Easton were on the agenda for Talbot County's Oct. 21 pre-application meetings, according to the county's agenda.

Pre-application meetings let applicants or landowners present proposed applications, learn about the county's development review process and discuss a property's zoning, infrastructure, environmental and cultural resource characteristics, the Planning and Zoning Department says. The meetings are open to the public for information only and do not include public comment.

The Tilghman Island Inn meeting, file PRE-26-47, was listed for "Renovations to the Tilghman Island Inn" at 21384 Coopertown Road in Tilghman, in the VM zone. The agent is Zach Smith of the law firm Armistead, Lee, Rust & Wright.

The second meeting, file PRE-26-48, was listed for an applicant named Simply Synergy and for "Hemp growing and processing including an on-site water treatment facility" at 27772 Sharp Road in Easton, on land zoned RC/WRC. The agent is Brett Ewing of Lane Engineering.

The agenda does not give the size, cost or timing of either project, and a pre-application meeting is not an approval. Both meetings were scheduled for Conference Room 1 at the county offices at 215 Bay Street in Easton. The Planning and Zoning Department posts future pre-application agendas on its website.