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Montgomery County’s Planning Department recently hosted its second annual Design Excellence Awards Ceremony. Bridget Schwiesow has more in this report. For more on the winners, visit here. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

The Montgomery County Planning Department’s Historic Preservation Office is working to raise awareness for mid-century modern architecture in Montgomery County. Recently, the department organized a bus tour of some examples of residential and public mid-century architecture, locally. Find out more in this report, below: Find out more about Modern Montgomery, here.

Jeffrey Tumlin headlined the Planning Department’s final Winter Speaker Series event earlier this month. Tumlin addressed the role of “Smart Development in Transitional Suburban Locations.” Bridget Schwiesow reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Montgomery Planning’s Winter Speaker Series focuses on transportation in our area. The first speaker, Nat Bottigheimer, tackled “Putting the Transition Back in Transit.” Bridget Schwiesow has the story.   The next session titled “Recent Approaches to Suburban Bicycle Planning” features Jennifer Toole, originally scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 16, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 23 […]

MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke hosts this special edition of County Report This Week, which recaps some of the stories that defined 2015 in Montgomery County. Take a look:

The Planning Department recently hosted a launch party for the new book, Montgomery Modern: Modern Architecture in Montgomery County, Maryland, 1930-1979 at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda. The 250-page, well-illustrated book is written by Clare Lise Kelly, a preservation planner and an architectural historian with the Planning Department’s Historic Preservation Office. Bridget Schwiesow has more. Visit our PEG partner […]

Montgomery County Planning teamed with the American Institute of Architects Potomac Valley Chapter to present the first annual Design Excellence Awards. Bridget Schwiesow has more in this report. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

The Montgomery County Planning Department has started to update the Subdivision Staging Policy (formerly called Growth Policy) for review and approval by the County Council in 2016. The intent of the Subdivision Staging Policy is to ensure public facilities, particularly schools and roads, are adequate to meet the needs of new development and growth. Find out […]

Montgomery County Planning Department’s Historic Preservation Office is hosting a book launch event at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda Oct. 30  Bridget Schwiesow has more in this report, below, about that book launch and the Montgomery Modern initiative: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

The Montgomery County Planning Department is reaching out to residents for input as part of the review process for updating the county’s Bicycle Master Plan.  Find out more in this report: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. Related: