Montgomery Community Media

Officials from Montgomery Parks, the Montgomery County Planning Department and Montgomery County Department of Transportation, are inviting residents to celebrate PARK(ing) Day on Sept. 18 by converting a parking space in downtown Silver Spring into a temporary pop-up parklet. The pop-up park, according to a news release, will feature plants, seating, and the bean bag toss game: […]

A groundbreaking ceremony was held this week for the first redevelopment project under County Executive Isiah Leggett’s Smart Growth Initiative. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. For more video from the groundbreaking, visit here. You can also find out more about Westside at Shady Grove online here. You can find out more about Mr. Leggett’s Smart Growth Initiative […]

Montgomery County officials attended a ground breaking ceremony today for Westside at Shady Grove Metro at 16658 Crabbs Branch Way. This public-private partnership project is planned to revitalize the former industrial area by creating an urban village near the Shady Grove Metro Station. “One of the priorities of my administration has been developing the Smart […]

UPDATED Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett announced today that he has reconvened the County’s Transit Task Force. In an April 6 letter to Task Force Chair Mark Winston, Leggett asked the Task Force to make recommendations relating about how to “… establish a plan for the implementation of as much of the [high quality bus […]

Members of the Montgomery County Planning Board recently toured Silver Spring as part of their Design Excellence initiative.  Bridget Schwiesow reports they were on foot and bike. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Local leaders helped cut the ribbon for the new Visitor Center at Black Hill Regional Park this past Saturday in Boyds. In addition to the updated Visitor Center, you should check out the new children’s corner, Earth Bench – the first in Maryland- and the new water trail -the first in Montgomery County- on site. […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner recently brought local officials and residents together in hopes of finding solutions for the county’s infrastructure issues. Susan Kenedy reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

The Montgomery County Planning Department has launched a Winter Speaker Series featuring former Planning Board Chair Royce Hanson.  Bridget Schwiesow reports. Find out more about upcoming events here. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

The two Planning Board chairs representing Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission recently sent a letter to Maryland’s Governor-elect Larry Hogan and his transition team explaining the important reasons for keeping the Purple Line on track. The December 4 letter, sent by Casey Anderson, Chair of the Montgomery […]

Officials toted their shovels to Park and Planning headquarters recently to dig a grave for the county’s old zoning ordinance. And as Susan Kenedy reports, the symbolic burial marks the beginning of a new era in planning. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.