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Council names Casey Anderson chair of Montgomery County Planning Board for second full term and Partap Verma as new Planning Board member. The Montgomery County Council approved both men unanimously. The five-member board deals with land-use issues in the 323,000-acre county and manages the county’s 36,500-acre park system. It reports to the council. This will […]

Gov. Larry Hogan will be the keynote speaker at the Montgomery County Business Hall of Fame on Oct. 24. The event will start at 11:30 a.m. at The Universities at Shady Grove Conference Center in Rockville. The Hall of Fame, founded by Grossberg Co. LLP and Revere Bank (successor to Monument Bank), is a celebration […]

A Duncan administration official, a blogger who writes about planning topics, a former member of County Executive Ike Leggett’s transit task force and a Germantown businesswoman have all filed to fill a vacancy on the Montgomery County Planning Board. The County Council will interview the four applicants on May 11 to fill the spot held […]

The Montgomery County Council is seeking applicants to fill a vacancy on the Montgomery County Planning Board. The second term of Marye Wells-Harley (Democrat) will expire on June 14, and she is not eligible for reappointment. Applications must be received no later than 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12. Members serve four-year terms and are […]

It was unanimous. The Montgomery County Council has appointed Gerald Cichy of Rockville to the Montgomery County Planning Board. Cichy begins his term next month, when the second and final term of Planning Commissioner Amy Presley concludes. By law, the position had to be filled by a Republican, a voter who declines to affiliate with […]

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 […]

The Montgomery County Council will interview five applicants for the chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board on July 8. As you may remember, Planning Board Chair Francoise Carrier’s term expired on June 14 and she did not apply for reappointment. The Council received letters of interest from 18 applicants to fill the vacancy. Eight […]

Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice has announced the list of applicants to be interviewed for the chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board on Tuesday, July 8. Planning Board Chair Francoise Carrier’s term expires on June 14. She has indicated that she would not apply for reappointment.  The applicant list consists of 18 applications […]

A total of 19 people have applied to fill an open position on the Montgomery County Planning Board, including former County Councilmember Mike Knapp, former Rockville Councilmember John Britton, the former president of the Kentlands Citizens Assembly Richard Arkin, former planning board member, Meredith Wellington and two current members (Casey Anderson and Norman Dreyfuss) as […]