Montgomery Community Media

Happy spring! We are in for a warmup this week. Here are your five things to know today, March 21st, in Montgomery County: 1. County Council President Nancy Floreen meets with reporters for her weekly briefing, and one of the topics she plans to address is the County Executive’s recommended budget, which includes a property […]

Here are your five things to know today, Feb. 29, in Montgomery County: 1. The Walt Whitman High School community is grieving after a fatal collision near the school on Saturday night. A father, mother and their teenage son were killed in the crash at Pyle Road and River Road. Another passenger, a teenage daughter, […]

MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke hosts County Report This Week, which includes reports about streamlining the development process in Montgomery County, a celebration of Black History Month, a preview of the upcoming Civil Rights Educational Freedom tour, a recap of the busy winter firefighters are experiencing, an update from the Young Activists Club in Takoma Park and […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra Video, Councilmember Marc Elrich tells us what committee assignment is important to him if he is reelected to the Council on Nov. 4. Take a look: Elrich and the other candidates running for the at large County Council seats participated in a candidates forum at MCM on Oct. 13. You can […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Nancy Floreen, who chairs the Council’s Planning, Housing and Economic Development (PHED) Committee, announced May 16 the tentative schedule for the PHED Committee and the full Council’s consideration of the Draft White Oak Science Gateway Master Plan. The first of six planned committee meetings is scheduled for Monday, June 16. The full […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment (T and E) Committee at 9 a.m. on Monday, April 21, will hold a worksession on a variety of transportation issues with representatives of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (WMATA—or Metro). The worksession is part of the committee’s review of budget requests concerning County Executive […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Planning, Housing and Economic Development (PHED) Committee will meet at 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3 to continue its series of worksessions on issues relating to the proposed Bethesda station of the planned Purple Line. Monday’s worksession will focus on zoning, staging and open space and park issues. The PHED Committee, […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Planning, Housing and Economic Development (PHED) Committee at 2 p.m. on Feb. 3, will continue its series of worksessions on issues relating to the proposed Bethesda station of the planned Purple Line. Monday’s worksession will focus on zoning, staging and open space and park issues. The PHED Committee, which is chaired […]

The Montgomery County Council has returned from its winter recess to a full agenda of business with the first in a series of worksessions on proposed development in the Ten Mile Creek watershed in Clarksburg. Take a look: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

On Jan, 15 the Montgomery County Council completed its review on the first proposed major changes in the County Zoning Ordinance since 1978. The Council took straw votes on many proposed revisions to the zoning ordinance, but they remain tentative decisions. A final vote on the Zoning Ordinance Rewrite will be held at a date […]