Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Council will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. on June 11, on the first major rewrite of the County Zoning Code since 1978. Goals for the rewrite include to update all aspects of the ordinance, create more predictability in the standards and promote “green” land use practices. The public hearing will […]

The Montgomery County Planning Board has selected a new planning director, placing a professional who has held top planning jobs in the city of Alexandria, Virginia, and the Montgomery County Planning Department at the helm of the county’s 150-member planning department. Gwen Wright will begin directing the department on July 1. “We are thrilled to […]

Have an opinion about a plan that would bring rapid transit to Montgomery County? If so, mark your calendar for a May 16 public hearing scheduled by the Montgomery County Planning Board. The public hearing is to invite input on the draft Countywide Transit Corridors Plan, which recommends a system to place high-quality buses in […]

As planners continue to work on an amendment to the 1994 Clarksburg Master Plan to address the Ten Mile Creek area, the Planning Board has scheduled a public session at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17 to hear from the public on the plan in progress. The meeting will be held at the Park and […]

The Montgomery County Council meets on April 2 and will receive the semi-annual report of the Montgomery County Planning Board. The report will include an analysis of recent development activity in the county that shows a shift to more housing than commercial development but the Planning Board is uncertain yet whether these figures indicate a […]

After reviewing an analysis from their planning staff and hearing testimony from the applicant and scores of residents, the Montgomery County Planning Board recommended denial of a proposed special exception to allow a 16-pump Costco gas station at the Westfield Wheaton Mall on Feb. 28. The Board will forward its recommendations to the Hearing Examiner […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner held a Town Hall meeting on Jan. 30 at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center. One of the hot topics at the meeting was the Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan, which was recently transmitted to the County Council from the Planning Board. Here’s a clip from the meeting as Councilmember […]

The Montgomery County Council has begun work on a new Subdivision Staging Policy, which will set the tone for development in the future. The plan calls for tests to measure impact of development as well as the need for services. Planners predict 21% growth in households within the county so growth will be encouraged where […]

Visitors to the future White Flint Mall site in North Bethesda will see a dramatically different place than the regional retail shopping center standing along Rockville Pike today. The Montgomery County Planning Board approved a sketch plan for a new mixed development project on the 45.3-acre mall site that will transform the retail establishment into […]

Ten Mile Creek and future Clarksburg development were on the minds of local leaders this week. Take a look. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.