Smart Growth Initiative

May 15, 2015 | Sonya Burke

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County Report This Week (VIDEO)

Lorna Virgili hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which includes reports about the first redevelopment project in the Executive’s Smart Growth Initiative, body worn cameras, jobs for veterans, Building Safety Month, Ride On’s 40th anniversary, Hometown Holidays and much more. You can watch the show in its entirety, below:

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May 14, 2015 | Staff Writer

Groundbreaking at Westside at Shady Grove Metro (VIDEO)

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 […]

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November 1, 2013 | Sonya Burke

“This is a Good Day for Montgomery County” (Video)

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett proudly attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new David F. Bone Equipment Maintenance and Transit Operations Center off Shady Grove Road and Crabbs Branch Way. In this MyMCMedia extra, Leggett touts his smart growth initiative that is revitalizing an industrial area  by creating an urban village near the Shady Grove […]

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November 1, 2013 | Sonya Burke

“Wow Factor” (Video)

In this MyMCMedia extra, the Deputy Director of the Department of Transportation says you can’t describe the county’s new Emergency Maintenance and Transit Operations Center without using the word “wow.”    

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November 1, 2013 | Sonya Burke

Transit Operations Center Dedication Ceremony (Photos & Video)

Montgomery County officials recently cut the ribbon on the new David F. Bone Equipment Maintenance and Transit Operations Center off Shady Grove Road and Crabbs Branch Way. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports that officials have many reasons to be proud of this smart growth initiative project that is designed to achieve  a LEED (Leadership in Energy […]

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October 29, 2013 | Staff Writer

Leggett Celebrates Completion of Transit Operations Center (Photos)

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett celebrated the opening of the new David F. Bone Equipment Maintenance and Transit Operations Center (EMTOC) in Rockville on Oct 30. The EMTOC is a Smart Growth Initiative (SGI) project that is transforming a light industrial area around the Shady Grove Metro into to transit-oriented development, which will eventually include […]

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