Montgomery Community Media

Here’s five things to know today, Nov. 16, in Montgomery County: 1. Planning Board meeting: The Planning Board meets today and on the agenda is the Hillandale Gateway Sketch Plan to allow a 430,175-square-foot multi-family residential building within the White Oak Science Gateway  Master Plan area. See the full agenda, here. 2. Online discussion: County Executive Ike Leggett holds […]

Casey Aiken hosts the latest episode of “21 This Week.”  Aiken and the panel discuss the Presidential election, the Westbard Sector Plan, the National Transportation Safety Board’s May 3rd report on the January 12, 2015 L’Enfant Plaza accident and the future of the proposed White Oak Silence Gateway Master Plan. This week’s panel of political observers […]

LifeSci Village- a planned, 300-acre, mixed-use project in the White Oak area- is now Viva White Oak. Developers announced the new name and logo after soliciting input from a community-based committee called Labquest, which was “instrumental” in attracting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to White Oak and in advancing approval of the county’s White Oak […]

The Montgomery County Council on Tuesday approved the White Oak Science Gateway Master Plan, a major land use plan to transform  the east side of the county around the Route 29 corridor into a residential and life sciences hub. The plan was approved by a vote of 8-0, with one abstention by Councilmember Marc Elrich. […]

At his June 30th briefing with reporters, Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice discussed the Council’s upcoming review of the draft White Oak Science Gateway Master Plan.

Montgomery County Council’s Planning, Housing and Economic Development (PHED) Committee at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1, will begin its review of the Draft White Oak Science Gateway Master Plan with the first of five tentatively scheduled worksessions on the plan. The first worksession will concentrate on the transportation improvements that will be needed to […]

The County Council’s Planning, Housing and Economic Development committee will begin its review of the draft White Oak Science Gateway Master Plan on July 1st. The PHED committee, which is chaired by councilmember Nancy Floreen, has scheduled four other worksessions on the plan for July 3rd, 7th, 14th and 16th. The White Oak Plan provides […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Nancy Floreen, who chairs the Council’s Planning, Housing and Economic Development (PHED) Committee, today announced a revised schedule for  consideration of the Draft White Oak Science Gateway Master Plan. The review of the plan will begin on Tuesday, June 17, with an overview presentation from the County Planning Board to the full […]

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 […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, Montgomery County’s Economic Development Director Steve Silverman talks about his goal for the upcoming year: tackling the White Oak Science Gateway Master Plan. Take a look here: