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Thank you to ULI Washington for having our Design, Placemaking & Policy Division Chief Atul Sharma on a ULI Leadership Institute panel this week.

Atul highlighted our department’s Placemaking Strategic Plan for the panel that explored the evolving role of placemaking in planning and economic development, applying lessons learned from past projects while making each effort feel authentic, and engaging communities in placemaking while managing expectations about longer-term improvements.

After the panel discussion, the Leadership Institute cohort (which includes our planners Sandra Pereira and Clark Larson) toured DC’s NoMA neighborhood and looked at placemaking interventions like underpass artwork, murals and temporary gathering spaces in vacant lots as integral parts of the transformational development and identity of NoMA.

There's a "place" for you at Montgomery Planning!

If you're passionate about placemaking and ready to make a visible impact, we want to hear from you! Our Design, Placemaking, and Policy Division is hiring for a creative and community-driven Placemaking Planner III to join our team.

From tactical urbanism and public art to small business support and ecological demonstrations, you'll shape vibrant, inclusive spaces that reflect community identity and advance equity, safety, and sustainability. We've recently held successful placemaking events recently in Burtonsville, Damascus, Fairland and Briggs Chaney, and Wheaton.

Visit our employment page to learn more and apply by Dec. 12: https://bit.ly/486GZoR

📅 Thursday, November 18 at 7:30 p.m.

Join Montgomery Planning and Montgomery Parks for a webinar summarizing community feedback we've collected over the past year for the Friendship Heights Sector Plan. These insights will help shape the plan's preliminary recommendations.

Register to receive the webinar link: https://bit.ly/499OE6R

After the presentation, our planners will be available to answer questions.

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