{"id":4230,"date":"2017-04-24T14:28:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T18:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/?p=4230"},"modified":"2026-03-23T13:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:52:14","slug":"more-trees-more-lighting-more-crossings-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/2017\/04\/more-trees-more-lighting-more-crossings-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"More trees!  More lighting!  More crossings needed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1460\" height=\"685\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4234\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-logo.png\" alt=\"Veirs Mill logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-logo.png 1460w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-logo-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-logo-768x360.png 768w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-logo-1024x480.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1460px) 100vw, 1460px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4236 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-lighting-243x300.png\" alt=\"More lighting\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-lighting-243x300.png 243w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-lighting.png 604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0 These requests were just a few of the comments captured by a graphic artist during the second community meeting for the Veirs Mill Corridor Master Plan. Community residents and stakeholders were invited to the March 29 session to brainstorm the opportunities and constraints within neighborhoods along Veirs Mill Road, from Wheaton to Rockville.<\/p>\n<p>Separated into small groups, the participants discussed the positive and negative aspects of their neighborhoods. They cited the need for future improvements, ranging from bus shelters to improved maintenance of sidewalks and roads.<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4232\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-bus-stop-300x297.png\" alt=\"Bus shelters\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-bus-stop-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-bus-stop-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-bus-stop-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-bus-stop.png 756w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Representatives from each group then shared highlights of their discussions with the larger audience. As they spoke, their feedback was recorded in words and pictures by graphic artist Lucinda Levine of Crowley &amp; Co. in Annandale, VA. Comments included the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Property tax dollars should result in improved maintenance of roadways and medians, as well as neighborhood community facilities.<\/li>\n<li>More directional signs and parking facilities are needed to enhance access to parks, open spaces and trails within the neighborhoods.<\/li>\n<li>Bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, including additional sidewalks and pedestrian crossings, are needed to improve safety and walkability.<\/li>\n<li>Community diversity and proximity to ethnic restaurants were identified as advantages in the neighborhood, although residents expressed a desire for more specialty stores and restaurants.<\/li>\n<li>The Holiday Park Senior Center \u2013 Montgomery County\u2019s largest such facility &#8212; was acknowledged as a valuable amenity for classes, games, dancing and community gatherings, but the participants emphasized that similar facilities and activities for community youth are needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4237 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-trees-300x290.png\" alt=\"Better trees! More trees!\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-trees-300x290.png 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-trees.png 708w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Levine\u2019s graphic recording served many purposes, from an innovative means to record the community dialogue to establishing the guiding principles for the Veirs Mill Corridor Master Plan.\u00a0 It engaged the meeting participants as they identified their ideas and concerns, confirmed that their feedback was clearly understood and served as a visual summary of the community meeting.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4238 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-bike-300x250.png\" alt=\"Bike and pedestrian infrastructure\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-bike-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-bike-768x639.png 768w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-bike.png 822w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Veirs Mill Corridor Master Plan area includes a diverse community, with nearly 70 percent of the population speaking a language other than English at home. Capturing a visual summary of the meeting dialogue provides an opportunity to share the conversation with a larger population, regardless of language.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4239 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-holiday-park-300x220.png\" alt=\"Holiday park\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-holiday-park-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/veirs-mill-holiday-park.png 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Building on the graphic recording, the Planning Department is now distributing a questionnaire, available in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/veirsmillquestions1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/veirsmillquestions2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spanish<\/a>, to receive feedback from the larger community on the features that should be preserved, enhanced or transformed within the Veirs Mill Road neighborhoods. In addition to the questionnaire, comments in any language are welcome on the Veirs Mill Corridor Plan Feedback Map.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Veirs Mill Corridor Plan Community Meeting\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PRYi7mEokx0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">\u00a0\u00a0 These requests were just a few of the comments captured by a graphic artist during the second community meeting for the Veirs Mill Corridor Master Plan. Community residents and stakeholders were invited to the March 29 session to brainstorm the opportunities and constraints within neighborhoods along Veirs Mill Road, from Wheaton to Rockville.<\/p>\n<p>Separated into small groups, the participants discussed the positive and negative aspects of their neighborhoods. They cited the need for future improvements, ranging from bus shelters to improved maintenance of sidewalks and roads.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from each group then shared highlights of their discussions with the larger audience. As they spoke, their feedback was recorded in words and pictures by graphic artist Lucinda Levine of Crowley &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/2017\/04\/more-trees-more-lighting-more-crossings-needed\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,20],"tags":[446,541,546,543,542,545,31,544,540],"class_list":["post-4230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-planning","category-public-spaces","tag-bicycle","tag-community-meeting","tag-crossings","tag-feedback","tag-illustration","tag-lighting","tag-pedestrian","tag-signs","tag-veirs-mill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4230"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11144,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4230\/revisions\/11144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}