Community invited to meet with planners, discuss the challenges and opportunities of the plan area from 7 to 9 p.m.
SILVER SPRING, MD – The Montgomery County Planning Department, part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, is inviting residents, business owners and anyone with an interest in the White Flint 2 area to attend a community meeting hosted by the White Flint 2 Sector Plan team on Wednesday, October 14 at Luxmanor Elementary School (6201 Tilden Lane, Rockville, MD) from 7 to 9 p.m.
The October 14 community meeting follows the September 17 joint meeting with the Rock Spring Master Plan team which focused on MCPS facility concerns in the Walter Johnson High School cluster. The September 17 meeting, which drew about 100 residents, was held to begin the dialogue about how to address school facility issues in this cluster.
During the upcoming master planning process for White Flint 2, Planning Department staff and MCPS staff will collaborate with the community to ensure that land use and zoning recommendations are coordinated with the corresponding recommendations for educational facilities.
RSVP for the October 14 White Flint 2 community meeting.
View the draft of the White Flint 2 Scope of Work.
Background on the White Flint 2 Sector Plan
The White Flint 2 Plan aims to fill in the gaps between the areas covered by the 2010 White Flint Sector Plan, Twinbrook Sector Plan and the pending City of Rockville plan for Rockville Pike (MD 355). Its land use, zoning and transportation recommendations will apply to properties in a bow-tie-shaped area between the boundaries of these already established Plans. White Flint 2 will link common elements between the Plan areas, including Rockville Pike and the proposed network of bike lanes and public open spaces.
Planners will be looking at parcels along Executive Boulevard, west of Old Georgetown Road; east of the CSX rail tracks, between Randolph Road and Nicholson Lane; and north of Montrose Parkway along Rockville Pike to the city limits of Rockville. Nicholson Court, which was a part of the 2010 White Flint Sector Plan, will also be included in the proposed plan area.
Challenges of the plan include improving transportation networks, including the redesign of Rockville Pike into a tree-lined boulevard; integrating land uses on both sides of the CSX tracks and proposed MARC station; and encouraging mixed-use, walkable developments.
For more information about the White Flint 2 Plan, contact the planners:
Nkosi Yearwood, tel. 301-495-1332, email Nkosi.Yearwood@montgomeryplanning.org
Andrea Gilles, tel. 301-495-4541, email andrea.gilles@montgomeryplanning.org
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