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Huge thanks to Yonah Freemark from Urban Institute and Lisa Sturtevant from Bright MLS for joining Chair Artie Harris for a great panel on July 18 to kick off the Planning Board's 2024 Speaker Series on the #housingcrisis.

Watch the panel discussion on-demand: https://bit.ly/3ylpmm2

And here's a quick recap:

The Planning Board voted unanimously on July 18 to approve our recommended updates to the county's update to the Growth and Infrastructure Policy and send it to the County Council for review.

Updated every four years, the GIP administers one of the most important functions our department and the Planning Board provide to the community – ensuring that public facilities, particularly schools and transportation infrastructure, are adequate to support new development, and that existing growth tools are equitable, fair, and effective.

A key focus of the 2024-2028 GIP is ensuring it helps reach the goals established in Thrive Montgomery 2050 to increase housing options for all, improve transit, and strengthen the economy in equitable, sustainable ways.

Visit the policy’s website (montgomeryplanning.org/gip) for more details on the update – the approved Planning Board Draft will be posted when it is transmitted to County Council by the end of July.

JULY 30 is the first in a series of community workshops we're hosting on the Bethesda Downtown Plan Minor Master Plan Amendment. Join us at 6 p.m. at the Connie Morella Library to learn about the plan and talk with our planners about it.
Full schedule: https://bit.ly/3znYoKZ

The Planning Board's weekly meeting this Thursday starts at 9 a.m.
Watch online: https://bit.ly/2WWH3p8

Please note: Following this meeting, the Planning Board is on recess. Weekly meetings will resume Thursday, September 5.