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Montgomery County, Md., Planning DepartmentTuesday, March 18th, 2025 at 10:45am

The March 20 Planning Board meeting begins at 9 a.m. Watch it live or on demand: https://montgomeryplanningboard.org/meetings/watch-online/

Agenda highlights: University Boulevard Corridor Plan work session and a downtown Bethesda zoning text amendment

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Montgomery County, Md., Planning DepartmentMonday, March 17th, 2025 at 3:34pm

One of the ways Montgomery County can address its housing crisis is finding out why housing projects approved by the Planning Board often sit unbuilt in the county's Development Pipeline, some for years and years.

We’re working on a new analysis of the pipeline and Planning Director Jason Sartori recently gave the Planning Board some insights into what the pipeline looks like today:

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Montgomery County, Md., Planning DepartmentMonday, March 17th, 2025 at 10:10am

This Thursday March 20 the Planning Board holds its first work session on the University Boulevard Corridor Plan. montgomeryplanning.org/ubc

Work session staff report: https://bit.ly/4c0H8dN

Watch the work session live or on-demand: https://bit.ly/2WWH3p8

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Montgomery County, Md., Planning DepartmentFriday, March 14th, 2025 at 1:04pm

Timberlawn is a beautiful 1901 home in North Bethesda that the Montgomery County Planning Board will soon consider recommending for historic designation.

When JFK was elected president, his sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver and her family lived on the once-sprawling property. It was where Eunice started Camp Shriver, a day sports camp for intellectually disabled children of all backgrounds. It led to the creation of The Special Olympics -- the 2025 World Games in Turin, Italy wrap up March 15.

Our Historic Preservation Office's Serena Bolliger and the home's current owner talk about the home's beginnings and its historical significance for raising global awareness about intellectual disabilities.

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Montgomery County, Md., Planning DepartmentThursday, March 13th, 2025 at 3:22pm

As the Maryland General Assembly considers a bill that would establish a state commission to identify and rename streets, parks and other public facilities named after Confederate leaders, we are proud to be the only government entity in Maryland to have already started such work.

Our collaboration with the community led to three Potomac streets named for Confederates being renamed in 2021 to honor local African American historical figures Geneva Mason and William Dove. Montgomery Parks also renamed J.E.B Stuart Trail at Woodstock Equestrian Park to be the Northern Edge Trail.

Read more about our Street and Parks Facilities Renaming Review project: https://montgomeryplanningboard.org/m-ncppc-montgomery-county-street-and-parks-facilities-naming-review/

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Montgomery County, Md., Planning DepartmentWednesday, March 12th, 2025 at 2:53pm

NEW BLOG #WomensHistoryMonth

We're profiling Kara Farthing, one of our outstanding arborists who's among the 7% of U.S. arborists who are women.

Farthing typically finds herself the only woman on construction sites as she monitors new development in eastern Montgomery County to ensure trees are properly preserved or replaced amid new construction.

“I've had to learn that you don't have to put on a tough exterior just because you're in a room full of men,” Farthing says. “You can just be yourself.”

Read more about Farthing, her lifelong love of trees, and why she – and other young women – should avoid getting stuck as the “data fairy.”

https://montgomeryplanning.org/blog-design/2025/03/herstory-protecting-montgomery-countys-forests/

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