Residents and property owners invited to get involved with special events and community meetings to discuss plans for the County’s future
SILVER SPRING, MD –The Montgomery County Planning Board, part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, is pleased to announce its calendar for July 2015. These events offer ways to engage with planners and Planning Board members, and help shape the future of communities within Montgomery County. Review the full list of events below and go online to www.montgomeryplanning.org for more details on projects and plans.
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Montgomery Planning July 2015 Events:
July (ongoing through August 21) – Enter a development or building project that you admire in the Montgomery Planning Department’s First Annual Design Excellence Award competition. Visit www.montgomeryplanning.org/designxawards for more information.
July 7 – Attend the last of the MV Matters community meetings to learn about the staff recommendations for the Montgomery Village Master Plan. The event will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Montgomery Village Middle School at 19300 Watkins Mill Road, Montgomery Village, MD 20886. (Please note the change in the meeting location from the Watkins Mill High School, which is currently being renovated.) Residents and property owners are invited to offer input about the Master Plan’s recommendations for land use and zoning, transportation networks, parks and open spaces. Past PowerPoint presentations and other materials from previous MV Matters meetings are posted on the Montgomery Village Master Plan webpage.
July 16 – Attend the Montgomery County Planning Board meeting to learn about the Westbard Sector Plan. The Working Draft of the Sector Plan will be presented and reviewed for approval to set a public hearing date. A full agenda for the meeting is posted on the Agendas & Staff Reports page.
July 20 – The Planning Board’s first worksession on the Bethesda Downtown Sector Plan will be held to refine its planning concepts based on the public hearing held on June 24. Learn more about the Bethesda Downtown Plan.
July 23 – The Planning Board will review the Working Draft of the Montgomery Village Master Plan. Learn more about the planning process for Montgomery Village. In addition, a number of other important issues will tentatively be on the Planning Board agenda for July 23, including the mandatory referral of the new M-NCPPC headquarters in Wheaton and amendments to the Clarksburg Town Center.
July 30 – Attend the last Planning Board meeting of the summer to learn about the scope of work for the new White Flint 2 Sector Plan, which was launched in June at a community open house in North Bethesda. Please note that the July 30 meeting