SILVER SPRING, MD – On Thursday, April 12 at approximately
2:30 p.m., the Montgomery County Planning Board will consider a development
proposal that would bring a shopping center, including a restaurant,
condominiums and offices, to Ashton, a rural village in the northeast corner of
the county.
The proposed development, called Ashton Meeting Place, would
be built on eight acres at the intersection of Routes 650 (New Hampshire
Avenue) and 108 (Ashton Road).
Planners have recommended denial of the development because of
possible parking limitations in the zoning code, encroachment on
environmentally sensitive wetlands and concern that the building design would
detract from the character of the rural village.
More than 25 residents have signed up to testify about the
Ashton development before the Board, which has the final say on whether to
grant approval of the developer’s plan.
WHO:
Montgomery County Planning Board
WHAT:
Hearing on Ashton Meeting Place, a mixed-use subdivision
proposed in Ashton
WHEN:
Thursday, April 12, 2007 – approximately 2:30 p.m.
WHERE:
Montgomery County Planning Board Auditorium, 8787
Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, Md.