Participatory exhibit at the Gaithersburg Library allows public to write down ideas for planning the Village’s future
Silver Spring, MD –The Montgomery County Planning Department, part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, is inviting anyone with an interest in the future of Montgomery Village to participate in the Graffiti Wall Exhibition. The poster-board “wall” will be up from now until November 17, 2014 at the Gaithersburg Public Library (18330 Montgomery Village Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20879).
What is a graffiti wall? It provides the opportunity to jot down your thoughts and comments, and even add a drawing or two about what is unique about Montgomery Village and what YOU want in your Village. Staff is looking for suggestions and solutions to the question: what is next for Montgomery Village and how will we get there?
It is sometimes hard to come and participate in a workshop setting when there’s homework, soccer practice and other family activities, so the Planning Department is bringing the wall to you as a way to encourage open dialogue on the future of your Village. It’s easy – just come to the library during regular business hours and write on the Montgomery Village Graffiti Wall. Information collected here will be used to continue our dialogue during the next round of community forums, starting on December 8 at 7 p.m. at Watkins Mill High School (10301 Apple Ridge Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20879).
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Montgomery Village Background:
Montgomery Village has not been reviewed since the 1985 Gaithersburg Vicinity Master Plan, nor has it been the subject of a discrete County master plan in the past. Although Montgomery Village was within the boundaries of both the 1971 Gaithersburg Vicinity Master Plan and the 1985 Master Plan, neither plan contains narrative, recommendations or guidance for this community. When the Planning Department initiated an update to the Gaithersburg Master Plan in 2007, Montgomery Village was originally included within its boundaries. However, with large swaths of land on both sides of I-270 presenting different planning issues and challenges, the Department realized the area was too big to be analyzed effectively. In 2008, the Department divided the large Gaithersburg Master Plan area into two planning efforts – one for the west side of I-270, which became the Great Seneca Science Corridor Master Plan (GSSC) – and one for the east side of I-270 – Gaithersburg East. In 2014, the County Council directed the Planning Department to further refine the Gaithersburg East plan to have one plan for Montgomery Village and one plan for the remainder of Gaithersburg East. The Council also directed the Planning Director to work efficiently on the Montgomery Village Plan