During summer 2019, the Montgomery County Planning Department launched the update of Montgomery County’s General Plan, the county’s long-term framework for land use and development.
In addition to the actions and hearings listed below, Montgomery Planning hosted public engagement events in 2019 and 2020. View all of the past engagement events for Thrive Montgomery 2050.
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Pre-Plan — July 2018 – May 2019
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Visioning — June – October 2019
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Analysis — November – December 2019
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Final Issues Report — February 27, 2020
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Draft Vision and Goals — June 11, 2020
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Draft Policies and Actions — June 11, 2020
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Working Draft Plan Released — September 24, 2020
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Planning Board Public Hearing — November 19, 2020
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Work Session #1: Thrive Montgomery 2050 Structure — December 17, 2020
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Work Session #2: Why we need a new General Plan — January 7, 2021
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Work Session #3: Affordable and attainable housing: more of everything — January 14, 2021
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Work Session #4: Transportation and communication networks: connecting people, places and ideas — January 21, 2021
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Work Session #5: Compact growth: corridor-focused development — January 28, 2021
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Work Session #6: Design, arts and culture: adding value and building community, Coordination with the County’s Climate Action Plan — February 4, 2021
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Work Session #7: Parks and recreation for an increasingly urban and diverse community: active and social, Revised (redlined) drafts of Introduction, Housing, and Transportation chapters. — February 11, 2021
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Work Session #8: Complete communities: mix of uses and forms — February 18, 2021
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Work Session #9: How the ideas in this Plan can be implemented. Implementation chapter, Conclusion with indicators for the three major outcomes. — February 25, 2021
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Work Session #10: Planning Board to approve the final recommendations, Revised (redlined) drafts of the remaining chapters and Actions list for the appendix. Discuss any follow up items from previous work sessions — March 4, 2021
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Planning Board approval and transmittal to County County — April 8, 2021
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Montgomery County Council Public Hearing
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County Council’s Planning, Hosing, and Economic Development (PHED) Committee work sessionsJuly to October 2021
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October 2021
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Montgomery County Council Listening Sessions
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Montgomery County Council Listening Sessions at the five Citizens Advisory BoardsJanuary 2022
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Racial Equity and Social Justice Review of Thrive Montgomery 2050 by the Office of Legislative OversightFebruary 2022
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Montgomery County Council hires Nspiregreen and Public Engagement Associates to conduct a Racial Equity and Social Justice review of ThriveJune 2022
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Nspiregreen and Public Engagement Associates to conduct outreach to BIPOC and under-represented communities in Montgomery CountySummer 2022
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Nspiregreen to complete its analysis of Thrive and submit a new Equity chapter for Thrive Montgomery 2050 to the County CouncilSeptember 2022
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Montgomery Planning and Council staffs to prepare new chapters on the Economy and the Environment to be added to ThriveSeptember 2022
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Montgomery County Council to vote on the final Thrive Montgomery 2050 PlanOctober 25, 2022