Community invited to meet with planners, learn about the area and provide feedback about issues of concern
SILVER SPRING, MD – The Montgomery County Planning Department, part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, is launching the White Flint 2 Sector Plan on Thursday, June 25, 2015 at an open house being held at the Luxmanor Elementary School (6201 Tilden Lane, North Bethesda, MD) from 7 to 9 p.m.
Community residents and business owners are invited to hear about the goals of the Sector Plan and learn about existing conditions and challenges. County planners will discuss the scope of the Plan and answer questions from participants. Attendees will be encouraged to provide initial ideas for the plan on a “feedback wall” at the event.
Background on the White Flint 2 Sector Plan
The White Flint 2 Plan aims to close the gap between the 2010 White Flint Sector Plan, Twinbrook Sector Plan and the pending City of Rockville plan for Rockville Pike (MD 355). Its land use, zoning, and transportation recommendations will apply to properties in a bow-tie-shaped area between the boundaries of these already established Plans. White Flint 2 will link common elements between the Plan areas, including Rockville Pike and the proposed network of bike lanes and public open spaces.
Planners will be looking at parcels along Executive Boulevard, west of Old Georgetown Road; east of the CSX rail tracks, between Randolph Road and Nicholson Lane; and north of Montrose Parkway along Rockville Pike to the city limits of Rockville. Nicholson Court, which was a part of the 2010 White Flint Sector Plan, will also be included in the proposed plan area.
Issues confronting the White Flint 2 planners:
- How should the City and County coordinate their efforts on redesigning Rockville Pike?
- What transportation policies should be introduced or amended?
- Should the White Flint Special Taxing District extend to White Flint 2?
- How can uses on both sides of the MARC station and CSX tracks be integrated?
- What is the role of the proposed MARC station and how should properties outside of the 2010 White Flint Plan be developed?
- Should light-industrial-zoned properties be retained?
- What would the school capacity impacts be if significant amounts of new residential development are approved?
- What are the impacts associated with Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)?
- What is the potential for infill to create a mix of uses, walkability?
For more information about the White Flint 2 Plan and June 25 open house, contact:
Lead Planner Nkosi Yearwood, tel. 301-495-1332, email Nkosi.Yearwood@montgomeryplanning.org or
Lead Planner Andrea Gilles, tel. 301-495-4541, email Andrea.Gilles@montgomeryplanning.org
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