County Planners Target Glenmont Shopping Center
Montgomery County Planning Board approved a preliminary document for the Glenmont Sector Plan Update this week.
A ‘Bowling’ sign still marks the entrance to The Arcade at Glenmont Shopping Center, where thousands of duckpin enthusiasts once spent many hours back in the 1950’s and 1960’s when bowling was a hugely popular sport. The Arcade is now surrounded by a mix of discount carpet stores, Chinese eateries, a dollar store, a Hispanic food store and a check-cashing outlet. Montgomery County planners consider the Glenmont Shopping Center ripe for development, but forging consensus among 15 properties with 13 owners has proved difficult in the past, according to county planner Michael Brown. A document prepared by Brown for the Glenmont Sector Plan Update claims that the “Glenmont Shopping Center has a poor vehicle circulation pattern, inadequate …
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brenda
5:24 pm on Sunday, February 12, 2012
i cannot wait for change i agree bulldoze it all down and start over i dont like telling people i live in glenmont - i live next to indian springs country club more ›