Glenmont Takes Two-Step Approach to Attract Development
Community applies to become enterprise zone as delegates propose additional tax breaks.
Local economic officials are working on an application to classify Glenmont as an enterprise zone, while delegates to the Maryland General Assembly have proposed legislation enabling Montgomery County to grant additional tax credits, in an effort to revitalize the Glenmont community. “I grew up in the Wheaton-Glenmont communities, and it pains me to see the eyesore that the shopping center has become,” said Del. Ben Kramer, who proposed the bill at the suggestion of Montgomery County Council President Nancy Navarro. “This would bring life and vitality back to Glenmont," he said. The application to make Glenmont an enterprise zone was submitted through the existing state measures, said Kramer. If approved, Glenmont would become the fourth …
Brian Lev
10:33 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
On the one hand, I live near Glenmont and drive through it multiple times every week. The station on the corner is boarded up, the KFC nearby is boarded up (both parking lots breaking up into gravel), and the main Glenmont "shopping center" is actually two distinct centers, both of which could really use a facelift & some new businesses. On the other hand, I have to drive through the area … more ›