Second Glenmont Sector Plan Workshop Addresses Resident Concerns
Residents find the wait frustrating but planners’ enthusiasm encouraging.
Images of a new Glenmont took shape at the second community visioning workshop for the Glenmont Sector Plan Update on Feb. 22, but the projected timeline of completion appears longer than residents had hoped. Consultants from Rhodeside & Harwell, an urban planning and landscape design firm, presented a mock-up of potential changes near the Glenmont Shopping Center and Metro station. However, they told the nearly 80 residents present that some of the plans could take 15 to 20 years to complete. Firm founder Deanna Rhodeside and urban designer Ed Hamm joined Area 2 planner Michael Brown and supervisor Khalid Afzal of the Montgomery County Planning Board to field questions about the redevelopment. Compared to the 1997 sector plan vision, …
Chris Coleman
2:01 pm on Monday, February 27, 2012
The preliminary designs are very promising! I think a lot of people were also very pleased to hear that the owners of several parcels of land adjacent to the eyesore shopping center are interested in working with the county on redevelopment. Some of the issues that my group discussed were better connections between parks and safety of road crossings, particularly on Randolph Road. Of course, so … more ›