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Monday, January 7, 2013

What's on the Agenda: Wheaton Urban District Advisory Committee

There will be a presentation of the key components of the Wheaton Sector Plan at Tuesday's meeting.

The Wheaton Urban District Advisory Committee will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 8, at 6 p.m. at the Mid-County Regional Services Center in Wheaton. Khalid Afzal, the lead planner on the Wheaton Sector Plan, will provide an overview of the plan's key components. A copy of the Wheaton Sector Plan can be downloaded from the Montgomery Planning website. Other items on the meeting's agenda include a Wheaton public safety update and a report from the Mid-County Regional Services Center director. The Wheaton Urban District Advisory Committee's members are appointed by the Montgomery County executive and confirmed by the county council "to provide advice on matters affecting the revitalization and economic and physical development of …

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Esther French

10:06 am on Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Hi Anton, No, I was not able to attend this meeting, so I didn't post a summary.   more ›

Monday, February 27, 2012

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 ›

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