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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

County Asks for Public Input on Glenmont Enterprise Zone

Designating Glenmont as an enterprise zone could make businesses eligible for certain tax credits.

The public will have an opportunity later this month to comment on a proposal to designate Glenmont as an enterprise zone. Businesses in an enterprise zone may be eligible for certain tax credits based on job creation and property investment, and Montgomery County officials say that this could spur revitalization in Glenmont.  The county will hold a public hearing on March 27 at 6:30 p.m. at the Glenmont Local Park Activity Building, 3201 Randolph Rd., Wheaton. Comments will be used to develop a recommendation to County Executive Ike Leggett and the Montgomery County Council prior to submitting an application to the state government to create the enterprise zone. Montgomery County already has three enterprise zones: Wheaton, Long Branch/…

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Glenmont Takes Two-Step Approach to Attract Development

Kris Kumaroo

10:01 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Mike - that is true there are zero overpriced restaurants, excellent traffic flow and parking galore in the District. You must be talking about Siler City.   more ›

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

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 ›

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