The Montgomery County Planning Board and the Montgomery County Planning Department announced their August 2026 calendar of events and meetings. The Planning Board is on recess in August and will resume weekly meetings on September 10. Prior Planning Board meetings can be watched on demand.
The Montgomery County Council voted Tuesday to reappoint James Hedrick to the Montgomery County Planning Board, giving him a second four-year term on the five-member board.
The Montgomery County Planning Board has scheduled two public hearings in September to gather community feedback on the proposed Friendship Heights Sector Plan, a long-term vision for the area’s future growth and redevelopment.
The Eastern Silver Spring Communities Plan has entered its next phase following the completion of community engagement on the plan’s preliminary recommendations.
The Montgomery County Planning Board has certified the Fiscal Year 2027 Annual School Test, identifying several Montgomery County Public Schools projected to exceed capacity during the 2030-31 school year and assigning their service areas to Utilization Premium Payment (UPP) tiers beginning July 1, 2026.
The Montgomery County Planning Board and the Montgomery County Planning Department announced their July 2026 calendar of events and meetings. they can be seen below:
Montgomery Planning staff presented preliminary recommendations for the Germantown Sector Plan Amendment to the Montgomery County Planning Board on Thursday, outlining a new vision for how Germantown could grow and evolve over the next 20 to 30 years.
The Montgomery County Council has approved a $28.9 million budget for Montgomery Planning’s fiscal year 2027 work program, allowing the department to move forward with a series of major planning initiatives and policy studies beginning July 1, 2026.
The Montgomery County Planning Department is conducting a survey specifically for people who work in-person in Montgomery County at least most of the time but live outside the County. Officials noted the survey does not apply to individuals who only attend school or use services in Montgomery County.
The Montgomery County Planning Board approved the Scope of Work and plan boundary for The Wheaton Plan: A Georgia Avenue Community Plan at its May 7 meeting, moving forward with a long-term planning process focused on downtown Wheaton.
Montgomery County’s reforestation efforts are earning national recognition.