The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission has amicably resolved a claim by former Montgomery County Planning Department Director Gwen Wright. Wright was removed as Planning Director in October 2022 after over nine years in the position. She had previously announced her retirement, effective January 1, 2023.
Montgomery Planning Board Chair Artie Harris has issued the following statement:
The Montgomery County Planning Department announced it has received a Maryland Department of Planning Sustainable Growth Award for Thrive Montgomery 2050, the update to Montgomery County’s General Plan approved and adopted in October 2022.
The Montgomery County Planning Department presented the preliminary recommendations of the Great Seneca Plan: Connecting Life and Science to the Montgomery County Planning Board at its December 7, 2023 meeting.
Planners release report on current conditions for plan focused on Clarksburg communities between I-270 and MD 355
The Montgomery County Planning Board and Montgomery County Planning Department have announced their December 2023 calendar of events and meetings.
Rosenfeld Investments proposal for the redevelopment of Loehmann’s Plaza at 5200 Randolph Rd. in Rockville was approved by the Montgomery Planning Board on Thursday, November 9.
The Montgomery County Planning Board announced the appointment of Miti Figueredo as the new Parks Director for Montgomery Parks following a national search. Prior to her appointment as director, Figueredo served as Chief of Staff for the Planning Board Chair and later as Parks Deputy Director for Administration.
The iconic neon sign that has been on the Flower Theater for over 70 years has been removed to get refabricated, as the facade is being repaired to look the way it did when it opened in 1950
Montgomery Planning’s Great Seneca Plan: Connecting Life and Science team held two community meetings on October 23 and October 25. “It was great to share the first look at the plan’s preliminary recommendations and get feedback.” At the meetings, preliminary recommendations were shared for each of the plan’s distinct geographic enclaves including:
If you couldn’t make it to the October 23 and 25 meetings, here is a guide to the preliminary recommendations, which the Great Seneca plan team will be finalizing over the coming weeks as it prepares to present them to the Planning Board on December 7.