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.
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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.
Montgomery Planning has received a 2026 Maryland Department of Planning Sustainable Growth Award for its Community Planning Academy, a free online course designed to help Montgomery County residents better understand how planning and development decisions are made.
The Montgomery County Planning Board approved a preliminary plan and associated forest conservation plan for a new church project at its March 26, 2026 meeting, advancing a proposal for Iglesia De Cristo Mi El Maryland in the Olney area.
The Montgomery County Planning Board and the Montgomery County Planning Department announced their April 2026 calendar of events and meetings.
The Montgomery County Council has voted to designate the Rose-Budd House in Sandy Spring as a historic resource, recognizing the century-old home as a symbol of the contributions of some of the county’s earliest Black families to education, community building, and cultural heritage.
The Montgomery County Planning Board has approved the Scope of Work for a new transportation study that will examine how people travel between Clarksburg and Montgomery Village and whether the area’s road network can handle future growth.
Pulte Home Companies, LLC is seeking to redevelop Olney Golf Park with a 235-townhome community, according to the applicant’s initial pre-hearing statement filed in connection with a proposed zoning change for the 22-plus-acre property at 3414 Emory Church Road in Olney. The news was first reported by the Washington Business Journal.
The Montgomery County Planning Department released the preliminary recommendations of the Eastern Silver Spring Communities Plan. The preliminary recommendations were developed following planners’ research and analysis of the plan area and comprehensive community engagement over the past two and a half years. More below, per Montgomery Planning: