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Growing Right

Growing Right anchorProduced in partnership with County Cable Montgomery and hosted by Susan Kenedy, Growing Right highlights the Montgomery County Board’s monthly activities, ranging from development applications to parks programs to county-wide planning initiatives. The show covers the most important Planning Board decisions of the month in a lively format that includes interviews with board members and planners as well as onsite location shots.

Also see us on our other educational programs, Montgomery Plans and the Parks Show.

Latest Episode

May 2009

Transportation planner Justin ClarkeWatch. Highlights include:

  • A zoning change requested by developers of Fairland, a new residential development proposed for Eastern Montgomery County, gets the go-ahead from the Planning Board
  • Transportation planners present their annual highway mobility report tracking how well residents get around in the county
  • The Planning Department begins work on a design challenge that could shape the future of growth nationwide

Previous Episodes

April 2009

Life sciences office buildingsWatch. Highlights include:

  • The Planning Board began considering the Gaithersburg West Master Plan, which updates the vision for the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center.
  • Montgomery County’s growth policy, which is developed biannually by the Planning Board, guides growth…primarily uncroweded schools and traffic free roads. Planners are drafting the next growth policy to focus on enhancing the quality of our communities.
  • The Department of Parks takes steps to reduce energy use and save county dollars.

March 2009

Holy Cross Hospital signHoly Cross Hospital has applied for a zoning special exception to expand in Silver Spring.

Watch. Highlights include:

  • The Board considers an innovative plan that examines our future housing needs.
  • A proposed zoning change that would allow expansion at Holy Cross Hospital gets an initial endorsement.
  • The Board approves a much-needed facelift for a prime piece of real estate in downtown Silver Spring.

February 2009

Carl Elefante's "Greening Existing Properties" presentation.

Watch. Highlights include:

  • Continued work on the draft White Flint Sector Plan, now in worksessions before the Planning Board.
  • The Planning Board kicks off a new speaker series that focuses on sustainable development.
  • Commissioner John Robinson discusses the board's accomplishments during his tenure as he finishes up his final term.

January 2009

Pedestrians cross Georgia Ave.Pedestrians cross Georgia Avenue

Watch. Highlights include:

  • The Planning Board votes for a light rail system for the proposed Purple Line.
  • A new planning study takes a look at the future of one of the county's busiest corridors, Georgia Avenue.
  • The Planning Board approves the second phase of development for Woodstock Equestrian Park.

December 2008

Robert Kronenberg plannerRobert Kronenberg
Development Review planner

Watch. Highlights include:

  • Approval of a series of development applications for the Clarksburg Town Center, bringing the mixed retail and residential area a step closer to becoming a reality.
  • Planning Board action to send preliminary design and a budget request for a new headquarters for the Montgomery County staff of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Called silver place, the site will feature mixed office and housing.  
  • Board approval of a site plan for Washington Adventist Hospital that paves the way for the hospital to relocate from Takoma Park to northern Silver Spring

November 2008

Screenshot of planner in parkKatherine Nelson
Environmental planner

Watch. Highlights include:

  • Royce Hanson, chairman of the Montgomery County Planning Board, and planner Elza Hissel-McCoy discussing the developments of a new 13-story mixed-use building at 8711 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring that will highlight pedestrian safety.
  • Planner Kathryn Nelson and forest ecologist, Carole Bergmann explaining the re-forestation efforts around Rock Creek, near Jones Mill Road and Beach Drive.
  • Mary Bradford, director of Montgomery County Parks, and Kate Stookey, Montgomery County’s Parks information chief, talking about the slight hike in fees for athletic fields to offset the fields’ maintenance costs.

October 2008

Rose KrasnowRose Krasnow
Development Review chief

Watch. Highlights include:

  • Royce Hanson, chairman of the Montgomery County Planning Board, and Rose Krasnow, Development Review Chief for the Planning Department, talk about the Board approving the plans to expand Bethesda's Suburban Hospital near Lincoln Street.
  • Planning director, Rollin Stanley, and Germantown planner, Sue Edwards weigh in on the latest developments in the Germantown Master Plan.
  • Transportation planner, Dan Hardy, Diane Jones, assistant CAO and executive officer, and consultant Christopher Conklin discuss road code revisions and planners decisions to not increase target speeds on county-owned roads.

Date of last update: May 22, 2009