SILVER SPRING, MD – As planners begin to compile the options for a new
vision for Germantown, the Montgomery County Planning Board will hold a public
meeting at 7:30 p.m., Monday, December 17 at the Black Rock Center for the Arts
to highlight the upcoming recommendations.
The
Germantown master plan looks ahead 10 to 20 years in a comprehensive guide to
the area’s land use. Planners have been working to update the 1989 Germantown
Master Plan, focusing on 2,400 acres in the center of the community. The plan
will recommend new zoning, mixed uses such as residential coupled with retail,
and revitalized employment areas.
The
Planning Board meeting is one of five upcoming informational sessions on
Germantown, a growing community in north central Montgomery County about 26
miles from Washington, D.C. The public
is welcome to attend any of the following meetings, which involve a variety of
subjects and presiding agencies:
2
p.m. Tuesday, December 4. Community meeting focused on new zoning designed for
transit station areas. Upcounty Regional Services Center, 12900 Middlebrook
Road, Germantown.
2
p.m. Thursday, December 6. Community meeting with a Maryland Transit Administration
representative regarding the status of the Corridor Cities Transitway, a
proposed light rail or bus line connecting Shady Grove and Clarksburg. Upcounty
Regional Services Center, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown.
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p.m. Tuesday, December 11. Community Advisory Committee to discuss school and
transportation issues for the upcoming master plan. Upcounty Regional Services
Center, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown.
7:30
p.m. Monday, December 17. Planning Board meeting. Black Rock Center for the
Arts, 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown.
7:30
p.m. Wednesday, December 19. The Historic Preservation Commission will consider
three Germantown sites for historic status – the Little Seneca Viaduct, the
Germantown Culvert and the Germantown Presbyterian Church. Park and Planning
Headquarters, 8787 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring.
The
staff’s draft master plan will be considered by the Montgomery County Planning
Board in work sessions and during a public hearing in early 2008. After the board
finalizes its version of the plan, it will go to the County Council for review
and eventual approval.