Webmaster Posted Mon 10-5-09
Montgomery County Planning Board meeting to consider FAES request for rezoning property at Acacia Ave and Cypress Ave., for the purposes of building graduate student housing. Please attend in order to show your opposition to this project.
Location: Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring (corner of Spring Street). Metered parking available behind the building.
Allen M Posted Sun 3-15-09
The next meeting of the Maplewood Citizens Association will be held on Wednesday, March 18th 2009 at the old Heart House campus at 9111 Old Georgetown Road. Representatives of the Foundation for Advancement of Education in the Sciences (FAES) will discuss its proposed rezoning of property that it owns in Maplewood between West Cedar Lane and Cypress and Acacia Avenues. Also at this meeting Maplewood resident Jim Winkler, the MCA representative on the Bethesda Fire Board and a former NYC firefighter, will discuss the current level of fire protection we have in this community and its adequacy.
Webmaster Posted Fri 3-13-09
The State Highway Administration will conduct a Public Workshop on the Bethesda BRAC Intersections Project: Thursday, April 2, 2009, from, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School gymnasium, 4301 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.
The purpose of the SHA meeting is to acquaint the public with the progress of the project to date. Displays and mapping depicting the planned improvements will be available for viewing. Citizens will be invited to present comments to the project team. Project representatives will be available throughout the meeting to explain the improvements and their associated impacts, discuss points of interest, and record public comments. For more information, see the SHA press release or the SHA newsletter.
On March 9, Congress approved $3,087,500 in funding specifically for the Bethesda BRAC intersections improvement project. Thanks go to Senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin and Congressman Chris Van Hollen.
This funding was part of an omnibus funding bill passed by the U.S. Senate (the House of Representatives approved the bill two weeks ago) that appropriates funds for most federal agencies through September 30, 2009 — the remainder of Fiscal Year 2009. This is funding that Congress should have completed at the beginning of FY2009 (October 1, 2008); having failed to do so until now, most federal agencies have been operating at FY2008 levels.
Webmaster Posted Fri 2-27-09
The next BRAC Implementation Committee meeting will be Tuesday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase services Center located at 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda (above Chipotle on Old Georgetown Road).
The main agenda item will be a preview by the State Highway Administration of information they will present at a public workshop on April 2 regarding potential intersection improvements around the National Naval Medical Center.
For directions and information about the March 17 BRAC Committee meeting, go to the COMMUNITY PAGE of the County’s BRAC web site.
Mark N Posted Wed 10-29-08
The McLean School of Maryland is inviting all residents of the neighborhood to attend a meeting scheduled for this coming Monday, November 3rd, at 7 PM, on the campus of the American College of Cardiology (”Heart House”) at 9111 Old Georgetown Road.
Representatives from the McLean School will present their proposed project on the Heart House property and address concerns about its potential impact on the community, prior to filing the pre-application submission for this project with Park and Planning.
The McLean School requests that if you are planning to attend this meeting you email or call Laura Sinner at lsinner@linowes-law.com or 301-961-5183 by October 31st so that they can accommodate all attendees. In any case, this meeting is open to the public and all interested parties are urged to attend.
Mark N Posted Tue 9-23-08
September’s Maplewood Citizens Association general membership meeting will include a presentation on in-fill development by Chuck Sullivan of Renewing Montgomery and Miti Figueredo from Councilmember Roger Berliner’s office. Also on the agenda: the proposed development projects at the current Heart House site and a development proposal for FAES student housing at the corner of Acacia and Cypress Avenues.
The meeting takes place Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 at 7:30 PM at the American College of Cardiology Campus (”Heart House”), 9111 Old Georgetown Rd. All neighborhood residents are welcome to attend.
Janet M Posted Fri 9-19-08
The October meeting of the BRAC Implementation Committee will be Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 7:30 p.m. Topics may include the NNMC Master Plan and Transportation Management Plan (MP/TMP), an update on the State Highway Administration intersections project and the proposed east-side entrance to the Medical Center Metro station, and discussion of future management of BRAC Implementation Committee.
Mark N Posted Tue 9-16-08
The Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad will hold its free annual Open House, “Rescue Day 2008,” on Saturday, October 4, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., rain or shine. Rescue Day 2008 is being held in conjunction with the Taste of Bethesda, the outdoor food festival held just two blocks away in Bethesda’s restaurant district.
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