January 2008 MCA Executive Committee meeting
Allen M December 11th, 2007
The Maplewood Citizens Association Executive Committee will meet on January 9th at 7:30 PM.
Archive for the 'Events' Category
Winter Wonderland comes to Bethesda
Mark N November 26th, 2007
Bethesda’s Winter Wonderland features fun-filled holiday festivities for families. Attendees can enjoy a professional choral concert, live ice sculpting presentation, holiday performances and a visit from Santa Claus. Saturday, December 8th from 1 to 4 PM in Veterans Park, at the corner of Norfolk and Woodmont Avenues.
Purple Line public meeting at BCC High
Mark N November 18th, 2007
The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) will be holding public meetings on the Purple Line Study. The Purple Line is a proposed 16-mile rapid transit line extending from Bethesda in Montgomery County to New Carrollton in Prince George’s County. The goal is to provide faster, more reliable transit service options, and better connections to Metro.
Help design a project that best serves your community! Give MTA your feedback on:
- Ridership and travel time projections
- Cost estimates
- Updated alignment mapping
- Project schedule
The Purple Line public meeting location closest to Maplewood is Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at the BCC High School Cafeteria, 4301 East-West Hwy. from 5 PM to 8:30 PM.
November 2007 MCA general membership meeting
Mark N November 10th, 2007
Date
The next Maplewood Citizens Association meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at 7:30 PM.
WRAMC/NNMC BRAC update
Janet M November 9th, 2007
As of this writing, the draft EIS relating to the move of Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) to National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) by 2011, and possibly as early as 2010, is now anticipated to be released by the Navy in early December 2007. There will be a limited time period (45 days) from the actual date of release to allow public comment on this merger.
MCA is a member of the BRAC Implementation Committee (BIC), which includes other neighborhoods adjacent to NNMC, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce, Suburban Hospital, NIH, Navy, and county, state and federal government representatives among others.
At the October 16 BIC meeting, a newly formed Coalition of Navy Med Neighbors presented a letter to the BIC outlining the coalition’s concern that the BIC was not adequately incorporating the neighborhoods’ perspective in its process. The coalition is following this issue very closely to ensure the necessary actions be taken to insure a successful WRAMC/NNMC merger without traffic gridlock. High on the list of priorities from the coalition perspective is studying the feasibility of a MD-495 ramp directly into the NNMC base.
The next BIC meeting, which is always open to the public, will be held on Tuesday, November 20 at the B-CC Regional Service Center (near Bethesda Metro) at 4805 Edgemoor Lane at 7:30 p.m.
For everything you wanted to know about BRAC and were afraid to ask, please go to the Mongomery County BRAC web site.
Interested in BRAC? Maplewood’s committee of residents to provide community input and advice in the BRAC process welcomes additional members. This committee will play a significant role in organizing Maplewood’s response to the draft EIS and helping to identify actions that ensure the impact of neighborhood perspective in this issue. If interested, please email Janet Maaloof.
Veterans Day parade
Mark N November 4th, 2007
There will be a Veterans Day celebration in downtown Bethesda Monday November 12th at Veteran’s Park. It runs from 10:30 to 11:30 at the intersection of Woodmont and Norfolk Avenues and is sponsored by the Bethesda Kiwanis.
