Janet M October 26th, 2007
Just in case you didn’t see it, here’s a Bethesda Gazette article which outlines neighborhood challenges connected with the BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) involving Walter Reed Army Medical Center’s move to Bethesda Naval Medical Center. The move is slated for completion by 2011.
Maplewood Citizens Association is a member of the Coalition of Navy Med Neighbors (formed by the neighborhood groups mentioned in the article) and is actively working to insure that this BRAC is accomplished successfully with as minimal a traffic impact as possible.
Please contact Janet Maalouf if you’re interested in this issue and participating in the MCA BRAC Committee.
Tags: BRAC, MCA, NavyMed
Mark N October 24th, 2007
If you thought there was more helicopter noise than usual around Maplewood last Thursday, you weren’t imagining things. Suburban Hostpital, the NIH Medical Center, and Navy Med sponsored an emergency drill to “simulate how community hospitals and emergency staffs would operate in the event of a catastrophe.” More than sixty “victims” participated in the exercise, which lasted over five hours.
Tags: NIH
Mark N October 24th, 2007
Both the Washington Post and Bethesda Gazette filed reports on the recent Maryland Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) subcabinet meeting in Rockville, which was chaired by Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown.
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Tags: BRAC, development, NavyMed, NIH
Mark N October 10th, 2007
Work continues on the White Flint Sector Plan: The Gazette reports on the recent meeting between Planning Board members, developers, and residents.
Nearly 50 developers and residents packed the room Monday night to hear Planning Board members’ thoughts on how staff should craft the White Flint Sector Plan.
The draft, expected in December, will define future roads, schools and business and residential districts for the North Bethesda center.
‘‘This will be North Bethesda’s downtown,” said Margaret Rifkin, of the community planning division with the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The area, she told the Planning Board, is well suited for a housing center and marketplace rather than a dense commerce center as found near the Bethesda or Silver Spring Metro Stations.
Tags: development, downtown
Mark N October 10th, 2007
You’ve driven by it hundreds of times. The Bethesda Fire Station opened 50 years ago this week, and they had a party to celebrate.
Nearly 40 former firefighters returned to Bethesda Fire Department Station 20 to celebrate its 50th anniversary Saturday.
National, county and state representatives, along with former and current firefighters, met to rededicate the station on Old Georgetown Road and Cedar Lane, nearly 50 years to the day of its opening, Oct. 5, 1957.
Janet M September 18th, 2007
The local communities are awaiting release of the Dept of Navy’s Environmental Impact Study (EIS) as it relates to the scheduled BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) move of Walter Reed Army Medical Center to the Bethesda National Naval Medical Center scheduled for 2011. The EIS, originally anticipated to be released in September 2007 and which is expected to be delayed, will provide detailed information on the environmental impact of the consolidation, with traffic being a major focus. The EIS will be subject to an organized 45-day public comment.
A County website devoted to the BRAC issues both locally and throughout Maryland is under construction and will facilitate community understanding of BRAC-related issues. The Montgomery County BRAC Implementation Committee will hold its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 16th at the B-CC Regional Service Center (near Bethesda Metro) at 4805 Edgemoor Lane at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Time is allowed at the end of the meeting for public comments.
Tags: BRAC, development, NavyMed
