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
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
Mark N September 16th, 2007
In July, the preliminary draft plans designed by the American College of Cardiology were presented to the Development Review Committee of the Park & Planning Commission. The Committee is comprised of Planning staff members and representatives from other Montgomery County departments. The draft plan was severely criticized in several areas including lack of parking, lack of emergency vehicle access, storm water management, and site forestation.
Most importantly for Maplewood, the Committee recommended that Camberley Avenue be cut through the property to Alta Visa Road or made into a cul-de-sac on the property. The College is revising its plans to take into consideration the concerns of the Committee and hopes to present the revised plans to Park & Planning in October. Cathy Gates, the College’s facilities manager, will present the revisions at September MCA meeting.
Tags: development, HeartHouse
Carol L April 12th, 2007
The following officers of the Maplewood Citizens Association attended
the General Membership Meeting, held March 29, 2007 at the Heart House:
Allen Myers, President
Seth Maiman, Vice President
Carol Linden, Secretary
Approximately forty members of the community attended.
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Tags: BRAC, development, HeartHouse, MCA, NavyMed, stormwater, traffic
Lorraine N May 31st, 2006
Maplewood Citizens Association
General Meeting
May 17, 2006
The MCA General Meeting was convened by Allen Myers at 7:30PM. This is to be the last meeting held at Heart House. The January minutes were read and accepted with one change, as noted on the edited manuscript and submitted to the President of MCA. The March Minutes were read and submitted by Janet Maalouf.
These were accepted by the membership. Continue Reading »
Tags: development, FASEB, MCA, NIH, traffic
