Montgomery County, Maryland Planning Commission

SILVER SPRING – Planners propose to review and revise the county’s Master Plan of Highways, an effort that classifies each Montgomery County road, in the first comprehensive update to the transportation network plan since 1955. Th...

SILVER SPRING, MD – To understand how technology that provides high-quality topographic data can help urban planners, the Planning Board will host a University of Maryland expert at its 2009 Growing Smarter Speaker Series on Thursday, November 12.Scientists use Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) t...

SILVER SPRING, MD – Montgomery County Planning Board Commissioner Jean Cryor, who served on the Board for over two years after a long tenure in the Maryland House of Delegates, died Tuesday night of cancer.Cryor, a 35-year resident of Montgomery County who was twice named one of Maryland’s Top 100...

SILVER SPRING, MD – To learn more about how “green” development concepts play out in the marketplace, the Planning Board will welcome a team of developers specializing in eco-friendly building techniques to its 2009 Growing Smarter Speaker Series on Thursday, October 29.Jonathan Gritz and Marni...

SILVER SPRING, MD – A key recommendation for the Gaithersburg West Master Plan that would re-route the proposed Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT) was strengthened Thursday when state transit officials endorsed the proposal. ...

SILVER SPRING, MD – Two recent plans produced by the Montgomery County Planning Department – the White Flint Sector Plan and the Zoning Discovery – received top awards from the Maryland chapter of the American Planning Association (APA), planners learned today. More...

SILVER SPRING, MD – As interest mounts in cutting-edge techniques to build with minimal impact on the environment, the Montgomery County Planning Board has scheduled a local expert to join its 2009 Growing Smarter Speaker Series on Thursday, October 8. ...

SILVER SPRING – Citing Planning Director Rollin Stanley’s leadership in sustainable community development and smart growth, the Potomac Valley chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) named him the fifth recipient of the Kea Medal. Th...

SILVER SPRING, MD – Planners rewriting Montgomery County’s zoning code, after contracting with a team of consultants to help undertake the revision, are reaching out to the public about what changes they would like to see. To...

For immediate release: September 14, 2009 For more information, contact: Valerie Berton Media Relations ManagerThe Montgomery County Planning Board 301/495-4600 With Lack of Quorum, Montgomery Planning Board Postpones Sept...

SILVER SPRING, MD – An international architect and urban planner specializing in smart growth for academia and research will address the Montgomery County Planning Board on Thursday, September 17 as part of its 2009 Growing Smarter Speaker Series.Dhiru Thadani, an architect and urbanist with more t...

SILVER SPRING – Have a great idea for a project that will help preserve Montgomery County’s rich history? Th...

SILVER SPRING – Marye Wells-Harley, retired director of the Prince George’s County Department of Parks and Recreation, was sworn in today as a member of the Montgomery County Planning Board. We...