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On Tuesday, the Montgomery County Council is scheduled to vote on Thrive 2050–a plan drafted by the Planning Board that serves as the county’s vision for future land use Council… Read More
The Montgomery County Council is reviewing dozens of job applications to fill vacancies for a temporary planning board after the entirety of the previous body resigned. The county council will… Read More
Following the resignation of the entire Montgomery County Planning Board last week, Council President Gabe Albornoz says the council is moving forward expeditiously to help appoint new temporarily acting commissioners.… Read More
On Wednesday, the entire Montgomery County Planning Board resigned after weeks of scrutiny. “I think where people are implicated, a resignation is appropriate,” County Executive Marc Elrich said in a… Read More
Montgomery County Council President Gabe Albornoz said the council is “aggressively investigating” recent issues surrounding the Planning Department. Last week, the council disciplined Planning Board Chair Casey Anderson for having… Read More
The Montgomery County Planning Board has fired the director of the Planning Department. The board voted to remove Gwen Wright on Friday, per a release from the department. She was… Read More
Casey Anderson, chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board · Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, was docked four weeks of his salary for having a full bar in his Wheaton office… Read More
Casey Anderson, Chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board · Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, has apologized for having a full bar in his Wheaton office and drinking with… Read More
The Montgomery County Planning Board received a briefing Thursday about pedestrian conditions in the county. While pedestrians were only in 4% of collisions between 2015-2020, they made up 27% of… Read More
The County Planning Board officially renamed Montrose Parkway for Josiah Henson. Friday morning. Henson worked as a slave on the Riley plantation in what is now North Bethesda until 1830.… Read More
Carol Rubin, who worked for 16 years with Montgomery County Park and Planning, was appointed Tuesday to the Montgomery County Planning Board. Rubin retired as a special project manager for… Read More
Natali Fani-González, vicepresidenta de la Junta de Planificación del Condado de Montgomery y miembro de la Comisión de Planificación y Parques de la Capital Nacional de Maryland, anunció su renuncia,… Read More