Show Your Support for White Flint
Dear Montgomery County Resident,
I'm contacting you because you recently emailed the Montgomery County Council in support of the White Flint Sector Plan. Thanks for speaking up!
Tomorrow evening, Wednesday, November 18, the County Council is hosting a town hall meeting. This is a great opportunity to speak up about the White Flint Sector Plan, which is currently under consideration by the County Council and is expected to be voted on early next year. Hope to see you there!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Reception @ 7:30pm, Town hall begins at 8:00pm
Tilden Middle School
11211 Old Georgetown Road, Rockville
If you can't attend, you can email your thoughts to the County Council.
About the White Flint Sector Plan
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| White Flint can become a vibrant, walkable place improving housing and transportation choices. |
Montgomery County is planning for the future of the White Flint Metro Station, and the exciting draft plan envisions a vibrant, walkable center for North Bethesda. Anchored by the Metro Station, the draft plan outlines a set of neighborhoods complete with new parks and public spaces, an improved local street network, a vibrant mix of uses, more housing choices, and better pedestrian/bicyclist access.
For more information, read the press release we co-released with several community groups in support of the White Flint planning effort and testimony (pdf) our policy director Cheryl Cort gave on this topic. You can also read the draft plan (pdf) online.
Our 12 Metrorail stations, including White Flint, are among Montgomery's greatest assets that should be leveraged for maximum benefit. Locating growth at White Flint, unlike the proposed expansion of the Life Sciences Center, takes advantage of existing infrastructure, increases transit use while taking cars off the road, encourages walking and bicycling, and helps protect air and water quality. The White Flint Sector Plan meets county goals of providing jobs, homes, and transportation choices through redevelopment of Metro stations into mixed use communities. In addition, focusing growth at White Flint will create sustainable, environmentally-friendly communities that reduce driving, energy use, and climate changing emissions.
Montgomery County has a strong commitment to smart growth and should uphold this vision by placing a priority on Metro station communities and improving existing commercial corridors like Rockville Pike. Massive expansion of the Life Sciences Center would directly undermine these county efforts. With a good plan for the future of White Flint and its other Metro stations, the county can remain a leader in sustainable transportation, energy and climate solutions, offering residents more transportation and housing choices.
Thanks for your support and involvement.
Sincerely,
Rebecca Perring
action@smartergrowth.net
Coalition
For Smarter Growth
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