The Penguin newsroom was so psyched to learn a charette was coming to town. Imagine their disappointment when they learned it wasn’t a Cirque du Soleil show.
Instead, it’s a fancy architectural term for brainstorming. Great.
Learn more about the charette process, and soak up some other knowledge, this week in Silver Spring:
Monday
7:00 p.m. Silver Spring’s neighborhoods committee holds its monthly meeting at the Silver Spring Regional Center (8435 Georgia Ave). This event is free and open to the public.
7:00 p.m. The planning department explains the charette process that will be used to develop Silver Place, its future headquarters and mixed-use project on Georgia Avenue and Spring Street. This free event takes place at MNCPPC headquarters (8787 Georgia Ave) and is open to the public.
Tuesday
7:30 p.m. The county council holds public hearings on two proposed zoning changes — one that allows for more density near transit stations, another that allows residential units to be built over commercial space near transit stations. This free event takes place in Rockville and is open to the public.
Wednesday
7:30 p.m. Silver Spring’s economic-development committee gets briefed on how more green space can be incorporated into the central business district. This free event takes place at the Silver Spring Regional Center (8435 Georgia Ave) and is open to the public.
Thursday
9:00 a.m. The county’s planning board decides whether to extend a project-plan deadline for the multi-use development at 8700 Georgia Ave. This free event takes place at MNCPPC headquarters (8787 Georgia Ave) and is open to the public.
7:30 p.m. Bernadette Hanlon, with UMBC’s Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, discusses growth and decline in suburbia at MNCPPC headquarters (8787 Georgia Ave). This event is free and open to the public.
Lead photo: A scene from the Cirque du Soleil production “Kooza”, coming to National Harbor this fall. Courtesy of Cirque du Soleil.
August 21, 2008
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Planners Invite Residents to Open Up at Takoma/Langley Crossroads Open House, Contribute to Community Plan
SILVER SPRING, MD – Planners from Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, developing a plan to improve quality of life in the Takoma/Langley Crossroads through land use, transportation and pedestrian safety improvements, are hosting an open house on Wednesday, May 21 to hear from the community.
The open house at the Langley Park Community Center will provide an opportunity for residents and other interested stakeholders to specify what development they would like to see in the Crossroads area. Planners will provide a short presentation on the sector plan and encourage people to stop by to both learn about the plan’s progress and contribute their good ideas.
The sector plan creates a vision of the community over the next decade or more and makes recommendations on such issues as land use, housing needs, pedestrian safety, transportation, open space and more.
The sector plan is especially timely, considering the transit improvements planned for the Crossroads, including the Purple Line, a 14-mile transit system proposed to connect Metro to Bethesda, Silver Spring, College Park and Riverdale Park. Purple Line planners propose two stops within the Takoma/Langley Crossroads community: the intersections of University Boulevard and New Hampshire Avenue and at University Boulevard and Riggs Road.
Moreover, state transportation officials have committed to building a bus transit station that would consolidate area bus stops in a central location on New Hampshire Avenue. Maryland transit officials will be on hand to discuss planned improvements at the May 21 meeting.
The 574-acre planning area runs in a one-half mile circumference around New Hampshire Avenue and University Boulevard. The sector plan represents a joint effort of the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission – planners from both Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties – with the city of Takoma Park.
Who: Members of the community joining the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the city of Takoma Park
What: The Takoma/Langley Crossroads Sector Plan community open house
When: 4 - 8:30 p.m. Wednesday May 21
Where: Langley Park Community Center, 1500 Merrimac Drive, Langley Park
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