State, local, and national officials celebrated the end of the Grosvenor Turnback yesterday at a ceremony at Rockville metro. Enjoy these photos from the event.
County Executive Elrich, Senator Van Hollen, Metro General Manager Wiedefeld, Montgomery County Director of the Department of Transportation Al Roshdieh, and Friends of White Flint will celebrate the end of red line turnbacks at Grosvenor Station today at 10:30 am at the est side of entrance to Rockville Metro Station entrance.
Friends of White Flint and its resident, business, and property owner members advocated vigorously to end these turnbacks, and we’re thrilled to celebrate this achievement.…
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Sadly, the rain beat us, so we’re canceling today’s Pike District Promenade. Join us next month on January 19th … hopefully the weather will cooperate better.…
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Tomorrow’s Pike District Promenade has only an 89% chance of being rained out (according to my weather app) so we’re not cancelling … yet.
If the weather predictions turn out to be wrong (fingers crossed!), we’ll meet tomorrow, Saturday December 15, at 10 am at the North Bethesda Market plaza for a wonderful, easy stroll along the Trolley Trail.…
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Mark you calendar for our next Pike District Promenade, Saturday, December 15, 10 am. We’ll meet at the North Bethesda Market plaza between Starbucks, Seasons 52, and CVS. Dress warm and enjoy fresh air, great companionship, and holiday spirit!
There’s free parking at NoBe Market off Marketplace Street or on the surface parking lot across from Quincy’s at the corner of Woodglen and Nicholson.…
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Last night, the White Flint Implementation Committee Meeting included many updates of interest to folks in the White Flint area. Here are the highlights:
Dockless bikes/ebikes/scooters are coming to the White Flint area, including Twinbrook and Rock Spring. You’ll start seeing them as early as this month! Lime Bikes will be the vendor.…
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Old Georgetown SAAB Property and Old Georgetown Nissan Property, LLC invites the community to attend a meeting to review plans for the redevelopment of Lot 9, former VOB Saab; Lot 10, former Capital One Bank branch; Lot 5, former VOB Nissan dealership; as well as undeveloped parcels (Parcel 613 and Parcel 614) and certain contiguous portions of the existing road right-of ways in Rockville, Maryland.…
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Tree Lighting at The Plaza at North Bethesda Market, Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 4 PM – 6 PM
11418 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852
Celebrate the season with the North Bethesda Market Tree Lighting featuring carols and holiday favorites performed by the Jonathan Moody Band & The Rockville Singers! …
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White Flint Sector Plan Implementation Advisory Committee
Wall Local Park-Kennedy Shriver Aquatic Center
Monday, December 10, 2018 7 p.m.
Introductions
Amazon-HQ2
Approved Development and Allocated development
New Infrastructure
Western Workaround
Bikeways
Dockless Bikes in North Bethesda
2nd Metro Station Entrance
BRT on MD 355
White Flint Downtown Committee (Brian Downie/Francine Waters)
White Flint Implementation Coordinator Report (Dee Metz)
Other topics…
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Thanks to advocacy by Friends of White Flint and our successful Pike District Pedestrian Safety Campaign, we’re so excited to announce MCDOT implemented new pedestrian timings yesterday at Old Georgetown Road and Rockville Pike!!
Pedestrians crossing Old Georgetown Road at Route 355 now have 7 seconds of walk time followed by 20 seconds of Flashing Don’t Walk time for total pedestrian crossing time of 27 seconds. …
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