FoWF Draft Policy Statement to Council

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Barnaby Zall

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Wondering why there have been few FLOG posts recently? We’ve been busy preparing a report to the Montgomery County Council on the White Flint Sector Plan.

As part of the Friends of White Flint open policy adoption process, we post our materials for public comment before finalizing them. You are welcome to comment here or to send comments to any FoWF Director (links on our web site).

The report to the Council explains the problems in White Flint, the example of how our neighbor to the south, Arlington County, handled those problems through careful planning and design, how hundreds of County residents worked for more than three years to craft the White Flint Plan, the Plan itself, and proposes ten recommendations for improvements.

You can find the draft here: Draft White Flint Sector Plan Comments

Written comments are welcome but must be received by 5PM on Friday, Oct. 9.

Thanks.

Barnaby Zall

alester174 says: October 8, 2009 at 12:36 pm

This article by the NY times clearly illustrates the success Arlington is enjoying now because it wisely chose to develop around it’s metro stations. There is no reason why Montgomery County can’t do this.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/realestate/commercial/07ballston.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Also, why is Foulger-Pratt enabled to keep building in MoCo without having fixed the SSTC out of their own pocket?
posted by Elnigma
That is one UGLY building!
posted by Elnigma
thanks for the update!
posted by kat c
Thanks for reporting about North Bethesda Market II. I've been waiting and searching for nearly a year to hear some update. It was originally supposed to break ground "by the end of 2012," then "early 2013," then "by the end of 2013." At least now I won't be expecting any sort of activity on the site when I drive-by and still see Chili's there. At least FRIT is taking White Flint's redevelopment seriously. They were one of the last developers to propose development, but have overtaken most other developments with their massive Pike and Rose project that begins Phase II next year. What a shocker that the county's tallest and most iconic building is delayed indefinitely though...
posted by cpterp
Since the "Timeline" segment was first announced, this is the post I have been waiting for! Thank you for compiling all the latest schedule estimates in one place - they can be very difficult to keep up with, or even find, across the many blogs and developer sites discussing construction at White Flint. I understand they are all very preliminary and optimistic, but it's still helpful to see where each project stands relative to its neighbors.
posted by Jim

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FoWF Draft Policy Statement to Council

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Barnaby Zall

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