Glenmont Sector Plan
Planners are preparing to update the 1997 Glenmont Transit Impact Area and Vicinity Sector Plan. The update will assess what has changed in Glenmont since 1997, re-evaluate past recommendations, and reflect the community's vision for a transit-oriented, revitalized community.
The Planning Board reviewed the draft Glenmont Sector Plan scope of work (1 MB) on Thursday, January 26.
View the staff presentation. (4.4 MB)
Visioning Workshops
Planners are holding a series of community visioning sessions to learn what residents, business owners and others want to see in a future Glenmont.
Visioning Workshop II: Wednesday, February 22, 7-9 p.m.
Saddlebrook/Park Police Headquarters
12751 Layhill Road
Silver Spring, MD 20906
Planners and their consultant team will present a summary of what they heard and prioritize next steps. View the workshop agenda. (266 KB)
Previous Workshops
Visioning Workshop I: February 4, 2012
Meeting participants described what they like most in their community, as well as what they would like to change.
- View a summary(387KB) of the small group discussions
- View the staff presentation (pdf, 8.3MB)
Background
The 1997 Glenmont Sector Plan, which covers approximately 600 acres around the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Randolph Road, created a transit-oriented planning framework for properties around the Glenmont Metro Station. That Sector Plan rezoned the Glenmont Shopping Center to a medium density, mixed-use zone to encourage redevelopment and revitalization. It also rezoned the largest, single-ownership property just north of the Metro station to a multi-family zone, which allows some convenience retail.
While Glenmont has seen some significant public investments — the Glenmont Metro Station was completed in 1998, a grade-separated interchange at Randolph Road and Georgia Avenue is underway, and a new fire station and a Metro parking garage are scheduled for completion in 2012 — private investment has not occurred due to fragmented property ownership and a lack of market demand.
The Challenge
Recognizing these constraints and opportunities, the revised Glenmont Sector Plan will address issues related to growth and development, including:
- Preserving existing residential neighborhoods
- Maintaining and enhancing public facilities
- Enhancing park and recreation facilities and linkages
- Protecting environmentally sensitive areas
- Accommodating additional development in a sensitive manner
- Providing expanded housing and retail choices in Glenmont
- Emphasizing compact development and housing near the Metro Station
- Creating a pleasant, walkable place while expanding transportation options; two Bus Rapid Transit lines are being studied in the area
Project Schedule
Upcoming
- Wednesday, February 22, 7-9 p.m.
Community Visioning Workshop II
Saddlebrook/Park Police Headquarters
12751 Layhill Road
Silver Spring, MD 20906
- Spring 2012: Planners to present preliminary recommendations to Planning Board
Past
- Visioning Workshop I: February, 4, 2012
The approximately 90 people who attended this meeting worked in small groups to answer questions about Glenmont’s present and future.- View a summary(387KB) of the small group discussions
- View the staff presentation (pdf, 8.3MB)
- January 26, 2012: Planners presented the Glenmont Sector Plan scope of work to the Planning Board
- View the staff presentation
M-NCPPC Staff Contacts
Michael Brown, Area 2 planner
301-495-4566
Michael.Brown@montgomeryplanning.org
Khalid Afzal, Area 2 supervisor
301-495-4650
Khalid.Afzal@montgomeryplanning.org
Date of last update: February 21, 2012
Montgomery County Planning Department