Posts tagged Burtonsville
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Plan revitalizes Burtonsville with housing, street grid, parks
Burtonsville’s had a hard time over the past few years. A highway bypass hurt local businesses, the beloved Dutch Country Farmers Market skipped town, and nearly a third of the village center is vacant. But that could soon change if a redevelopment plan is adopted. Montgomery County planners say they know how to stop the bleeding. Their Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood… Keep reading…
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New storefronts aren’t enough to revitalize Burtonsville
Local businesses in Burtonsville are sporting new storefronts, thanks to a Montgomery County revitalization program. While the improvements go beyond “putting lipstick on a pig,” they don’t do enough to solve the underlying problems in Burtonsville’s struggling village center. The first set of new storefronts were recently installed in a retail… Keep reading…
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The way to Burtonsville’s future is through its stomach
Simply giving buildings a facelift and adding parking won’t restore Burtonsville’s struggling village center, but encouraging its thriving ethnic restaurants could be the catalyst it needs. In a letter to the Gazette, Kim Bobola of Eastern Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board says we can “restore Burtonsville as a center of community activity”… Keep reading…
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Burtonsville keeps settling for decline
Burtonsville’s been torn over whether or not to allow a controversial self-storage center to open up in its beleaguered village center. It’s a struggle between those who say we could use whatever business we can get, and those who say it’ll be a blight. “Is Burtonsville settling?” asked Eric Luedtke, East Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board… Keep reading…
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Burtonsville residents protest affordable housing
In eastern Montgomery County, fears of low-income housing have galvanized the community. Pushed by civic activists who were able to rewrite the local Master Plan to favor the development of single-family homes, the Planning Board approved a waiver last Thursday reducing the number of required Moderately Priced Dwelling Units (MPDUs) in a proposed 365-home Burtonsville development… Keep reading…
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Toronto’s “tower renewal” could point the way for East County high rises
During the 1960s and ‘70s, eastern Montgomery County experienced a high-rise building boom, with apartment towers sprouting up as far north as Burtonsville. A rough count shows there are over forty apartment buildings with more than eight stories in East County outside of Downtown Silver Spring, many of which are clustered in White Oak, Leisure World and along University… Keep reading…
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Rapid bus proposal could finally fulfill broken promise to MoCo’s east side
The Transportation Planning Board’s proposal for a regional network of Bus Rapid Transit lines holds a lot of promise for the region as a whole. But it’s most significant in Montgomery County’s District 4, where voters will pick a new County Councilmember next week. While this area has very little transit, save for a Metro station at Glenmont and two of the most-ridden… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More pedestrians there, more cars here
Midtown Manhattan’s Broadway to go pedestrian-only: Times Square and Herald Square are some of the nation’s most crowded outdoor spaces. Diagonal Broadway jams up traffic on Sixth and Seventh Avenues, by taking away traffic signal time from the avenues. Yesterday, New York announced an innovative solution Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Montgomery County extravaganza
SmartBike in MoCo? Councilmember Valerie Ervin (Silver Spring) is suggesting a SmartBike system for Montgomery County, with stations “in the downtowns of high-density area such as Silver Spring, Takoma Park, Wheaton and Bethesda.” How about making it compatible with DC’s, so someone could one day pick up a bike in Bethesda, ride to Friendship Heights or Tenleytown… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: suburban changes edition
The official word on the I-66 deck: Infosnack HQ made some calls and found out the detailed scoop on the parking garage. One of five parking decks is free to the public, and fills up with commuters on weekdays (why can’t they charge, again?) while the others are used by Arlington Public Schools. Keep reading…