Posts tagged Long Branch
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Montgomery eliminates its housing moratorium, and lowers development fees
This week, the Montgomery County Council officially and unanimously voted to eliminate the county’s housing moratorium and updated a suite of other growth policies. The county updates these policies every four years in what was formerly known as the Subdivision Staging Policy and will now be known as the Growth & Infrastructure Policy. Keep reading…
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Here are 13 reasons why Montgomery County has to make budget cuts this year
Montgomery County will soon start working on its budget for next year, and officials already expect that they'll need to make big cuts. While the county's population is growing, its tax base has been shrinking, which means that we're trying to pay for more services with less money. How did this happen? Here are several reasons. Keep reading…
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Montgomery County’s Marc Elrich compares Purple Line development to “ethnic cleansing”
In many communities along the Purple Line, there are real concerns that the increase in value could boost the demand for homes and drive up prices, potentially pushing out lower-income people. Here's how NOT to respond to this situation. Keep reading…
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What’s so great about the Purple Line, anyway?
This morning, community leaders and advocates will break ground on the Purple Line after three decades of debate and legal battles, some of which are ongoing. Why has the Purple Line kept moving forward? This post from last summer takes a look at why so many people continue to fight for it, from local environmental groups to Governor Hogan. Keep reading…
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What’s so great about the Purple Line, anyway?
With a recent court decision from a group of opponents delaying the Purple Line once again, it’s easy to forget how many people support it, from local environmental groups to Governor Hogan. Let’s remember why they fight for this project, and why it will get built one day. Keep reading…
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Long Branch is primed for revitalization, but it needs the Purple Line to make it happen
For some neighborhoods, the Purple Line is more than a transit line. Without the Purple Line, revitalization might not happen in Long Branch, on the border of Silver Spring and Takoma Park. Long Branch has long been an immigrant hub. Tens of thousands of people from Central America, West Africa, the Caribbean and elsewhere have moved to the area in recent years, attracted by low-cost… Keep reading…
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Behold how the Purple Line corridor is changing
When built, the Purple Line could dramatically improve transit commutes in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. To explore that and other changes the line will bring, researchers created a series of maps including this one of the “commute shed” of each Purple Line station, or how far you can get on transit before and after it’s built. Keep reading…
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Montgomery nervous about density around Purple Line stops
This week, the Montgomery County Council reduced planned development in Chevy Chase Lake and recommended the same for Long Branch, both home to future Purple Line stations. Residents say new development will lead to traffic and, in Long Branch, gentrification. But making it harder to build around transit may make those issues worse. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Councilmember wishes
Buses may still come to Ivy City; Money order ban; Go green to save green; Plow Arlington; Long Branch bets on transit; Count on it; People talk commutes; And…. Keep reading…
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Support good parking and zoning policy next week
The District’s zoning update and an effort to fix parking policy could have some of the most far-reaching effects on land use and transportation of any government initiatives in many years. That is, assuming enough residents show up to support small but impactful progress against the entrenched opposition to change. If you live in DC, please come to one or more meetings… Keep reading…