Posts tagged Rollin Stanley
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Breakfast links: Red means stop, Metro
Why does Metro run reds?; Arlington swaps ART for Uber; More lanes, same congestion; Shadow campaign conclusion; Orange exits the council; Pedestrian improvements, please?; Off the grid in SW; Wall Street to walk street; And…. Keep reading…
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Can new Montgomery planning director mend fences?
After a year-long search, Montgomery County’s new planning director will be Gwen Wright, a senior official at the City of Alexandria’s planning department. Will she be able to move the county forward? Wright spent over 20 years at the Montgomery County Planning Department before becoming Alexandria’s chief of development in 2008. She’s played… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ambition
District of conservation; Slow down in MoCo; Bus driver has meningitis; Metro defibrillators get an outside look; Buy your own communion wine; Service eases the parking search; Rollin north; And…. Keep reading…
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Montgomery County loses out by losing Rollin Stanley
Yesterday, Montgomery County planning director Rollin Stanley announced his resignation. He will take a “much bigger job” in another city. While he was an outspoken and controversial public figure, he had great ideas for the county. And despite claims to the contrary, he created a more open and transparent planning department. Stanley was appointed planning… Keep reading…
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Breaking: Rollin Stanley leaving Montgomery
Montgomery County Planning Director Rollin Stanley will be leaving later this spring. Stanley announced the news to the Planning Board and the staff this afternoon, sources in the agency say. Keep reading…
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Can federal offices change neighborhoods for the better?
Do federal office buildings make their surrounding communities better or worse? Last night, 3 local planning directors discussed how federal buildings can make local areas more lively places to work and live, but how some have had the opposite effect. The Washington region is unique in the number of federal jobs concentrated in large agencies. These large offices have the power… Keep reading…
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Rollin Stanley’s enemies can’t stop change in Montgomery
Montgomery County Planning Director Rollin Stanley is not a man known for tact. But he has apologized for referring to some of his critics as “rich white women” in a recent Bethesda Magazine article. The ongoing calls for his resignation are far out of proportion to this offense. Stanley’s critics are aiming at his ideas about the future… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Building consensus
Build up; MWAA doesn’t need state money; Stanley apologizes; United will need to unite land; Community engagement has its price; Summit for the forgotten; Illegal parkers caught at Thompson; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stanleys under scrutiny
Trouble for Montgomery planner; Trouble at DYRS; Metro kept brake problems secret; Helmet ticket withdrawn; What’s more environmental, road or no road?; CCT won’t go in tunnel; When a taxi won’t cooperate; Senate moves on transpo, House will follow; And…. Keep reading…
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The quotable Rollin Stanley
I’ve never been shy about professing my planner crush on Rollin Stanley, director of the Montgomery County Planning Department. Last week, I saw him speak before the White Flint Partnership, a group leading the push to redevelop that area, at White Flint Mall. If you ever get a chance to hear him talk, go. It’s inspiring to hear about everything he’s done in… Keep reading…