Breakfast links: Montgomery County Planning Board resigns in wake of scandals
Apartments next to rowhouses in Downtown Silver Spring in 2020 by Elvert Barnes licensed under Creative Commons.
MoCo Planning Board resigns, votes tabled until new members are appointed
All five members of the Montgomery County Planning Board resigned on Wednesday, after weeks of controversy over many issues, including allegations of broken Planning Department rules, abrupt firing of longtime planning leaders, and ethics violations. Votes on Thrive Montgomery 2050, along with all scheduled board meetings are tabled until November. (Bethesda Beat)
Advocate for unhoused residents in DC and Maryland, dies
Gabriela Ines Sevilla, whose own experience of being unhoused inspired her to become an attorney at the National Homelessness Law Center and to lead the Unhoused Workgroup of the Peoples’ Commission to Decriminalize Maryland, passed at the age of 29 on Monday. (Héctor Alejandro Arzate / DCist)
Mobile homeowners in Alexandria face ownership challenges
Residents of Harmony Place, a mobile home park in Alexandria, face precarious conditions even though they own their homes because they still must pay rent to the landlord who owns the land beneath them. (Eliza Tebo / DCist)
Environmental coalition sues State of Maryland to stop Beltway toll project
The Maryland chapter of the Sierra Club and three other groups are suing the Federal Highway Administration and Maryland Department of Transportation to halt Maryland from widening I-270 and tolling the Capital Beltway. The opponents of the project say that the toll lanes would increase air pollution, but wouldn’t improve traffic congestion. (Katherine Shaver / Post)
Sugarloaf Mountain might close to the public due to proposed zoning changes
The Frederick County Council’s Sugarloaf Treasured Landscape Management Plan could cause the Stronghold Corporation, which owns the land, to close Sugarloaf Mountain and its hiking trails to the public. (Kevin McManus / WFMD)
Fairfax County approves new Metro-adjacent affordable housing development
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved $3 million in funding for the Arrowbrook development near the Innovation Center Metro Station, which includes 148 units under the federal low-income housing tax credit program. (Fatimah Waseem / FFXNow)
Ward 3 Bicycle Advocates announces ANC endorsements
Ward 3 Bicycle Advocates are endorsing the following candidates: Aileen Nowlan (3B02). Adam Prinzo (3C02), Sauleh Siddiqui (3C05), Keith Mantel (3C08), Tom Quinn (3E04), Bridget Schwartz (3F06). (Ward 3 Bicycle Advocates)
Homes in the region are staying on the market longer, report shows
Homes spend a median of 15 days on the market, the highest since before the pandemic. (UrbanTurf)
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