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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.

Glenmont scope of work cover graphicThe Planning Board reviewed the draft Glenmont Sector Plan scope of work (1 MB) on Thursday, January 26.

NEW (Note date change) Attend our May 23 community meeting to learn more about staff's preliminary recommendations.

Visioning workshops

Planners held three community visioning sessions in February and March to learn what residents, business owners and others want to see in a future Glenmont.

Tell us what you think about the draft overall vision, including potential land uses, and bike and pedestrian connectivity. View the graphics and weigh in using our comment tool. Click images for a larger view.

Bird's Eye Perspective
Bird's Eye Perspective
 
Land Use Concept Plan Bike and Pedestrian Connectivity
Land Use Concept Plan Bike and Pedestrian Connectivity

 

Visioning workshops

  • Visioning Workshop III: March 21, 2012
    Planners summarized all comments and presented a comprehensive vision for future uses, potential development, enhanced pedestrian/bike connections, public spaces and more.
  • Visioning Workshop II: February 22, 2012
    Planners presented a summary of what they heard in Workshop I and asked for help prioritizing next steps.
  • 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)
Images from the Glenmont Sector Plan Community Visioning Workshop (02/04/2012).

Background

Glenmont Sector PlanThe 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

Moms with strollersRecognizing 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

  • 7 p.m. May 23 2012: Community meeting on preliminary recommendations
    Saddlebrook Training Room
    12751 Layhill Road, Silver Spring

    The presentation will cover our analysis of existing conditions and county policies and reflect the feedback we’ve received from residents, business owners, landowners and government agencies.
    Our vision for Glenmont is to lay the groundwork to transform the area into a community that is walkable, diverse and sustainable. Among the planning goals being considered are:
    • Create family-friendly amenities that will both provide services to the community and draw commuters
    • Redevelop the Glenmont Shopping Center as a focal point for community-oriented activities and services
    • Set the stage for compact, mixed-use development in and near the shopping center and Metro Station to broaden housing choices for people of all ages and incomes
    • Increase the amount and type of open space and enhance the pedestrian and bicycle environment to provide safe, convenient connections
    • Preserve and enhance existing residential neighborhoods
  • Spring 2012: Planners to present preliminary recommendations to Planning Board

Past

  • Visioning Workshop III: March 21, 2012
  • Visioning Workshop II: February 22, 2012
  • 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

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

Last updated: May 2, 2012

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