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White Flint

North Bethesda's Urban Center

Approved and Adopted White Flint Sector Plan

The Montgomery County Council on March 23, 2010 unanimously approved the White Flint Sector Plan. The White Flint Sector Plan’s goals are to:

  • Create thriving, diverse mixed use center with highest intensity closest to Metro and along Rockville Pike
  • Create new parks and open spaces
  • Transform Rockville Pike into a boulevard with street trees and improved crosswalks
  • Develop a transportation network that includes a grid of new public streets
  • Improve the pedestrian and bicycling environment
  • Promote sustainable development

This Sector Plan updates the 1992 North Bethesda Garrett Park Master Plan. Several stakeholders including property owners, residents, a steering and an advisory committee, contributed to creating the Plan.

Council Resolution No:16-1300 amends the July 2009 Planning Board Draft. In order to review the interim Plan, you will need both the July 2009 (pdf, 4.8MB) and the Council’s resolution (pdf, 1.49MB). The Planning Department will publish a revised plan with Council’s changes later this summer.

Appendix

White Flint AppendixView the Appendix or the individual chapters listed below.

Planning Board presentations

Thursday, June 18
Topic: Implementation
Read the staff report (pdf, 867KB) and view the staff presentation (pdf, 2.11MB)

Thursday, June 4
Topic: Implementation
Read the staff report (pdf, 9.73MB) and view the staff presentation (pdf, 3.7MB)

Thursday, May 21
Topic: Public Faciliites
Read the staff report (pdf, 26.7 MB) and view the morning session presentation (pdf, 6.87MB) and the evening session presentation (pdf,1.07MB)

Monday, May 4
Topic: Transportation and Mobility
View the staff presentation (pdf, 6.62)

Thursday, April 30
Topic: Environment, Parks, and Transportation
View the Environmental presentation (pdf, 3.36MB), Parks presentation (pdf, 1.72MB) and the Transportation presentation (pdf, 1.54MB)

Thursday, April 23
Topic: Public facilities, Parks,and Zoning
Read the staff report and view the staff presentation (pdf, 12.3MB)
View the Montgomery County Public Schools Walter Johnson presentation (pdf, 996KB)

Monday, April 13, 2009:
Topic: Community Presentations
View the staff presentation (pdf, 3.89MB)

View the Community Presentations:

Monday, March 30, 2009:
Topic: Property Owners and Community presentations
Read the staff report (pdf, 1.81MB) and view the staff presentation (pdf, 9.15MB)

View the Property Owners' presentations

Thursday, March 19, 2009:
Topic: Property Owners- Land Use and Zoning
Read the staff report (pdf, 8.64MB) and view the staff presentation (pdf, 20.3MB)

View the Property Owners' presentations

Thursday, March 5, 2009:
Topic: Property Owners - Land Use and Zoning
Read the staff report (pdf,7.7MB) and view the staff presentation (pdf 8.14MB)

View the Property Owners' presentations:

Thursday, February 19, 2009: Planning Board Meeting
Topic: Economics
Read the presentation

Thursday, February 12, 2009: Planning Board Meeting
Topic: Transportation Analysis
Read the Transportation Memo (pdf, 314KB) and Appendix (pdf, 4.21MB) and, presentation (pdf, 5.36)

Aerial photoThursday, November 20, 2008: Planning Board Meeting
Topic: White Flint Sector Plan: Set Public Hearing
Read the staff report, draft plan and, presentation (pdf, 6.1MB)
View the White Flint 3D Render Video!

Thursday, October 30, 2008: Planning Board Meeting
Topic: White Flint Implementation: Financial Report
Read the staff report and, presentation (pdf, 4.19MB)

Thursday, October 16, 2008: Planning Board Meeting
Topic: Staff presentation on FAR Density, Building Heights and Staging
Read the staff report and, presentation (pdf, 11.3MB)

Thursday, October 2, 2008: Planning Board Meeting
Topic: White Flint Advisory Group's Views on the White Flint Sector Plan
Read the Advisory Group's views on the White Flint Sector Plan in its Advisory Group Meeting Report (pdf, 57.6KB).

View the Advisory Group's presentations:

Thursday, September 11, 2008: Planning Board Presentation
Topic: White Flint Sector Plan Preliminary Draft Recommendations
Read the staff report, presentation and, Preliminary Draft Recommendations

Thursday, April 24, 2008
Topic:  Land Use Density, Building Form, Transportation Network
Read the staff report White Flint Status Report, see the presentation White Flint Planning Board Status Report Update (pdf, 6.25MB) and watch/listen to the Planning Board's presentation and discussion.

Thursday, January 31, 2008
Topic: The main recommendations
Read the White Flint Status Report and listen to the Planning Board's presentation and discussion Parts 6, 7, and 8 (Planning Board recordings).
NOTE: The Steering Committee meetings are held at 8787 Georgia Avenue and are open to the public.

White Flint Urban Design Guidelines

White Flint Design Guidelines make specific recommendations for streets, open spaces and buildings within the White Flint Sector Plan. The draft guidelines promote an attractive and successful public realm defined by streets, open spaces, and attractive buildings.
View guidelines (fast-download version 2.2 MB) | View guidelines (high-resolution version 29 MB)

White Flint Steering Committee

The White Flint Steering Committee is comprised of 17 who live in the plan area, represent property owners within the plan area or are from surrounding communities. The following presentations were presented to the committee:

Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Design Guidelines (pdf, 12.7MB) and White Flint Station Second Entrace status (pdf, 3.81MB)

Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Land Use, Zoning and Environment (pdf, 1.46MB)

Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Economic Analysis cover memo (pdf, 200KB) and Economics Analysis technical appendix (pdf, 854KB)

Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Transportation Appendix (pdf, 4.21MB)

NOTE: The Steering Committee meetings are held at 8787 Georgia Avenue and are open to the public.

White Flint Advisory Committee

3D street renderingThe White Flint Advisory Committee is comprised of 46 individuals who either live in the plan area or represent property owners within the plan area and from surrounding communities. Staff presented the following presentations at committee meetings:

Developer Collaborative

The development collaborative is a group of commercial property owners in White Flint: Federal Realty Investment Trust, The JBG Companies; Holladay Corporation; White Flint Mall (Lerner Enterprises/The Tower Companies) and the Combined Properties. Read the collaboratives economic analysis report.

Resources

Public Comments

We welcome public comments about the White Flint Sector Plan. All of the letters submitted to us from the public are read by staff and posted to the website.

White Flint Master Plan on "Montgomery Plans"

Our planners, working closely with the community, are finalizing an update of the White Flint sector plan, which guides development for the next 20 years. The White Flint plan recommendations include ideas for new gathering places; the combination of stores, offices and apartments; new streets and walking routes; and easy access to transit. (August 2007)

In August 2007, the White Flint Master Plan was featured on "Montgomery Plans" the Planning Board's show airing on County Cable Montgomery.

Contact us

Nkosi Yearwood, Community-Based Planner
301-495-1332
Nkosi.Yearwood@mncppc-mc.org

Piera Weiss, Master Planner
301-495-4728
Piera.Weiss@mncppc-mc.org

Date of last update: May 12, 2010