Outreach Center
The Planning Board’s Community Outreach staff strives to inform the community about Montgomery County Park and Planning initiatives. Through the ongoing efforts of staff and actions by the Planning Board, we are building great communities in Montgomery County.
For information or to get involved in our decision-making process, public meetings, programs and events, see what we have to offer! Here’s how you can play a part.
Residents participate in a community meeting.Stay Informed
Subscribe to InfoShare, our weekly e-newsletter, which contains information on the Planning Board agenda, upcoming events in the Department of Parks and important notices from the Planning Department.
2009 Growing Smarter Speaker Series
The Planning Board has launched its third annual speaker series to hear from experts in the planning field to share thoughts, visions and personal knowledge to help inform and guide them as they deliberate on a host oftopical issues. The 2009 series is intended to provide our board members an opportunity to hear from experts with a variety of backgrounds who will provide thought-provoking sustainable growth topics as the board develops the 2009-2011 Growth Policy.
Sign Up to Speak before the Planning Board
The Planning Board meets every Thursday at its Silver Spring headquarters and welcomes your input on items that come before them. Register to testify on an item up to 10 days in advance of a Planning Board hearing. Sign up online once the agenda is posted, call 301-495-4600 to put your name on the list or submit your name to the Planning Board assistant on the day of the hearing.
Unable to testify in person? Send your thoughts to the Board at mcp-chair@mncppc-mc.org following our procedures. If you've never addressed the Board, learn more about testifying with our resident's guides.
Six Tips on Testifying
Have something you would like to share with the board but don’t know how to best convey your message? Read these six Tips on Testifying so you can have that winning argument.
Stay Current by Watching our County Cable Montgomery Shows
We produce our informative programs in collaboration with County Cable Montgomery.
Growing Right
Growing Right highlights the Montgomery County Board’s monthly activities, from development applications to parks programs to county-wide planning initiatives. The show covers the most important Planning Board decisions of the month in a lively format that includes interviews with board members and planners as well as onsite location shots.
Montgomery Plans
To showcase the many ways the Montgomery County Planning Board and professional planning staff enhances the quality of life in our community, Montgomery Plans looks at the important land use issues in a feature format. Each month, we highlight issues that affect you – smart growth, transportation, forest conservation, environmental protection, historic preservation and more.
Watch "Building Great Communities," our Educational Video
Great communities don’t just happen! Learn more about how Montgomery County park staff and land-use planners acquire and manage popular parks, design thriving communities, establish environmental protections, and preserve working farms and cultural sites. Learn more about how proper planning builds a terrific Montgomery County. (15 min. video stream)
View a Snapshot of Park and Planning Activities
Get the scoop on all of the projects underway by Montgomery County's Department of Parks and Planning Department. The Planning Board presented its spring 2009 semi-annual report of activities to the County Council in March.
Language Interpretation Services
The Planning Board, Department of Parks and Planning Department provide access to language interpretation services for Planning Board meetings, community meetings and other programs. If you, or someone you know, needs language interpretation services, please contact us or call 301-495-4600 at least five days prior to the meeting or program.
Request a Homeowners Association List
To help you notify residents about planned development in a community or contact them about other civic matters, we sell lists of homeowners and civic associations upon request. Our lists include mailing addresses and phone numbers only.
List options:
- Complete list (all Montgomery County homeowners and civic associations): $25
- Customized list (up to a mile-radius of a specific intersection): $10 per page
NOTE: We will not know the full cost until we run the request and determine the number of pages. After we have processed your request, we will notify you of the cost and payment options.
M-NCPPC Staff Contact
Valerie Berton
Communications Manager
301-495-4600
valerie.berton@montgomeryplanning.org
Date of last update: April 27, 2009
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission