Monday, January 7, 2013
Miti Figueredo replaces Lisa Fadden, who left the company last fall.
The Chevy Chase Land Company has a new vice president of public affairs: Miti Figueredo, the company announced on Monday, Jan. 7. "We are very happy Miti will be part of our leadership team," David M. Smith, president of the Chevy Chase Land Company, said in a statement. "Her background in federal and local government and community relations will be an asset to us, especially as we move forward with the Chevy Chase Lake project," he added. Before joining the company, Figueredo served as the east county regional services director. She also worked at the Montgomery County Council for several years, first as senior legislative aide to Council Member Roger Berliner on land use and transportation policy, and then as chief of staff to Montgomery…
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Montgomery County's planning staff recommends a human scale and pedestrian orientation for the Chevy Chase Lake sector.
County planning staff recommendations for development in the Chevy Chase Lake sector are ready for public review. County planning staff are recommending that the sector—for which property owner Chevy Chase Land Company is planning a development—retain its human scale, and that there be a focus on traditional architecture and pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use development, Montgomery County Senior Planner Elza Hisel-McCoy said at a presentation in Chevy Chase Village last week. The preservation of Coquelin Run, which runs through the sector, is another important part of the development, as is knitting together the shops on the east and west sides of Connecticut Avenue between Jones Bridge Road and Chevy Chase Lake Drive. County planning staff …
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
The workshop will take place at the Chevy Chase Library March 12.
Concerned about potential changes to the Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan? Give your input at a design workshop in March. The Montgomery County Planning Department is hosting a Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan Community Design Workshop at the Chevy Chase Library March 12. At the workshop, “the community will have an opportunity to share their thoughts and visions about the future of Chevy Chase Lake,” according to the county planning department’s website on the area. Residents, businesses, property owners and organizations can sign up to take part in the six one-hour sessions. The sessions start between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. In a letter about the design workshop, Montgomery County Planning Board project manager Elza Hisel-McCoy wrote “Each session …
Thursday, January 13, 2011
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission has a video of the meeting on their website.
Miss the first meeting of the Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan? Click here to watch the two-hour meeting with presentations from the Chevy Chase Land Company, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Montgomery County House Opportunities Commission. You can check out an extended interview with Chevy Chase Land Company President David Smith about the potential redevelopment here. The next meeting on the Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan is scheduled for next month, Feb. 2 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Park and Planning Headquarters in Silver Spring. The meeting will focus on visioning presentations from the larger Chevy Chase Lake community. The Montgomery County Planning Department staff will offer their initial recommendation on the plan later this year…
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
David Smith talks about the potential Chevy Chase Lake redevelopment.
Taller residential buildings, an office building, more restaurants, grid streets and maybe a hotel are possibilities for redevelopment inside the beltway in Chevy Chase. Chevy Chase Land Company President David Smith spoke with Patch about preliminary plans for the Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan. The property management and development company is a key developer to the area and spoke about their plan earlier this week at the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. It was the first public hearing for the sector plan. Other major landowners in the area include the Montgomery County Housing Opportunities Commission, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The development would be on the land company’s properties in the area, …
Gerri Carr
8:23 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
The MC Planning Department has "punted" on the effect that this proposed development will have on traffic; it has made no proposed changes to our already clogged roads. more ›