Sandy Spring-Ashton Rural Preservation Consortium

The SSARPC (PreserveAshton.org)

supports development in Ashton that conforms to the Master Plan.

We are pro-Master Plan, not anti-development.

Public Hearing on AMP Changed to March 29

The date for the public hearing concerning Ashton Meeting Place (AMP) has been changed to March 29.  It will be held in the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission (MNCPPC) Auditorium at 8787 Georgia Avenue.  When the time is determined, we will let you know. 

We urge each of you to express your opinion by writing to or emailing the Planning Board and/or speaking at the hearing:

1)     Write a letter to the Planning Board about your opinion of the project (preferably by March 15)

Address letters or email to:

Royce Hanson, Chairman

MNCPPC Planning Board

ATTN:  AMP Development

8787 Georgia Ave.

Silver Spring, MD 20910

Email:  mcp-chairman@mncppc-mc.org

We suggest you keep your letter to one page and state whether your current letter supersedes any previous letters you may have written.

Note:  Letters received by March 15 will be in the Planning Board packets, but the Planning Board will receive copies of all letters that arrive prior to the hearing date.

2)     Sign up to testify at the public hearing scheduled for March 29 by calling (301) 495-4605.  There are new rules for public hearings that went into effect in January.  There is no longer any ceding of time and citizen presentations are limited to 3 minutes.  If you plan on speaking you should bring 10 copies of any written testimony.  To read the new rules, go to

        http://www.mcparkandplanning.org/board/documents/adoptedrules.1.25.2007.pdf

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