Sandy Spring-Ashton

Rural Preservation Consortium (SSARPC)

The SSARPC supports development in the area that conforms to the

Sandy Spring-Ashton Master Plan. We are pro-Master Plan, not anti-development.


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Rural Ashton and Sandy Spring



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Aerial view of the Ashton crossroads, with Route 108 going west to east (left to right) and New Hampshire Avenue going from south to north (bottom to top).

Aerial view of the Ashton crossroads, with Route 108 going west to east (left to right) and New Hampshire Avenue going from south to north (bottom to top).

Final Ashton Meeting Place Landscape Plan, as approved by the Planning Board, rendered into a more visual form.

Final Ashton Meeting Place Landscape Plan, as approved by the Planning Board, rendered into a more visual form.

The Northeast Corner (site of the proposed Derrick's Addition) as it appears today.

The Northeast Corner (site of the proposed Derrick's Addition) as it appears today.

ezStorage Gaithersburg facility, said to be similar to the one planned for Sandy Spring

ezStorage Gaithersburg facility, said to be similar to the one planned for Sandy Spring

Diagram of the site of the nursing home proposed for Bentley Road and Route 108

Diagram of the site of the nursing home proposed for Bentley Road and Route 108

Site plan for the Thomas Building (Goddard School and offices) to be located at Route 108 between the Sandy Spring Bank and Norwood Road

Site plan for the Thomas Building (Goddard School and offices) to be located at Route 108 between the Sandy Spring Bank and Norwood Road

Approximate status of Resurrection Baptist Church site; some very small trees were planted after this picture was taken (on August 13, 2007).

Approximate status of Resurrection Baptist Church site; some very small trees were planted after this picture was taken (on August 13, 2007).

Artist's concept of the planned Chevy Chase Bank.

Artist's concept of the planned Chevy Chase Bank.

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We encourage you make your comments and ideas known to the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the community.  Here is the contact information:

SSARPC

The SSARPC Steering Committee would like to receive copies of letters you send to any of the below and any other comments you may have.  Please address them to:

SSARPC
P.O. Box 518
Ashton, MD 20861
Email: feedback@ssarpc.org

The Planning Board

Royce Hanson
Chair, Planning Board
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Email:  mcp-chairman@mncppc-mc.org

Comments to the Planning Board on a pending plan should be sent at least 10 days in advance of a scheduled public hearing, although comments received later will still be considered, if time permits.  At other times it is generally best to write to the Planning Staff.  Letters asking for changes to an approved plan usually will not be considered.  Letters to the Planning Board are generally sent to the appropriate staff member to draft a response.  At the top of the letter, identify (name and both application numbers) the project being discussed.  The application numbers are

  Preliminary Plan Site Plan
Thomas Building (Goddard School and Offices)
(Preliminary Plan Hearing on Jan. 14)
120090230  

Ashton Meeting Place(Approved)

120080070 820080040

Chevy Chase Bank

(Approved)

120070580 820080130

Derrick's Addition, aka

Northeast Corner

(On indefinite hold)

120070330 820070070

ezStorage

(Withdrawn)

120080410

 

If you would like to testify at the public hearing on a proposed plan, call 301-495-4600 to register.  You can also register online here.

The agendas are here and the Park and Planning home page is here.

Planning Calendar

Here are some relevant dates.  Note that they are subject to change.

Planning Board's Hearing on the Preliminary Plan for the Thomas Building (Goddard School and Offices)

January 14, 2010, 9:00 AM

Planning Board's Community Meeting on Ways to Streamline the Development Review Process

January 20, 2009, 7:30 PM

Comments from the community are very much welcomed. We advise you to have written comments submitted early in the process so that they can be included in the staff report.

If community members desire to meet with with the Planning Staff to discuss issues and concerns regarding the project, they will be happy to arrange for such meetings.

The Planning Staff

 

Thomas Building (Goddard School and Offices)

 

Neil Braunstein
Attn: Goddard School (Thomas Building)

Maryland National Park and Planning Commission
8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Email:  Neil.Braunstein@mncppc-mc.org

 

Ashton Meeting Place, Derrick's Addition (Northeast Corner), ezStorage in Sandy Spring, and Chevy Chase Bank in Ashton

 

Joshua Sloan

Attn: (whichever project you are writing about)
Maryland Capital National Park and Planning Commission 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910

Email:  joshua.sloan@mncppc-mc.org

 

Resurrection Baptist Church

 

Robert Kronenberg

Attn:  Resurrection Baptist Church
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission 8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Email:  robert.kronenberg@mncppc-mc.org

Ashton Meeting Place, Derrick's Addition (Northeast Corner), and Thomas Building (Goddard School and Offices) Developer

The Ashton Meeting Place website indicates that comments to the developer should be sent by email to

rfuller@nicholsmanagementinc.com

Bentley Road Nursing Home Developer

D. Scott Miller
Smith/Packett
Vice President of Development
4423 Pheasant Ridge Road, S.W.
Suite 301
Roanoke, VA 22014
540-774-7762 (Voice)
540-772-6470 (Fax)
Email: smiller@smithpackett.com

Chevy Chase Bank Developer

Joe Pearson

Vice President, Real Estate Development

Chevy Chase Bank

7501 Wisconsin Avenue

Bethesda, MD 20814

240-497-7032 (Voice)

Email: jbpearson@chevychasebank.net

ezStorage Developer

Debra Borden
301-961-5250
Email:  dborden@linowes-law.com

Resurrection Baptist Church Developer

Joe Dillon
c/o Resurrection Baptist Church
300 Olney-Sandy Spring Road
Sandy Spring, MD 20866

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