THEY LISTENED TO US AND THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING PROPOSAL IS OFFICIALLY REMOVED!! OUR INDUSTRIAL PARK IS PROTECTED AND SECURE THANKS TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WHO STEPPED UP!! WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT BUT TODAY WE CELEBRATE THIS MASSIVE VICTORY FOR BROOKVILLE ROAD!!
December 18, 2015
Petition to Conserve, Protect and Enhance the Brookville Road Business District
Final supporters
Petition to Conserve, Protect and Enhance the Silver Spring, MD - Brookville Road Business District (BBD) [español versión abajo]
Proposed zoning changes in the current Greater Lyttonsville Sector Plan (GLP) will negatively impact close to one hundred businesses and thousands of employees that depend on the industrial zoning to survive. Many of these are family, minority or women-owned businesses and some have been operating here for decades. Rezoning that includes residential will prevent long term planning, destabilize businesses, put people out of work, and deprive residents and other businesses of critical Down County services. Residential zoning is not compatible with the variety of businesses in this successful and vitally important industrial park.
• We ask that all residential components be removed from Brookville Rd. Business District area of the Greater Lyttonsville Sector Plan (GLP).
• We ask that the proposed zoning be modified to Conserve, Protect and Enhance Montgomery County's last industrial park inside the beltway, allowing for greater business opportunity.
[Spanish Version]
Petición para Conservar, Proteger y Mejorar la Zona de Comercio de Brookville Rd.
Cambios propuestos a la zonificación de nuestro centro comercial dañará a más de cien empresas, y a miles de empleados que dependen de la zona industrial para sobrevivir. Muchos de estos negocios pertenecen a familias, mujeres y minorías que han estado aquí por muchos años. Cambios en la zonificación que incluye uso residencial desestabilizará las empresas y impedirá planificar para el futuro, nos quitará empleo y servicios crucial para los residentes del condado. Zonificación residencial no es compatible con muchas de nuestras empresas en esta próspera y importante zona industrial.
• Pedimos que saquen la propuesta zona residencial del distrito comercial.
• Pedimos que cambien la nueva zonificación para Conservar, Proteger, y Mejorar el ultimo centro industrial dentro del Beltway.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
October 26, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
April 8, 2015
142 Comments
Small businesses are vital to Montgomery County. Don't replace them with minimum wage unskilled retail/restaurant jobs...or no jobs at all. Montgomery County's job producing industrial zones are fast disappearing - a mistake.
I have lived in this Silver Spring area (20910 zip) for 20+years. Small businesses are an integral part of this vital community. I frequent several businesses (e.g., Clever Dog, Bike Shop) within this industrial park and its location adds to my/my family's quality of life.
Please refrain from rezoning this business area at brookville road. I go here for multiple business uses: Cleverdog, the florist, the bicycle shop, the car mechanic, the dog club. It's a vital part of our community in silver spring and a large part of the reason i moved here.
It would be a shame to drive out so many long-term locally-owned businesses that employ so many. Such businesses can't easily re-locate, so it would effectively end many careers & local services.
Given that this GL area currently has many multifamily buildings and more density for these buildings is planned it seems to be overkill to add a residential component to a healthy & vital business district.
We need this business zone
Conserve, Protect and Enhance the Silver Spring, MD - Brookville Road Business District (BBD)
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THEY LISTENED TO US AND THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING PROPOSAL IS OFFICIALLY REMOVED!! OUR INDUSTRIAL PARK IS PROTECTED AND SECURE THANKS TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WHO STEPPED UP!! WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT BUT TODAY WE CELEBRATE THIS MASSIVE VICTORY FOR BROOKVILLE ROAD!!
December 18, 2015
Petition to Conserve, Protect and Enhance the Brookville Road Business District
Final supporters
Petition to Conserve, Protect and Enhance the Silver Spring, MD - Brookville Road Business District (BBD) [español versión abajo]
Proposed zoning changes in the current Greater Lyttonsville Sector Plan (GLP) will negatively impact close to one hundred businesses and thousands of employees that depend on the industrial zoning to survive. Many of these are family, minority or women-owned businesses and some have been operating here for decades. Rezoning that includes residential will prevent long term planning, destabilize businesses, put people out of work, and deprive residents and other businesses of critical Down County services. Residential zoning is not compatible with the variety of businesses in this successful and vitally important industrial park.
• We ask that all residential components be removed from Brookville Rd. Business District area of the Greater Lyttonsville Sector Plan (GLP).
• We ask that the proposed zoning be modified to Conserve, Protect and Enhance Montgomery County's last industrial park inside the beltway, allowing for greater business opportunity.
[Spanish Version]
Petición para Conservar, Proteger y Mejorar la Zona de Comercio de Brookville Rd.
Cambios propuestos a la zonificación de nuestro centro comercial dañará a más de cien empresas, y a miles de empleados que dependen de la zona industrial para sobrevivir. Muchos de estos negocios pertenecen a familias, mujeres y minorías que han estado aquí por muchos años. Cambios en la zonificación que incluye uso residencial desestabilizará las empresas y impedirá planificar para el futuro, nos quitará empleo y servicios crucial para los residentes del condado. Zonificación residencial no es compatible con muchas de nuestras empresas en esta próspera y importante zona industrial.
• Pedimos que saquen la propuesta zona residencial del distrito comercial.
• Pedimos que cambien la nueva zonificación para Conservar, Proteger, y Mejorar el ultimo centro industrial dentro del Beltway.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
October 26, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
April 8, 2015
142 Comments
The Brookville business district has so many important small businesses that have helped me. My wedding cake decorator, florist, dog kennel/groomer and tire shop are all in one block. And my nephews first job was at a towing place in that area. These small businesses are the backbone of this community.
Small businesses are vital to Montgomery County. Don't replace them with minimum wage unskilled retail/restaurant jobs...or no jobs at all. Montgomery County's job producing industrial zones are fast disappearing - a mistake.
I have lived in this Silver Spring area (20910 zip) for 20+years. Small businesses are an integral part of this vital community. I frequent several businesses (e.g., Clever Dog, Bike Shop) within this industrial park and its location adds to my/my family's quality of life.
Please refrain from rezoning this business area at brookville road. I go here for multiple business uses: Cleverdog, the florist, the bicycle shop, the car mechanic, the dog club. It's a vital part of our community in silver spring and a large part of the reason i moved here.
It would be a shame to drive out so many long-term locally-owned businesses that employ so many. Such businesses can't easily re-locate, so it would effectively end many careers & local services.
Given that this GL area currently has many multifamily buildings and more density for these buildings is planned it seems to be overkill to add a residential component to a healthy & vital business district.
We need this business zone
Conserve, Protect and Enhance the Silver Spring, MD - Brookville Road Business District (BBD)
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The Brookville business district has so many important small businesses that have helped me. My wedding cake decorator, florist, dog kennel/groomer and tire shop are all in one block. And my nephews first job was at a towing place in that area. These small businesses are the backbone of this community.