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Much has been written about the Gaithersburg West Master Plan because of the controversial issues
regarding Belward Farm and the massive size of the proposed development.
Included below are articles about the Gaithersburg West Master Plan, the Corridor Cities Transitway
(CCT) as well as Belward Farm and its late owner, Elizabeth Banks.
Click on the articles below to view :
Gaithersburg West and White Flint: A Tale of Two Cities: March 10, 2010
Cities issue ‘Science City' ultimatums: March 10, 2010
Truth of county east-west jobs rift: February 15, 2010
Science city plan deepens rift between east, west Montgomery: February 8, 2010
‘Science City' traffic forecasts green-lit by council's planning guru: February 3, 2010
Ex-MoCo council leader laying siege to 'Science City' plans: January 29, 2010
Rockville mayor criticizes Science City plan: January 27, 2010
On Floreen's economic development plan: January 20, 2010
Council's incivility could lead to change after election: January 20, 2010
Gaithersburg West delayed months, again: January 13, 2010
Scaling back Gaithersburg West: January 6, 2010
Montgomery debates plan - Life Sciences Center is focus: December 1, 2009
Floreen is elected head of Montgomery council: December 1, 2009
Council coup - In Montgomery County, the plot thickens: November 30, 2009
Council chief throws cold water on Science City plans: November 24, 2009
Critics of ‘Science City' seek shifts: November 18, 2009
Science City delay comes amid east-west rift: November 13, 2009
Spread life sciences jobs to advance Smart Growth, written by Phil Andrews
Gaithersburg West plan pushed back: November 11, 2009
Opposed to more road congestion, growth policy: November 4, 2009
‘Life Sciences' zone taking shape; November 4, 2009
Growth commentary was on point: November 4, 2009
Spread life sciences jobs to advance Smart Growth: October 21, 2009
Money and power shouldn't rule Gaithersburg West: October 21, 2009
Gaithersburg West creates more problems than it's worth: October 7, 2009
‘Science City' vision has some on council skeptical: October 7, 2009
'Science City' will be scaled back, council president predicts: October 6, 2009
Some Say Md. Research Center Will Be a Study in Sprawl: October 4, 2009
'Science City' Is Really Sprawlsville: October 11, 2009
Site struggle over proposed MontCo biotech 'city': October 4, 2009
Family Angered by Plan to Develop Property: October 2, 2009
Lone Official Warns Against Blueprint for Gaithersburg 'Science City': October 2, 2009
Montgomery councilman: Need to ‘connect dots': October 2, 2009
Can Montgomery become Cambridge or San Diego?: September 30, 2009
Belward deed could be a ‘Science City' roadblock: September 30, 2009
State: Without transportation fixes, ‘severe congestion' predicted: September 23, 2009
Clouds gather over the 'Science City': September 23, 2009
Boosters and opponents of ‘Science City' make their cases: September 23, 2009
Council approves Germantown Sector Plan: September 23, 2009
Leggett calls for less-dense 'Science City': September 16, 2009
Ike Leggett's memorandum regarding the 'Science City': September 10, 2009
'Science City' road grid could isolate neighborhoods: September 9, 2009
The Science City: A Massive Growth Community: August 4, 2009
‘Less than perfect' blueprint approved for Science City; July 22, 2009
Council to hold hearing on moving police/fire academy: July 22, 2009
County planners choose rapid-bus line for CCT; July 1, 2009
Biotech Builders Fail To Sway Board; June, 7, 2009
Belward Farm: How much is too much?: April 29, 2009
A Blueprint Out of Character; April 5, 2009
Hopkins/Leggett plan for Belward is ‘build it and they will come' Approach; March 4, 2009
Land Advocate Elizabeth Beall Banks Dies; January, 19, 2005
Obituary for Elizabeth Beall Banks; January 19, 2005
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