Very important meeting!! Please try to come and SAY NO to more highways in Clarksburg!
Please come—and help show that the political winds are not all in the direction of pro-highway advocates. These highways, including M-83 and Observation Drive Extended will have huge costs to the creeks which flow into the Reservoir.
Designed by the world-renowned master architect Cesar Pelli, COMSAT Laboratories was an early example of the type of building that dominated research corridors in Montgomery County and across the United States.
Read MoreWe are very concerned about the extent of the development of the 200-acre historic COMSAT property, as well as proposals to build new roads, including the Clarksburg By-pass, the extension of Observation Drive, the extension of Little Seneca Parkway, and plans to construct a new I-270 interchange.
Read MoreAll are welcome to come to our annual meeting. It will be held on Oct 14 (rain date, the 15th) at the Cinque Farm (22300 Slidell Rd, Boyds) at 1:00pm.
Read MoreBoth Ten Mile Creek and Little Seneca Reservoir are located within Seneca Creek watershed, Montgomery County’s largest watershed and a designated drinking water supply. The major threat to these waterbodies is urbanization (a.k.a. sprawl) from proposed development projects. During urbanization, developers take down forests and farms, then they grade, compact and pave-over the land; the resulting runoff over time erodes streams, and silts-in lakes and the Chesapeake Bay with sediment.
Read MoreWhen a conceptual development plan was submitted to the County Planning Board in June 2021 it did not abide with the recommendations of the 2014 Plan.When the Planning Board did not heed our advice, FoTMC wrote to the County Executive expressing the same concerns. As a result, Executive Elrich directed the Department of Transportation to adhere to the 2014 road plan. We thank the Executive Elrich for acting in a timely manner.
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