Glenmont Community Visioning Workshop #1 Breakout Group Discussion Notes SUMMARY 1.

. What do you love about Glenmont and would not want to change? - Access to the Glenmont Metro station - Shopping amenities (Shoppers, CVS, Staples, Country Boy) - Access to parks (Brookside Gardens, Wheaton Regional Park, Glenfield Park, Saddlebrook Park) - Location of police and fire facilities within the community - Number of schools within, and surrounding, the community - Access to bus routes and major roadways (ICC and I-495) - Diversity of community - Sense of community - Existing neighborhoods are well-maintained, affordable and friendly - Diversity of housing stock (single-family, condos and apartments) - Good regional location 2. What are the three most pressing issues in Glenmont today? - Glenmont Shopping Center: Visual appearance Pedestrian and vehicular accessibility and safety Retail mix and target demographic - Pedestrian/bicycle accessibility and safety issues: Along Layhill Road, Glenallan Avenue, Georgia Avenue and Randolph Road General lack of lighting General lack of bicycle routes High vehicular speeds Between Metro and Glenmont Shopping Center - Traffic congestion: Traffic patterns through area and within area Turning movements Ingress/egress access Cut-through traffic - Crime and public disorder (including drug activity, trash/dumping, prostitution, home invasions, panhandling) - Current conditions of, and future plans for, Privacy World 3. How can Glenmont take advantage of its Metro station (and the possible

introduction of Bus Rapid Transit)?

Bicycle facilities that include routes to the Metro, bike storage/lockers, bike-sharing stations Transit connections to/from Metro (community circulator shuttle; increased bus routes to neighborhoods; expanded service to BWI, ICC, and NIH)

4. What kinds of changes would you like to see at the Glenmont Shopping Center? - Village/Town Square/Center - Green space - Maintain and expand mix of retail and services to provide more options that include local businesses Sit-down restaurants, including a coffee shop, with outdoor seating Destinations for residents, visitors and commuters (movie theater, sports and fitness facilities) Neighborhood services (daycare) - Improved pedestrian and vehicular access to and within the center, via a connected network of streets - Improved visual appearance - Lighting - Organized parking (underground/structured parking) 5. What other changes are needed in Glenmont regardless of what occurs at the

Shopping Center?
Improved pedestrian connections to: Nearby parks (Wheaton Regional Park, Glenfield Park, Brookside Gardens) Metro Glenmont Shopping Center Winexburg Manor, Privacy World and surrounding residential neighborhoods Improved bicycle facilities along: Georgia Avenue Layhill Road Randolph Road Glenallan Avenue Residential side streets Intersection improvements at: Glenmont Circle at Randolph Road to address police response issues Crosswalk at Heurich Road and Randolph Road Glenmont Village entrance Glenallan Avenue at Metro access road Improved bike and pedestrian crossings at/to: Randolph Road at Livingston Street Randolph Road at Judson Road Layhill Road at Glenmont Shopping Center (possibly pedestrian-activated) Georgia Avenue at Sheraton Street Pedestrian connectivity at Randolph Road and Georgia Avenue intersection (potentially a pedestrian bridge) Wheaton library Metro from surrounding residential neighborhoods

Streetscape improvements (multimodal accessibility, bicycle facilities, pedestrian facilities, street trees, landscaping, street lighting) along Georgia Avenue and Randolph Road Signage/Wayfinding Better signage to direct people to Metro Development opportunities Mixed-use development that would step-down to surrounding neighborhoods Hotels within proximity of the Metro More employment/office opportunities Prefer condominium, townhouse and affordable single-family residential development Neighborhood services (professional offices, daycare facilities, small-scale retail) Development that is similar to the Rockville Town Center Encourage low to moderate building heights instead of high-rise development Reconsider height and uses within Privacy World redevelopment proposal Community facilities Community gathering places (indoor and outdoor) Improve facilities at Saddlebrook Park Better identification of existing community facilities Establish a park or community facility on the County-owned parcel at the intersection of Randolph Road and Georgia Avenue Dog park Extend Glenmont Greenway south of Randolph Road Community branding/identification Define Glenmonts identity with a focal point/community core Use water tower for community identification purposes (paint it) Install gateway treatments and other methods of community identification throughout the community Improve the visual appearance and quality of area (remove litter) Transit Consider establishing a circulator bus to serve community Consider bus connectivity to Brookside Gardens Traffic / Roads Glenmont Circle reconfiguration concerns Repave roads and fix potholes Restrict right-turn movements at certain intersections to improve safety of pedestrian movement Improve conflicting vehicular and pedestrian movement at the intersection of Layhill Road and Georgia Avenue Address traffic impacts related to the Georgia Avenue/Randolph Road intersection Improve vehicular access to/from the Metro station and new parking garage Control/reduce the speed of traffic (traffic calming measures) Crime Improve the safety of pedestrians (Glenmont Shopping Center, condominium developments, Layhill Triangle) Increase the visibility of police officers in the community Install pedestrian lighting

6. The vision for Glenmont in the 1997 Sector Plan was:

The Glenmont of the future will be a transit-oriented area. A compact mixed-use center will be the focus of community activity and will establish a sense of place. New development will be concentrated around the new Metro station. Existing neighborhoods with single-family homes surrounding the new development will be preserved and protected. Is this vision still valid for Glenmont? If not, how would you update it?
Yes, but it needs to be implemented! Somewhat Revisions: Limit concentration of development around Metro station to no more than 25% more than existing Neighborhood-oriented retail that fosters local businesses and diversity Housing and community facilities that appeal to a broad age range Focused redevelopment of shopping center Emphasize pedestrian and bicycle connectivity Emphasize additional green spaces and parks that give the community a sense of place Better mix of housing types Change new Metro station to existing Metro station Family-friendly community Replace transit-oriented with destination-oriented Some prefer that transit is not the focus of Glenmonts identity Glenmont as a village, with a market square Emphasize neighborhood diversity