Attend Rally/Press Conference 9-11am Thurs 7/25 on Steps of Planning Board

Please join the Save Ten Mile Creek Coalition for a 9 am rally and 10 am press conference THIS THURSDAY on the steps of the Montgomery County Planning Board at 8787 Georgia Avenue in downtown Silver Spring.  The coalition will be releasing an analysis of the Planning Board staff report on the Limited Master Plan Amendment Stage 4 for Clarksburg.

Development plans in the current staff draft will significantly degrade Ten Mile Creek, while failing to deliver on needed amenities for Clarksburg residents.  If the plan in its current form is adopted, it would degrade the last, best stream in Montgomery County and endanger the entire DC metro region’s emergency drinking water supply – without giving Clarksburg residents a walkable town center as promised in the 1994 Master Plan. 

Our message on Thursday is:  "Just say no to development in Ten Mile Creek - put development where Clarksburg residents say they need it - in Clarksburg Town Center." 

There is limited time to get the Planning Board to change this draft.  We need to speak with one voice to tell the Board to use proven methods to save Ten Mile Creek, rather than bending to the needs of the developers.

You can print a flyer to distribute and invite friends and family here. You can also listen to WAMU’s report on Ten Mile Creek here and read the Washington Post article about Clarksburg’s needs here.