Waters House Special Park
Waters Barn Feasibility Study
Montgomery County Planning Board Public Hearing Notice
Date: Thursday, May 15, 2008
Time: www.montgomeryplanningboard.org/agenda/
Place: MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (mapquest link)
You are invited to comment on the Waters Barn Feasibility Study for Adaptive Reuse, which calls for a currently vacant bank barn at the Waters House Special Park to be transformed into a countywide Heritage and Visitors’ Center. On May 15, the Planning Board will take testimony to allow interested persons to express their views concerning this project. The meeting is open to all interested parties, but you must sign up to speak.
Located at 12535 Milestone Manor Lane in Germantown, the Waters House Special Park comprises a historic dwelling, corn crib, carriage house, and bank barn.
Topics to be discussed:
- The conceptual vision for programming and adaptively reusing the barn
- The anticipated audience for the proposed use, parking, types of events
- Proposed improvements to the buildings and its grounds
- The role of the proposed Center and all Waters Special Park buildings within the community
A Department of Parks staff report will be posted on Friday, May 9, 2008 at http://www.montgomeryplanningboard.org/agenda/
The study was prepared by Cunningham & Quill Architects, Washington, D.C., for a coalition of partners that included: The Montgomery County Historical Society; the Conference and Visitors Bureau of Montgomery County; the Heritage Tourism Alliance of Montgomery County; and the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County. The property is owned by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and operated by the Montgomery County Department of Parks.
The list of speakers is set on a first-come, first-serve basis. You may sign up in advance to speak by calling the Community Relations Office at 301-495-4600, or, beginning May 5, 2008, sign up online at: http://www.daicsearch.org/planning_board/testify.asp.
You may also submit written comments, which will become part of the project record, by mail to: Royce Hanson, Chairman; Montgomery County Planning Board; 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910; or by email to: mcp-chairman@mncppc-mc.org.
A digital copy of the study is available below in mulitple Adobe .pdf files. You can also review a printed copy of the full Waters Barn Feasibility Study for Adaptive Reuse at the Montgomery County Historical Society offices at 111 W. Montgomery Avenue, Rockville, or at the Waters House at 12535 Milestone Manor Lane. 301-340-2825.
Waters Barn Feasibility Study for Adaptive Reuse
- Table of Contents and Executive Summary (pdf, 1MB)
- Chapter 1: Introduction p.1 (pdf, 3MB)
- Chapter 2: Vision and Recommendations p.11 (pdf, 3MB)
- Chapter 3: Conceptual Building Design p.19 (pdf, 680KB)
- Chapter 4: Conceptual Site Design p.25 (pdf, 2.4MB)
- Chapter 5: Business Plan p.32 (pdf, 142KB)
- Appendices (pdf, 1MB)
For information from the Department of Parks, call or email Joey Lampl at 301-563-3414 or joey.lampl@montgomeryparks.org.
Date of last update: May 5, 2008
