What is SilverPlace?
Designed to serve as a center for creative planning, park development and environmental stewardship, SilverPlace will feature a new consolidated headquarters for the staff of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) in Montgomery County.
As a model of design excellence featuring a mix of uses, SilverPlace also will provide outstanding public spaces, housing, and environmentally sensitive design in the Silver Spring Central Business District.
Save the date!
On
May 19, join M-NCPPC and SilverPlace, LLC ito learn more about the community design workshops -- called charrettes -- for Silver Place. Workshops will run
June 3-7, details to be announced.
SilverPlace will:
Consolidate the park and planning agency to serve the public more efficiently - Create a mixed-use development compatible with the adjacent neighborhoods that serves as a model of design excellence and best development practices
- Provide housing to serve a range of incomes including a minimum of 30 percent affordable and median-income housing
- Create outstanding indoor and outdoor public spaces for the public
- Establish a project that meets or exceeds the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards for Gold Certification
- Ensure wise transportation management, safe pedestrian circulation, and adequate parking
- Reduce public costs for the new Montgomery Regional Headquarters by leveraging the value of the Commission’s land through the use of a public/private/partnership
Current Activities
- Planning the Public Participation Process (May 19)
Join M-NCPPC and SilverPlace, LLC in the Park and Planning Headquarters auditorium to learn more about the community design workshops -- called charrettes -- for Silver Place.
7-8 p.m., 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring - Public Design Workshops (June 3-7)
This five-day workshop will provide the opportunity for the public to participate directly in the facility planning and design for SilverPlace. - Planning Board Design Review (Summer 2008)
The Planning Board will conduct a public meeting to review the results of the community design workshops for SilverPlace. - County Council Considers Construction Appropriation (Fall 2008 - Tentative)
The County Council will review the facility plan and design for SilverPlace, and consider providing funding for the final design and construction of the project.
**All dates listed are approximate and subject to change.**
Past Activities
M-NCPPC Staff Contacts
John Carter, 301-495-4575
Dan Hertz, 301-650-2588
