A decades-long road project aims to bring Norristown out of isolation Will revitalization follow? inquirer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from inquirer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
155 beds planned in six-story building
December 18, 2020 | 6:30 pm
December 19, 2020
Rendering via Montgomery County Planning
The Montgomery County Planning Board has approved the construction of an assisted living facility in Bethesda’s Westbard neighborhood.
The 155-bed facility would be one phase of a larger project that also calls for redeveloping the Westwood Shopping Center.
Previously, developer Kensington Senior Development LLC proposed and the Planning Board approved in 2019 410 apartments and 104 townhomes that would have included about 138,000 square feet of development.
Now, the developer has changed plans to include cutting 144 of the previously approved apartments and instead including a six-story assisted living facility.
The rental cost in the assisted living facility could start at around $5,000 a month, covering a room, meals and housekeeping, a project representative said during a meeting about the project in April.
70 units proposed on Chevy Chase Drive
December 18, 2020 | 12:08 am
December 18, 2020
Picture via Montgomery County Planning Board
The Montgomery County Planning Board gave unanimous approval to early plans for a development in Bethesda that would produce 70 new condominiums.
Winthrop Investment Group has proposed demolishing a single-family home used as an office and replacing it with a 70-foot-tall building at 4702 Chevy Chase Drive.
The building will include a fitness center, a “wellness area” and a rooftop deck, according to the development application.
A below-ground parking garage with 63 spaces for vehicles and 35 spaces for bikes are included in the project’s plan.
Attorney Pat Harris, with Lerch Early & Brewer and representing the developer, said that the building will look “different” than others in the neighborhood because it will be more modern. But, she said, “the way Bethesda is going” the neighborhood will be more modernized in the coming year
WHYY
By
This 23-acre farm owned by Suzanne Banyacsky is one of three new additions to the Montgomery County Agricultural Land Preservation Program. (Courtesy of the Montgomery County Planning Commission)
Montgomery County has permanently preserved three additional properties under its Farmland Preservation Program.
“Farming is an integral part of our heritage, and the county values and supports our local farming businesses, which provide healthy, local foods and conserve our prime agricultural soil,” Val Arkoosh, chair of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, said in a statement.
Now joining the program are Suzanne Banyacsky’s 23-acre farm in Perkiomen Township, Edward B. Stokes Jr.’s 117-acre farm in New Hanover Township, and Thomas Latshaw’s 61-acre farm in Upper Hanover Township.
Norristown forms stormwater advisory committee timesherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from timesherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.