Development News and Links
This is the official web site of Hollybrooke, a subdivision of Derwood, Maryland. Over 231 families are happy to call Hollybrooke their home.
The wider neighborhood is going to change. The ICC highway across Shady Grove, through the Lake Needwood and Rockville Park areas is going to change the traffic flow.
The county has approved redeveloping county held service land on Crabbs Branch, between Redland Road and Shady Grove into high density housing. We will get up to 6000 units (apartments, townhomes, houses) near the Shady Grove Metro Station. Plans for schools and social centers are fuzzy at best.
The displaced county facilities will be moved to other large
land blocks elsewhere in the county consistent with the need for large
spaces, and proximity to
roadways and other county resources. An early proposal is that the Gude
Landfill be redeveloped to increase a 5 acre mulch transfer site on the
east
side
to 10 Acres and to put the school bus depot and refueling station up on
about 30
acres on the west
side, on the hill overlooking the Derwood Station neighborhood. The bus
depot has been stopped due to environmental and cost issues. The
environmental impact of the commercial size
wood processing and transfer is now being raised.
The adhoc Gude Landfill Concerned Citizens comittee has been formed
with Bob Day, Keith Ligon, Julia Tillery, Dean Dozier, and Dave
Peterson driving it, as well as membership by many others including the
presidents of the 3 Derwood HOAs. The committee has met with County
Councilors, and
written to various levels of government, done extensive research in
County documents and reviewed County supplied environmental data to
develop a sound case against the forms of development on the landfill,
proposed by the County Executive.
A separate website
is being set up using blogging software to more easily accumulate,
display, and update Gude Landfill Concerned Citizens issues. (This
website is largely assembled manually and is not ammenable to quick
updates)
Information will be posted as acquired
Join the Hollybrooke Gude Landfill Development email list
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June 18th 2009 - The Gude Men's
Shelter has been renamed The Gude Drive Complex. It was ceremonially
opened with a large gathering of County officials (Ike Leggett and Phil
Andrews) and about 100 social services related administrators and
professionals. This was a $6 Million renovation involving a large
number of human services organizations in the County, along with
builders associations in addition to the County's funding. TV cameras
were present and the clips were to be posted on the County website.  |