Join your neighbors to bring our “dead” shopping center back to life! We need help painting the parking lot, assembling furniture, and decorating the area with lights, […]
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Sebastian Smoot
Call for vendors and performers
The Better Burtonsville Association invites local vendors and performers to the inaugural Burtonsville Placemaking Festival! Who should participate? Anyone who is interested in helping to show the […]
We are planning a festival!
Thanks to the persistent advocacy of Sara Jensen, one of the founding members of the “Build a Better Burtonsville” project, Montgomery County has agreed to fund, plan, […]
County Executive Marc Elrich receptive to ideas for a “Better Burtonsville”
Note: Over the past few months our group has held several meetings with EDENS and the County to discuss the future of Burtonsville. Over the next couple […]
EDENS meets with community to discuss Burtonsville shopping center
On September 29, 2018, six members of the “Build a Better Burtonsville” group met with EDENS, the owner and developer of the Burtonsville Crossing Shopping Center, to discuss short-term and long-term uses of their property.
We invited EDENS to talk
This week, we sent the following letter to Jodie McLean, CEO of EDENS, requesting a meeting to discuss the future of Burtonsville Crossing and opportunities to collaborate […]
Results from our first meeting
As mentioned in a previous post, we were very impressed at the turnout for our first community meeting. As promised, we carefully reviewed the comments and ideas […]
An idea to improve walkability
At our June 11 community meeting, most people noted that walking across Old Route 29 between Burtonsville Town Square and Burtonsville Crossing is dangerous. Some people suggested […]
Slides from June 11 community meeting
Last Monday, over 150 people attended a community meeting to discuss the Burtonsville Crossing Shopping Center. This event was planned to be the first meeting as part […]
A brief history of Burtonsville
2003 – Giant sells Burtonsville Crossing to EDENS for $26 million. 2006 – State Highway completes the Route 29/198 overpass. 2010 – Giant moves across the street. 2012 […]