Call for volunteers

  • September 27, 2019
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  • Sebastian Smoot

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, […]

Site Layout of the Burtonsville Placemaking Festival

Call for vendors and performers

  • August 26, 2019
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  • Sebastian Smoot

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!

  • May 26, 2019
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  • Sebastian Smoot

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, […]

We invited EDENS to talk

  • September 13, 2018
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  • Sebastian Smoot

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 […]

Dan Reed stands in front of an audience at Burtonsville Elementary to summarize the ideas supported by his small group discussion.

Results from our first meeting

  • August 5, 2018
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  • Sebastian Smoot

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 […]

Intersection of Old Route 29 and National Drive. The intersection is huge but carries very little traffic.

An idea to improve walkability

  • July 13, 2018
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  • Sebastian Smoot

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 […]

Photo of a packed room at Burtonsville Elementary to discuss the history and future of Burtonsville Crossing

Slides from June 11 community meeting

  • June 13, 2018
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  • Sebastian Smoot

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 […]