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

Slides from June 11 community meeting

  • November 21st, 2024
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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 of a local #buildabetterBurtonsville campaign.

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

Over 150 people attended the meeting. Several long-time residents said this was the largest reunion of Burtonsvillians they have seen in many years.

During the meeting, we had an in-depth presentation on the history of the shopping center, the current constraints and opportunities for development, how changes in traffic and public transit will impact this space, and held a community brainstorming session about our priorities for redevelopment.

Below is a copy of the presentation that was given before we broke out into small groups.

Most of the information in the slides is available from the homepage of this website.

Sebastian Smoot

Sebastian has been a community advocate in the Burtonsville area since 2013. He started the "Fix 198 Now" campaign and led a successful effort to convince the County Council to fund the long-awaited Burtonsville Access Road. He advocates for more investments and greater activism in the eastern part of the county through his blog, Growing East County.

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