EMPOWERING PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES
What is Thrive 2050
What is Thrive 2050
What is Thrive 2050
The Thrive Plan will be implemented by new zones and/or amendments to existing zones ("ZTAs") to allow multi-family housing (duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, and apartment buildings) by right in neighborhoods now zoned for single-family detached homes. When these new zoning provisions are subsequently applied to properties in single family neighborhoods.
Who We Are
What is Thrive 2050
What is Thrive 2050
Our mission is to empower people in communities that have been excluded historically, institutionally, politically and geographically from the decision-making process in Montgomery County, Md, to participate in stable, equitable, affordable housing, and transit issues.
Overarching Concerns
Pedestrian Master Plan
Pedestrian Master Plan
In the middle of a pandemic, when residents could not meet in person and had concerns that were focused on staying healthy, keeping a job, a roof over their heads, and food on the table. The planning Board, at the urging of the County Council, pushed through a plan that will affect thousands of residents who have no idea what the plan is
In the middle of a pandemic, when residents could not meet in person and had concerns that were focused on staying healthy, keeping a job, a roof over their heads, and food on the table. The planning Board, at the urging of the County Council, pushed through a plan that will affect thousands of residents who have no idea what the plan is about, what it will mean to their families, homes, and neighborhoods. The lack of partnership from neighborhood communities in the creation of this land use document underscores a much larger issue. Residents in Montgomery County, living in underserved communities are left out of the political process due to lack of access: residents who do not have computers, nor internet access, and have limited
computer literacy which facilitates a desire to print documents. Printing documents is cost
prohibitive (i.e., the cost of printer cartridges and paper), particularly when official documents are several pages long. This digital reality creates an equity issue
Pedestrian Master Plan
Pedestrian Master Plan
Pedestrian Master Plan
Thrive Montgomery 2050 is about reimagining how we live, by prioritize walking, biking and rolling in our communities with buses to transport us elsewhere. It is the first comprehensive and actionable plan to bring this vision to reality, by prioritizing pedestrian and bike projects: longer crosswalk times, accessible sidewalks, updated l
Thrive Montgomery 2050 is about reimagining how we live, by prioritize walking, biking and rolling in our communities with buses to transport us elsewhere. It is the first comprehensive and actionable plan to bring this vision to reality, by prioritizing pedestrian and bike projects: longer crosswalk times, accessible sidewalks, updated lighting and county control over some state highways. It begun with "road diets", that will eliminate car lanes and create protected bike lanes where parking and EV charging stations existed. However, according to the Planning document, the plan's implementations costs exceed funds allocated for pedestrian and safety measures. The Solution presented is to further tax those who can least afford to be taxed and lack access to participate in the political process..