RSS Feed - Lend Your Support We focus our priorities in planning campaigns and taking courses of action in energy efficiency, habitat protection, and smart growth/transportation. Join a campaign by writing letters, sending e-mails, and attending County Council meetings and County Executive appointed boards, committees, and commissions. http://maryland.sierraclub.org/montgomery/support.html http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:19:36 -0400 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:11:50 -0400 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com Testimony on Gaithersburg West Master Plan David Hauck presents testimony before the County Council on how the proposed development at Gaithersburg West undermines two of the County's smart growth goals. http://maryland.sierraclub.org/montgomery/support_gaithersburg_west.html CBA4B417-23C1-4B7A-84D5-D60DBD127B6A Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0400 Opposition to Proposed Development by Global Mission Church The Montgomery County Sierra Club is concerned about the environmental impact of proposed development by Global Mission Church along Little Bennett Creek. http://maryland.sierraclub.org/montgomery/support_global_mission.html 44E091CD-AFAA-4677-9600-892406BAE8F9 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0400 Bus Priority on Veirs Mill Road The Montgomery County Sierra Club supports the Q2 bus Metrobus Veirs Mill Line Study. The plan will improve bus service and alleviate the area's transportation woes, support smart growth, get people out of cars, and help the environment. http://maryland.sierraclub.org/montgomery/support_q2_veirs_mill.html 82978DC8-A1F6-4ADB-8179-637CC848E7BC Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0400 Support Forest Acquisition Adjacent to Fairland Recreational Park The Montgomery County Sierra Club supports the acquisition of a 52-acre tract of land in the vicinity of Fairland Recreational Park and McKnew Local Park. http://maryland.sierraclub.org/montgomery/support_fairland.html F47D1F17-BC4B-4107-BFE9-2F5685DEBA76 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:34:43 -0400 Protect the 10 Mile Creek Watershed 10 Mile Creek watershed in Clarksburg, Maryland, contains some of the most healthy drinking water in our area. Proposed new developments and a huge county bus depot threaten what is left of the local streams. http://maryland.sierraclub.org/montgomery/support_10mi_creek.html 3A357B5F-5E4A-4B28-BFA3-2B02FBCBBB39 Mon, 6 Jul 2009 22:33:31 -0400 Sierra Club Statement on the I-270 Corridor/CCT Plan Sierra Club requests that Maryland and Montgomery County realize its smart growth goals by building the Corridor Cities Transitway, preferably a less costly bus rapid transit, before additional widening of I-270. http://maryland.sierraclub.org/montgomery/support_i270.html F4EA1513-09A4-4D94-8A8F-8F8F5F9106B3 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:19:57 -0400 Comments to the Montgomery County Board of Education on Synthetic Turf Anne Ambler presents her concerns regarding synthetic turf to the Montgomery County School Board. http://maryland.sierraclub.org/montgomery/support_syn_turf.html 92743730-C782-4DDF-A6B5-8F850577E47D Tue, 26 May 2009 20:49:10 -0400 Opposition to Historic Resources Preservation Amendment The Montgomery County Sierra Club is writing to the County Council to express its strong opposition to the elements of Bill HPA 09-01. http://maryland.sierraclub.org/montgomery/support_hist.pres.html D33A4852-D889-46B2-95E5-96C38228FB13 Mon, 11 May 2009 23:07:50 -0400 Supplemental Appropriation for Montgomery College in Germantown Letter from Dolores Milmoe to County Council urging them to preserve the 50 acres of mature upland forest gracing the Germantown campus of Montgomery College. http://maryland.sierraclub.org/montgomery/support_moco_college.html E904F6C9-8402-4920-B704-0F446979CAFE Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:29:36 -0400 Parks/Recreation Program Merger Letter from Ginny Barnes, Anne Ambler, and Dolores Milmoe to the PHED Committee Councilmembers urging public input to the Parks/Recreation program merger. http://maryland.sierraclub.org/montgomery/support_rec_merger.html DB507E61-EB31-4B99-B23B-67D5814765C9 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:48:33 -0400 Safe, Healthy Playing Fields Campaign Letter from Kathy Michels to Councilmember Marc Elrich and Chief of Staff Dale Tibbitts seeking a moratorium on any further synthetic turf fields and testing and reports on installed synthetic turf fields. http://maryland.sierraclub.org/montgomery/support_astroturf.html 27C9BE26-FDA6-4C08-B2A4-3E98EBC96BE6 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:40:52 -0400 Protection of Upper Paint Branch SPA Letter from Diane Cameron to Royce Hanson urging the Planning Board to oppose the phased construction of the InterCounty Connector in areas that threaten the sensitive waters and the biological community of the Upper Paint Branch Special Protection Area. http://maryland.sierraclub.org/montgomery/support_astroturf.html E7F806F3-68F7-43D5-8DAD-59824D31249E Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:37:49 -0400