Monday, November 26, 2007

Planning Commissioner Against Open Space Program

Planning Commissioner Allison Bryant isn't a fan of the Legacy Open Space program through which residents can nominate spaces for acquisition by the County if they come on the market:

‘‘I’ve always been disturbed by the idea that a property can be nominated for something by anybody, and it doesn’t belong to them,” Bryant said.

Bryant earlier disclosed his role in opening up the Montgomery College of Art and Design in Wheaton for residential development. The prospect of townhouses being built on the site sparked neighbors’ interest in getting the site into the county’s Legacy Open Space holdings.