The Montgomery County Planning Department will begin the process of updating the Westbard Sector Plan with a community meeting Tuesday night at Walt Whitman High School.
The plan will put forth a series of recommendations for development in the Bethesda area, which includes Westbard Avenue between Massachusetts Avenue and the intersection of River Road and Dorset Avenue. The developer Equity One is pursuing a plan for the Westwood Shopping Center and surrounding properties that could bring a new mixed-use development to the area.
This will be the first time the sector plan is updated since 1982. Planners at the meeting will discuss the existing conditions in the area as well as opportunities and constraints in the planning area with attendees.
The meeting starts at 7 p.m. and is expected to run until 9 p.m. Issues identified during this meeting will be further discussed at a community meeting scheduled for Oct. 21, followed by a brainstorming charrette in November.