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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Outside of school, are you aware of the significant expansion into the neighborhoods served by ESS Elementary and Sligo Creek Elementary of the zoning plan for Downtown Silver Spring?  The idea is to allow greater density -- not huge buildings, but triplexes and quadriplexes -- where there are currently single family homes.[/quote]

I live in ESS, and I’m thrilled by this. I can’t tell you how many wonderful neighbors we’ve lost because home prices forced them out of the neighborhood when they were ready to buy. I don’t think it’s a negative at all. [/quote]

I also live here and welcome it for the same reason. We need housing options in between $1600/mo 2 bdrm apartments and $800k 2 bdrm SFH. As a life long city girl, I’d be happy to see duplexes and triplexes here. This is an amazing community and it will benefit from not pricing out long time working-class to middle income renters who want to stay. [/quote]

Agreed, and it is also in keeping with the character of the neighborhood. I live in a SFH in East Silver Spring. One block over, there is a small apartment complex with maybe 12 units. There are also a bunch of storefronts with apartments on top.

Similarly, new multi-family housing replaced the previously derelict police station. That's GOOD for the community. There's a proposal to shorten the abandoned bank building at the corner of Fenton and Sligo and put more multi-family housing there. That's better for the neighborhood than an abandoned building, by a lot. [/quote]

Depends who moves in there. If it matches the rest of that intersection, maybe not[/quote]

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