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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We need affordable housing there[/quote]

We need business there. But nobody wants to do business in MoCo [/quote]

This is ridiculous. There are an absolute ton of developments going up in bethesda, all along rockville pike, kensington, really everywhere you go. This is clearly an issue with THIS parcel. [/quote]

We have residential developments going up in those places. What we need is commercial. [b]The low business demand is suppressing both commercial and residential development in MoCo. [/b][/quote]

Exactly, PP. People keep citing Bethesda. Bethesda is singular and the development there is constrained to, what, eight square blocks? It’s also not terribly accessible to people that don’t live around there - congested, hard to park.

Rockville Pike used to be a “go to” for people all over MoCo with a great mix of higher end and lower end retail and restaurants and the promised retail development at White Flint would have been game changing. A boon to other businesses and residents.

[b]Now there’s a massive crater in that lot, the Pike is slowly but surely becoming lower end retail and cheap food places … It looks awful and unattractive. Pike and Rose is nice but an island along that route. Montgomery Mall - not on the Pike but adjacent - is also dwindling. Nicer stores are closing and being replaced with fast clothing stores and the like. [/b]

Neighbors in Silver Spring are driving to Tysons to shop at a place with more of a high-low mix of stores and restaurants.

As a resident of MoCo it’s infuriating that the county isn’t doing more to promote businesses. This is what has driven growth across NoVa and transform areas that were once dwindling into vibrant communities. Think Clarendon, Crystal City, and Mosaic. Great for residents and great for people who want jobs.

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The bolded must be part of the council’s attainable housing strategy. Once no one with money wants to live or send their kids to school in an area it’s bound to become much more affordable.[/quote]

This is what I’m wondering, too. MoCo has shriveled in comparison to what it was 20 years ago and even 10 years ago. Now it’s just expensive but without the charm, attractions, and businesses. Yes, things change, but MoCo is stagnant. Driving through Wheaton, Bethesda, Silver Spring, and Rockville yesterday and the county looks trashy. Medians overgrown, so many closed businesses, weed dispensaries and vape stores all over. Every strip mall looks run down. Sadly, panhandlers at multiple intersections.

Today in NoVa and it’s very different. Shopping and retail is vibrant. Good mix of high/low end stores. Streets and medians are clean and maintained. Restaurants are bustling, people sitting outside. Very different. [/quote]

Where in NoVA can we see these things? I am pretty familiar with Arlington and Fairfax counties and their shopping and retail does not match what you've described.[/quote]

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