West Montgomery County Citizens Association

02/05/2025

Check out the latest community post from one of your neighbors. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)

01/31/2025

Action Alert: Public Hearing on Solar in the Ag Reserve – Feb. 4

A company, Chaberton Solar, is proposing a large solar facility on farmland in the Ag Reserve—exceeding Montgomery County’s limits. A state agency will decide its fate, and your voice matters!

📅 Hearing Date: Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 6:30 PM
Location: Upper Montgomery County Volunteer Fire Dept., 19801 Beallsville Rd, Beallsville
Who Can Testify? Anyone!

Virtual Testimony: Sign up by emailing [email protected] by noon on Feb. 3
Written Comments: Submit by Feb. 7 at https://www.psc.state.md.us/make-a-public-comment/ (Case No. 9726)
Watch Live: https://bit.ly/2X6wLiP

Learn more about the project and our concerns here: https://sugarloafcitizens.org/issues-blog/our-position-on-solar-energy-in-the-ag-reserve-new

Let’s protect the Ag Reserve!

02/04/2021

We will miss you Elie Cain! Long active in the West Montgomery County Citizens Association, Ms. Cain was member of The Community Advisory Committee to the Transportation Planning Board for the Washington metropolitan region.

Eleanor (Elie) McConihe Cain, known to many long-time residents as the mayor of Potomac, died on Tuesday, Jan. 19 of complications relating to Covid-19.

12/28/2020

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2020/12/whites-ferry-river-crossing-in-montgomery-co-ceases-operations-after-court-decision/

White’s Ferry, the historic Potomac River crossing in Poolesville, Maryland, announced it is ceasing operations Monday after a circuit court decision in Loudoun County, Virginia.

10/10/2020

Meet Tina Cappetta - C&O Canal National Historical Park Superintendent

Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. via ZOOM
WMCCA Meeting (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88978882296)
or call in with 301-715-8592 (Meeting ID = 889 7888 2296)
No advance registration required, but only the first 100 participants will be allowed into the meeting.

09/29/2020

REMINDER: IT'S TIME TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR 2020 - 2021!
Please renew or become a new member of WMCCA. Go to our website www.wmcca.org to download a membership form or join using PayPal: Individual: $25 / Family: $50. We welcome donations to our Legal Fund. Over the past decade, we have spent over $50,000 in legal fees to protect your local interests. For example, contributions from members enabled us to join the fight against the Brickyard Road soccerplex, the Old Anglers Inn event complex, the Brandywine Senior Living facility, and most recently the Glen Mill Road Piney Branch Stream Valley subdivision.

If you have any issues or concerns in your neighborhood, please contact WMCCA. We appreciate the input from our neighbors and are glad to review and address issues as they affect the Potomac Subregion Master Plan, zoning, and environmental threats to the “Green Wedge”, our creeks and water supplies, and the Agricultural Reserve.

02/25/2020

A cautionary tale about the same company that wants to widen our beltway! (PPP or P3 = Public Private Partnerships)

States across Australia are increasingly using market-led proposals to build infrastructure. The emerging problems reflect the inherent risks of projects that bypass proper public planning processes.

02/13/2020

While we do need to enact a wide variety of solutions, including solar, to meet the County's ambitious (but necessary) goal of no net carbon emissions by 2035 , a careful review of solutions is being undertaken by a taxpayer funded Climate Change Working Group made up of scientists, students, community leaders and other professionals organized into technical committees tackling 7 different areas. Since July this group has been laser focused on creating a plan that will implement county-wide solutions, including solar, in a collaborative way. This process needs to be allowed to finish before solutions are implemented - particularly a solution that could take farmland out of production in the Agricultural Reserve.

Climate Change is an emergency - let's meet this challenge with a comprehensive plan. Please take action by 2/14 Councilmember Riemer's Office has released proposed Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 20-01 that would allow "community solar" on up to 1800 acres in Montgomery County's Agricultural Reserve. W...