Hampshire Greens Homeowner Association

ECO Estates Prelim. Plan - Sunday, July 13, 2008
A new 8 home development called ECO Estates off Briggs Chaney Road has been submitted to MoCo Park and Planning. Click on the following link for more details about this project ... read more...

Filling Station Approved by Judge- Wednesday, July 02, 2008
The Exxon Mobil filling station, car wash, and food service facilities was approved by the hearing judge yesterday (July 1, 2008). The issue now quickly goes to the Special Exception Board for a vote. You still have a chance to voice your opinion in person to the Board (see attachment). There are two pages of "conditions" including a 6 foot fence which in our opinion detracts from the "rural character" of the area as outlined in the Cloverly Master Plan. Again a special thank you to Dr. Amory, Darnell, and other residents who worked very hard fighting these three businesses which the Community does not need nor want. The report can be viewed .... read more...

Park and Planning Hearing - Monday, June 30, 2008
On Thursday, July 10, there will be a hearing at the P&P building in downtown Silver Spring about a proposed 3 lot, 3 one family detached homes on the North side of Harding Lane. This is across our community on the other side of New Hampshire Ave. For more details please view ... read more...

ICC Bikeway Hearing - Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The Montgomery County Planning Board will hold a public hearing about the ICC Bikeway on Thursday, July 10, 7:30 p.m. at 8787 Georgia Ave. in downtown Silver Spring. Written testimony and/or a request to speak at this event is available for all residents. Click on the following link for more information.... read more...

ExxonMobil Station Update - Friday, June 06, 2008
The MoCo. judge Martin Grossman requested that Park and Planning revisit the anticipated traffic of the proposed gas station, food mart, and car wash at MD 198 and MD 28. In addition the judge inquired about the construction of a high wall to block the residents behind the proposed station from the station. You can read more about this ongoing discussion (over 2 years now since it was first proposed!) at ... read more...

MD 28/198 Expansion Plans - Friday, May 16, 2008
The O'Malley administration has decided to move forward with the expansion planning of MD 28/198 from Laurel to Georgia Ave. As you may remember Ehrlich shelved this project deciding to see the traffic impact the ICC would have once completed. Another reason this expansion project should be canceled is that truckers and residents would use an expanded MD 28/198 for cross county travel to avoid the toll road aspects of the ICC. Get ready for another round of highway discussions or sit back and live with a 4-6 lane 28/198 state highway. The State update can be found ... read more...

Coyote Reminder! - Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Please remember to bring your small pets during the evenings! Hampshire Greens and most of rural Eastern Montgomery County do have coyote’s which have been know to enjoy a variety of small animals when they are out from dusk till dawn.

Hearing for a New School - Saturday, March 15, 2008
A petition by Montessori International was filed to the Board of Appeals to construct a one-story school including 7 classrooms, a library, gymnasium, activity room, kitchen, 47 parking places, and admin. offices at 15901 New Hampshire Ave. (at Harding Lane). There was a hearing on April 25 NOW SCHEDULED FOR Sept. 15. As with other Board of Appeal hearings comments must be received in Rockville 10 business days prior to the hearing date. To view the latest petition read more...

Park and Planning Staff Report - Monday, December 03, 2007
Park and Planning has posted their “Staff Report” for case S-2699 on the web (link is below). The Staff has recommended denial for the ExxonMobil application. This report will be reviewed and voted on by Park and Planning on Thursday, Nov. 29 at which time residents may request 1-2 min. to voice their approval or disapproval.

This report will then be submitted to the Board of Appeals as one of several pieces of discussion for the Dec. 10 hearing so this is not a done deal. All residents are encouraged to participate in this process by attending the Park and Planning meeting on Nov. 29 in Silver Spring and at the Board of Appeals hearing in Rockville on Dec. 10. read more...

Locking Mailbox Requests - Sunday, January 15, 2006
A very few residents have requested interest in replacing their mailbox with a locking mailbox. Any locking mailbox read more...

Streetlight Web Reporting System - Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Did you know that you can report broken streetlights to the County for repair using an online web based system? Visit http://gis.montgomerycountymd.gov/ims/lights/viewer.htm

and follow the easy to use instructions. All you need to do is click and provide some basic location information. Please note that this easy to use interface requires you to disable any popupblockers (very important to do this for the system to work!). Finally the County system is a bit behind and may indicate that some lights are controlled by the community developer. Please still report the outages but do note that it will take some time for them to update their streetlight ownership database.