Housing and Community Development Office: 7500 Maple Ave. Takoma Park, MD 20912 301.891.7119 301.270.4568 FAX Hours: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday - Friday

For further information about the development and permitting process, refer to the Development Review section of this website.

Planned Development Projects

Information about current development projects:

• Takoma Park Elementary School on Holly Avenue Addition
• Washington Adventist Hospital expansion includes a planned relocation of the hospital from the current site.
• The Purple Line is a proposal to bring rapid transit (light rail or bus) to the corridor connecting Bethesda, Silver Spring, Takoma/ Langley Crossroads, College Park and New Carrollton.
• Takoma Metro Development proposes developing WMATA owned land around Takoma Metro.
• Takoma Langley Crossroads Transit Center is a project of Maryland Department of Transportation and the State Highway Administration to consolidate bus transfers on the site currently occupied by Taco Bell.
• The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission has launched the Takoma/Langley Crossroads Sector Plan, the goal of which is to produce a joint Bi-County plan that will enhance the unique character of this diverse multi-cultural community. For more information, please visit: http://www.mncppc.org/Takoma_Langley_Crossroads/default.cfm

Takoma Park Elementary School Addition

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) has been planning an addition to the Takoma Park Elementary School over the past few years.  MCPS would like to initiate construction in the summer of 2009 and complete construction in the summer of 2010. MCPS will most likely initiate demolition of the building currently occupied by Morgan Daycare in April or May.

The addition will replace the trailers and the building currently located along Philadelphia Avenue.  The proposed improvements will include classrooms, daycare (provided by another County agency), will separate the bus traffic from car traffic by adding a one-way bus loop to the site accessed from Philadelphia Avenue, and will add parking so that teachers and parents no longer park in the neighborhood. 

View Plans:

• Grading and Stormwater Plans
• Landscape Plan
• Landscape Notes

A copy of the plans are available for public viewing in the City of Takoma Park Housing and Community Development office at 7500 Maple Avenue. 

Additional background information is provided at the following links:

• Adopted Council Resolution regarding the proposed addition
• Background memo for City Council session on TPES
• Background material for MCPS presentation to the City Council last December:  Council Meeting Memo
• Takoma Park Elementry School Feasibility Study presented to the School Board March 2007