Wow, I much prefer the staff recommendations--so much more in scale.

I agree with Carol that the staff recommendations are far preferable and interesting to consider. However, even those allow for out-of-scale, intrusive development along single family homes in the Newdale Mews section. I also wonder how this area can handle the increased density with the current school and transportation resources. None of this development should move forward unless the Purple Line is funded and a plan is made to address public school crowding.

I thought the staff plan was already over-built and wildly out of proportion with what the Chevy Chase Lake area can handle from a traffic or schools perspective. I am astounded that the Planning Board is considering INCREASING that plan. If anyone was listening to the public comment, they'd be moving the other direction.

So much for taking into account the overwhelming objections of local residents to the various Chevy Chase Lake proposals on the table. Of the several hundred public comments noted by the Planning Commission on its site, only a handful supported the Commission's work, and they looked rather suspect, given that the language was for the most part virtually identical and almost gratuitously complementary. The only real reasons for this impending destruction of one of Montgomery County's loveliest communities is the greed of the Land Company, and the political ambitions of the Housing Opportunities Commission. II really do question why the Public Hearings were ever held, as it seems the decision makers in the County knew what they wanted to do from the outset. One can only conclude that "politcal cover" was the only purpose of these pointless exercises. Lewis Murray

That rendering is identical to the corner of Woodmont Ave & Elm St in Bethesda.

KM..... I think downtown Bethesda has a nice charm, Bethesda Ave. 25 years ago was horid looking. I think most of the people bitching will be the same who walk to the new stores, and enjoy the new eating locations. Conn. Ave at the lake looks like Route 1 with the ugly store fronts, gas stations etc. Keep it simple make sure the schools are in line, make sure the building is tasteful, keep the Dave and Buster all night shack don't come in, and sit back and watch your values soar in the years to come.

Very true

All one needs to do is sit in traffic on Conn Ave, East-West Highway or Jones Bridge to know that this infrastructure cannot support additional development. It seems like the planning board needs to see it for themselves, drawings and studies don't tell the whole story.