All Things Montgomery: October 2025
A chill is in the air. Spooked you or your loved ones won't find affordable housing? Scared you won't have any option to get to your job other than to drive?
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October Reflections
Our team at YIMBYTown. Photo credit: Carrie Kisicki
YIMBYTown 2025 was a national convention for pro-homes advocates. Here are some reflections that Montgomery for All participants found relevant for our housing advocacy at the local level:
Housing messaging should be hopeful and communicated optimistically
State leaders on our issues lean on local elected officials for support, so it’s important to continue working at the county level
In upping our social game, reach out to TikTok-/Instagram-native folks in your community and recruit them as advocates
Hold more neighborhood walking tours (let us know if you can host!)
Housing and transit are powerful green issues; let’s work to make sure environmental organizations can tell this story
Redesigning streets can open up new housing opportunities, and vice versa
Tony Byrne
Montgomery for All
Make a difference this month!
October 17: Twinbrook Metro Station Proposed Changes Public Feedback, WMATA (learn more)
October 21: Veirs Mill Flash Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Public Meeting, MCDOT (in-person, learn more)
⭐️October 28: Testify for Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 25-12, University Boulevard (UB) Overlay Zone, Montgomery County Council (in-person or virtual, sign up)
October 30: CSG’s Smart Growth Social, Eastern Market (learn more and RSVP)
⭐️By November 3: Take action and contact the Council about the University Boulevard Corridor Plan
⭐️ = event featured in newsletter!
Featured: University Boulevard Corridor Plan & Overlay ZTA
The University Boulevard Corridor Plan focuses on a three-mile stretch of University Boulevard (MD 193), between I-495 and Wheaton. The plan explores opportunities for new homes and businesses, bikeways, and bus rapid transit (BRT), as well as the creation of a complete street with wider sidewalks, comfortable public transportation stops, and safe access.
The Council’s Planning, Housing, and Parks committee held its first worksession on the plan on September 29. Its next two worksessions on the plan will take place on October 20 and November 3.
Take action by sending a message in support of the plan to the County Council using the advocacy alert below. You can also sign up to testify in support of the ZTA to implement this transformative plan—while currently scheduled for October 28, note that this hearing will likely be rescheduled until after the full Council has approved the Corridor Plan:
Overlay Hearing: Tuesday, October 28 / TBD at 1:30 p.m., at the Council Office Building, 100 Maryland Ave, Rockville, MD - Third Floor Hearing Room (sign up)
Advocacy Alert: Support transit and inclusive housing options in the University Boulevard Corridor Plan
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In 2025, members’ contributions have helped us expand our outreach by supporting costs like registration fees for tabling at community events and printed advocacy handouts on the Attainable Housing Strategies Initiative.