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As noted earlier, the Maryland chapter of the American Planning Association has given its highest award for 2009 to the White Flint Sector Plan. The Gazette interviewed the judges who said: “The main thing was just the amount of analysis that was involved and the amount of public participation, those were the two main things,” that set the plan apart, said Timothy Bourcier, one of the volunteer judges, and himself a 2009 award winner.

Nkosi Yearwood, one of the chief planners on the White Flint project, also told the Gazette: “I think it sort of recognizes the sort of long-range, you could say potential of the effort.  I just think that it recognizes the work and effort from everyone, the members of the steering committee, the (Planning) Board, and everyone who contributed to make the draft a good document.”

The Gazette story is available here:

http://www.gazette.net/stories/11042009/rocknew235254_32530.shtml

Barnaby Zall

Jean Cryor, a longtime leader in Montgomery County, and a member of the Planning Board who helped craft the White Flint Sector Plan, passed away last night. Cryor was one of the few Republicans elected to the Legislature in an earlier era from Montgomery County, serving until 2007, when she was appointed to the Planning Board.

On the Board, Cryor was known as an advocate for community participation and support for the arts and aesthetics. She was an active supporter of aid to low- and moderate-income families. Cryor led the effort to bring Randolph Hills, the oft-forgotten community to the east of the Sector, into the White Flint planning process.

Cryor also brought humor and a different perspective to the Board’s worksessions. She was a strong mentor to several generations of women in elected and appointed office in Montgomery County and Maryland, serving as the only Republican leader of Women Legislators of Maryland.

She was a former editor and publisher of the Gazette newspaper. You can find the Gazette story here:

http://www.gazette.net/stories/11042009/potonew212741_32545.shtml

Barnaby Zall