Group Brainstorm Options
From Meeting #2 –
This working document has been drafted by the Rockville Campus Expansion
Task Force and is for discussion purposes only.
It does not represent any final recommendations of the Task Force or
endorsement by Montgomery College administration and/or its Board of Trustees.
Group A
1. Take over the old library in Rockville
2. Rock Terrace H.S. and Board of Ed buildings
3. Buy Jackson South & North - $43 million
4. Lease or buy nearby office space
5. Buy College Plaza shopping center
6. Construct a raised building over the duck
pond
7. Use athletic facilities in Rockville for
buildings and transfer athletics to Germantown
8. Pave over Columbia Gas Co. on east side of
355 for parking
9. Provide a free shuttle from the Rockville
Metro to encourage more use of public transportation
10. More emphasis on on-line studies
11. Borrow space at Shady Grove campus,
Germantown, Takoma Park
12. Start and endowment fund
13. Build up the code and build down sublevels
14. Increase county taxes since county greatly
benefits
Group B
1. Hire professional commercial broker to
locate available buildings at Rockville
2. WINX property – 7 -10 acres
3. Relocate central admin out of Mannakee
building for classes
4. Re-distribute course offerings from
Rockville to other campuses
5. Lease MCPS schools for evening classes
6. Old Giant property on N. Washington Street
7. Re-develop Rockville Metro site
8. Lease portable classrooms
9. MCPS property on Stone street
10. Buy back Jackson Place
Group C
1. Lease or buy commercial town homes on 355
between the College’s two 355 entrances
2. Relocate Parking Garage #2 to a location
along Mannakee St (for neighborhood harmony)
3. Use shuttle bus services from remote parking
locations.
4. Create a system for assessing and sharing
available space at MC, University of Maryland at Shady Grove, Johns Hopkins,
etc.
5. Build underground parking facility beneath
existing athletic field or building
6. Purchase Plymouth Woods
Group D
1. Acquisitions of income-producing property
adjacent to campus
2. Celera site – W.Gude & 355
3.
4. MCPS property on
5. Long term search for parcels
6.
7. Expand parking off campus and build on
current lots
8. Belward Farm
Group E
1. Carver Site
2.
3. Shuttle Service
a. Expand parking to
b. Create shuttle to Rockville Library
4. Acquire
a. Create access route to campus
5. Move parking garage to wooded area
6. Create community rooms adjacent to community
buildings
7. Celera site (W.Gude & 355)
8. E. Gude drive building options
9. Build college facilities within
10. Use current central administration building
for campus expansion
11. Place recreation place on top of parking
garages
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