Take charge - it's your Pike! Video- Rockville's Pike Design Charrette What is a Charrette? The French word “charrette” means “cart” and is often used to describe concentrated work effort expended by art and architecture students to meet a project deadline. This use of the term is said to originate from the École des Beaux Arts in Paris during the 19th century, where proctors circulated a cart, or “charrette,” to collect drawings from the students.

Rockville’s Pike: Envisioning a Great Place Process Third Report to the Community - Results of the Design Charrette View a Slideshow of the Charrette  See the Presentation: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4  View the Charrette Studio Display Boards  Read a summary of Public Comments Can you imagine a world where you do not try to avoid going to the Pike, but instead say: "Let's go to the Pike" because you look forward to going there? Approximately 500 citizens come to all of the public meetings, including 135 who came to the kickoff of the charrette and the charrette results meetings. We heard during the planning process that Rockville Pike should be greener, be walking and biking accessible, have better traffic patterns, have public gathering places and have attractive storefronts. The charrette team worked hard to implement this vision. The June 3rd meeting presented the results of the May 31 – June 3 Design Charrette for the Rockville Pike planning process.  After the mayor’s welcome, the consultant team provided the transportation and land use concepts that emerged from this endeavor. Rockville citizens, business owners, employees working on the Pike, as well as representatives from the State Highway Administration (which owns the Pike), Montgomery County Park and Planning, and Ride-On came to the design studio during the charrette to tell us what is believed will make Rockville Pike a Great Place.  At the end of the charrette, the public had an opportunity to see the result of their comments. The next step will be to see how appropriate zoning can support the vision and those ideas will be presented at a future meeting. The goal is to produce a draft plan, which would go to the Planning Commission and then the Mayor and Council. As always, thank you so much for participating and for your continuing interest. Next: Fourth Report to the Community, October 7, 2008. View the meeting schedule.

We value your ideas and comments!   Join the Rockville Pike Corridor Neighborhood Plan Interest Group . View comments submitted online. Send your comments via e-mail to rockvillepikeplan@rockvillemd.gov Or by mail to      City of Rockville, Maryland      Department of Community Planning and           Development Services      111 Maryland Avenue      Rockville, Maryland 20850-2364      240-314-8200

Find Out More: What is Rockville's Pike all about? View Rockville's Pike Video Announcement Public Meeting Schedule Rockville Pike Corridor Map December 4 Kick-Off Meeting Presentation Kick-Off Meeting Report February 26 Stakeholder Workshop Presentation Stakeholder Workshop Report | Appendix | Map March 18 First Report to the Community (6.3mb)     or view Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3  Summary: First Report to the Community May 6 Second Report to the Community (1.6mb) Summary: Second Report to the Community  Consultant team: ACP, Glatting Jackson and ERA Contact Mayra Bayonet at 240-314-8214 for more information.