Master Plan Adopted

At their meeting on Jan. 27, 2025, the Rockville Mayor and Council voted unanimously to adopt the Town Center Master Plan. This was the final step in the process for this project and took place nearly two years (almost to the day) since the Mayor and Council initially approved the project charter in January 2023. View the final approved Plan here.

Thank you to the Rockville community who participated in this process – from residents and community groups to businesses, Town Center employees and visitors. We heard from nearly 1,000 people throughout this process, and though everyone didn’t always see eye to eye for Town Center’s future, discussion and dialogue between us undoubtedly improved this Plan. We are so appreciative to those who took the time to attend a meeting, provide comments or testify before the Mayor and Council or Planning Commission.

Now that the policies within the Town Center Master Plan have been adopted, it is time to start implementation and bringing the Plan’s vision to life. As a reminder, the Plan contains an implementation matrix that establishes timeframes to implement each of the Plan’s actions. City staff will start work on those actions identified as “near-term” in the coming weeks and months. Some of the larger recommendations within the Plan – most notably the zoning changes proposed – will take some time to implement. The Department of Community Planning and Development Services is actively working through the best mechanism to update zoning for Town Center to align with the Plan’s vision. We will keep the Engage Rockville page for the project up to date for the latest on the Plan’s implementation.