White Oak Science Gateway
WOSG Projects
What is the White Oak Science Gateway Master Plan?
The White Oak Science Gateway Master Plan seeks to leverage the many assets located in the White Oak area and establish the foundation upon which the area may evolve into a community that offers more opportunities to learn, live, work and play. The Plan also envisions that the commercial centers will evolve from conventional, auto-dependent suburban shopping retail centers, business parks and light industrial areas into vibrant, mixed-use, transit-served nodes. The White Oak area has been identified for major development initiatives after nearly 20 years of development moratorium.
White Oak As a World Class Bio and Life Science Community
In 2009, the County purchased a 115-acre former compositing facility known as Site 2 from WSSC for the express purpose of creating a “World Class Bio/Life Sciences, Education and Research Community,” and in 2011 the County chose Percontee, Inc., as its development partner in a public-private partnership. This partnership, to redevelop nearly 280 acres of industrial uses into a mixed-use center with a focus on bio/life sciences, will take place over the next 10 to 15 years. While the 280-acre project known as Viva White Oak is poised to transform the WOSG, new development and redevelopment in the area is not limited to this project (see below for additional development). A new master plan was approved in 2014 covering nearly 3,000 acres, allowing mixed uses on other properties historically dominated by a single use. Redevelopment must enhance the entire area’s quality of life, appearance, walkability, and sense of place. This Plan provides a blueprint to connect White Oak’s centers to each other and the broader region through a transit system that includes Bus Rapid Transit as an integral component.
Latest News and Information
- 2019 Marketing and Placemaking Plan for White Oak
- Thrive Montgomery 2050
- Information from DOT on Traffic Solutions for Hillandale - LATIP White Paper
- Hillandale Development - LATIP Website (not official County site)
- Hillandale Development – LATIP Adequacy Analysis
- FDA Master Plan - Section 106 historic preservation consultation - signed MOA
- East County Regional Services Center
- White Oak Facebook Page
- Urban Land Institute 2017 Report for White Oak
- Worksource Montgomery
- Economic Development Corporation's Take On White Oak
- Montgomery County Business Portal
FRIENDS OF WHITE OAK (FOWO)
- Structure & Board Members
- Letter of Support for proposed Hillandale Gateway Project (Duffie/HOC)
- Letter of Support for proposed Thrive 2050 Plan
- Letter of Support for propossed 2020 Subdivision Staging Policy
- FOWO Board Meeting - Tuesday, September 14th at 7pm
PAST MEETING MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Tuesday, July 13, 2021 - MINUTES (the minutes are very brief due to techinical difficulties during the meeting).
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - MINUTES and RECORDING
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Tuesday, May 11, 2021 - MINUTES and RECORDING
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Tuesday, April 14, 2021 - MINUTES and RECORDING
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting -Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting -Tuesday, February 9, 2021 - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Wednesday, January 13, 2021 - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Tuesday, December 8, 2020 - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Wednesday, November 11, 2020 - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Tuesday, February 11, 2020 - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Thursday, January 16, 2020 - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Monday, October 21st - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Thursday, September 12th - MINUTES
- Thursday, July 11th - Tour of Adventist Hospital - See Pictures
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Tuesday, June 11th - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Tuesday, May 7th - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Thursday, April 4th - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Tuesday, February 5, 2019 - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Monday, December 3, 2018 - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Monday, June 4, 2018 - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Monday, March 26, 2018 - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Monday, January 29, 2018 - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Tuesday, November 21, 2017 - MINUTES
EVENTS
- White Oak Farmers' Market - April 2022
