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
- WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WHITE OAK? - POWERPOINT
- MAP OF WHITE OAK
- FILL OUT THE CENSUS 2020. EASY AND HELPS WITH COMMUNITY FUNDING!
- 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
- Structure & Board Members
- Letter of Support for Duncan Donuts Proposal
- Friends of White Oak elect new Co-Chairs: Elisse Wright Barnes and David Feehan - October 21, 2019
- Letter of Support for a 12th Early Voting Poll in White Oak
UPCOMING MEETINGS (White Oak Recreation Center)
- CANCELLED - Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - March 12, 2020 - AGENDA
- Friends of White Oak Meeting tonight has been cancelled due to concerns about the Coronavirus. Their next meeting will be posted and most likely will be a conference call. Thank you for your understanding.
PAST MEETINGS
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Tuesday, February 11, 2020 - MINUTES
- Friends of White Oak Board Meeting - Thursday, January 16, 2020 - MINUTES
- Wednesday, November 13th (East County Regional Services Center) - Testimony on FY21 Budget - No Meeting Regular Meeting
- 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
- Letter from FOWO to Executive Elrich Re: Hillandale Traffic Solutions & LATIP
- 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
NEWS
- Census 2020 is coming - get involved!
- Friends of White Oak elect new Co_Chairs: Elisse Wright Barnes and David Feehan - October 21, 2019
