Rodgers Consulting, in collaboration with DPZ Architects, assisted Joe Alfandre in creating one of the most significant village infill projects in the Washington, DC metropolitan region. Wyndcrest is a seamless extension of the rural crossroads community of Ashton, Maryland, located approximately 15 miles north of Washington. The six acre site included four existing buildings, one... Read More
Thomas Cannery typifies the light American industrial architecture of the early twentieth century. Built between 1917 and 1918, these buildings were once the largest and first vegetable canneries in Montgomery county continuing to provide employment until the 1960s. At it’s peak, the cannery was the primary employer in Gaithersburg, providing regular full and part-time employment... Read More
Lakelands is a 340-acre Traditional Neighborhood that recalls the design principles of small towns built in the early 1900’s with narrow streets and sidewalks that are pedestrian friendly. The plan for the community has been fashioned to allow national builders to operate in a Neo-traditional format. Single family homes, town homes, condominiums and rental properties... Read More
The Jefferson Technology Park incorporates the finest features of Traditional Neighborhood Design and New Urbanist planning principles which are found in many of the most successful mixed-use development projects from around the country. Over the past several years, the Frederick County Board of County Commissioners and Office of Economic Development have envisioned an Advanced Technology... Read More
Rodgers Consulting Inc., in concert with Lee Development Group, Montgomery County and the State of Maryland, has helped realize the vision of a major entertainment venue to anchor revitalization on the north side of Colesville Road in downtown Silver Spring. The original historic facade of J.C. Penney’s, a building that has been vacant for almost... Read More
Located along the I-270 corridor, to be served by the Corridor Cities Transitway, this mixed use development offers definable neighborhoods with graduated densities further from its noted Transit District. Six distinct neighborhoods linked by a dedicated linear City Park, and walkable streets will benefit from a strategically placed future high school site. The community will... Read More
These urban redevelopment projects along the Carroll Creek corridor promise to revitalize a historic and vital part of the City of Frederick’s downtown to become a vibrant area attracting young professionals and those looking for an urban lifestyle. Rodgers Consulting is proud to be involved in several Creekside sites currently under design and development. Special... Read More
Cannery Village is a development that redefines the notion of community. Located on the former site of the King Cole Vegetable Canning Plant on the southeast side of Milton, a small town of 1,400 residents, the design reflects the historical aspects of Milton while providing modern amenities. The developers called upon Rodgers Consulting to amend... Read More
Located in the western portion of the planned new town of Clarksburg, Maryland, Cabin Branch is a comprehensively planned, mixed-use, transit-oriented and pedestrian-friendly community of interlinked neighborhoods that implements the vision and strategic policy goals of the Clarksburg Master Plan. Through the participation of four major property owners, design and engineering objectives will be implemented... Read More
The Brightwell Crossing community is located in Western Montgomery County within the Incorporated Limits of the Town of Poolesville. Brightwell Crossing is only minutes from White’s Ferry and Maryland Route 28 making this community with a small town feel readily accessible to larger cities such as Rockville, MD and Leesburg, VA. In addition to following... Read More
Bancroft is a rural neighborhood located approximately 15 miles north of Washington, DC. Rodgers Consulting’s environmental plan included preserving 70 percent open space, large forested areas and maintaining wildlife corridors. Stream valley buffers were expanded and sight vistas were preserved as well. Other green strategies included, home sitings with back and front open space views,... Read More
Located on the edge of a historic rural village in Frederick County, Adamstown Commons was a logical choice to extend zoning during the Master Plan process. Rodgers Consulting was successful in obtaining approval of zoning for 200 homes by addressing civic concerns. Rodgers Consulting worked closely with the community and, in the end, they embraced... Read More
Creation of a beach community reminiscent of those along the mid-Atlantic coast in the 1920s was the goal for this traditional waterfront neighborhood. Natelli Communities retained Rodgers Consulting and DPZ to document this vision. The result is a community where streets run perpendicular to the water and buildings are stepped further back from the street... Read More
Planned as a significant regional growth center in Frederick County, Maryland and located along the I-270 Technology Corridor, the Villages of Urbana broke ground in April, 1999. Rodgers Consulting provided planning, natural resource management, engineering and surveying services, as well as assisting the client on adequate public facilities and infrastructure financing issues. Rodgers developed the... Read More
The Banner Life Project is a relocation of the Banner Life Corporate headquarters to the Urbana Corporate Center in Urbana, Maryland. The site was chosen for its accessibility to I-270 and proximity to high quality housing in the Villages of Urbana community. The building is developed as a 120,000 square foot two story office building,... Read More
Kentlands was one of the first year-round communities that was designed as a Neo-traditional or New Urbanist community in the United States. Rodgers Consulting was involved in this award winning community from the beginning, working on site planning, engineering and environmental issues, and participating on the charrette team that included Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk.... Read More
This transit-oriented mixed use community boasts a wide range of unit types from cottages to condominiums, complimented by a walkable Urban Core consisting of higher density office and residential uses as well as a mix of retail and commercial uses and a hotel. Planned with a neo-traditional residential component, the land plan builds on its... Read More