Future of Manufacturing in Montgomery County

This free event will be highlighted by a moderated panel discussion featuring various manufacturers in the county who will talk about the issues they experience and how municipalities can support manufacturing businesses.

This jointly sponsored event with ...

New Residential Agriculture Guidebook

The guidebook, Suburban Homestead: A Primer on Best Management and Practices, defines residential agriculture as any noncommercial, small-scale farming for personal consumption that takes place on private residential property. We've noticed a trend toward...

Bike Montco Adopted!

Bike Montco represents a new approach to bicycle planning in the Philadelphia region. It can be used as a tool to make communities safer and more attractive to bicyclists. The plan focuses on physical improvements on strategically selected roadway segment...

Latest Issue of Planning Perspectives

This issue also focuses on our latest reports on residential and nonresidential construction in the county, farmers’ markets in the county, our new digital 247 review process, an upcoming zoning course and an October 30 event focused on the future of manu...

New Residential and Nonresidential Construction Reports

The reports show that the number of housing units built in 2017 (1,964 units) and the amount of square footage constructed in 2017 (over 1.6 million square feet) indicate a hot suburban real estate market. The housing report provides information on munici...

Town Center News

This issue focuses on the trends of Millennials, Generation X, and baby boomers and what these trends mean to communities. It also highlights the 14 grants approved by the Montgomery County Commissioners for the 2018 cycle of the Montco 2040 Implementatio...

Visit a farmers' market in Montgomery County!

Farm fresh foods support a healthy lifestyle, and when you buy locally you help to support agriculture and the local economy. Click here for the 2018 list of farmer's markets in Montgomery County. The county supports agriculture through a farmland preserv...

2018 Planning Events & Courses

The Planning Smarter Montco 2018 program offers the three popular courses in community planning, subdivision and land development review, and zoning that we sponsor annually. It also includes an MCPC meet-and-greet to share all of our resources and servic...