Montgomery County master plan update envisions life sciences anchoring mixed-use community in Rockville

Montgomery County is moving closer to overhauling a land use master plan to spur more development with a greater mix of uses along its I-270 corridor, particularly in an area of Rockville seen as the epicenter of the county’s life sciences industry. The Great Seneca Science Corridor Master Plan, adopted in 2010, aimed to encourage economic growth across 4,300 noncontiguous acres, with a particular focus on a big area dubbed the Life Sciences Center, just west of the City of Rockville.