Controversies consume Clarksburg Town Center
January 12, 2010 |10:53 | By : Team X
It was to be a model suburb, a chance for Montgomery County to get it right. In Clarksburg Town Center, the vision was for an intimate, walkable community, shops, a library, restaurants and public transportation close by. Home buyers, attracted by large houses with relatively moderate prices at low interest rates, were drawn to the northern Montgomery community, even camping out overnight for the chance to buy the home of their dreams.
But for many, the promise of Clarksburg Town Center remains unrealized. More than 10 years after ground was broken, and more than five years after a group of residents unearthed construction irregularities by developer Newland Communities, county officials and residents remain mired in disputes over how to push the project over the finish line.
The latest round of angry assertions and counterclaims involves issues that arose long after the initial controversy in 2005 made Clarksburg shorthand for lax oversight, in a county with a long-standing reputation for good government.
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