Montgomery County Planning Department
Justine Iván González-Vélez, MS, is a Transportation Planner II at the Montgomery County Planning Department since January 2024 and serves as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Virginia Tech since August 2022. Prior experience includes roles as a Transportation Specialist (Pathway) at the Federal Highway Administration, a Transportation Intern at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, and a Community Planning Intern at the Foundation for Puerto Rico. Justine González-Vélez has also worked as a Public Policy Assistant, interned at the U.S. House of Representatives and participated in the Córdova & Fernós Congressional Internship and The Washington Center internship. Earlier experience includes work at Ambitious Corp as a Pollster and Customer Service representative. Justine González-Vélez holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Geography from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning at Virginia Tech.
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Montgomery County Planning Department
Montgomery Planning examines the past and present to plan for the brightest possible future for Montgomery County and its residents. Our research and expertise are informed by the needs and realities of the public to plan, design and enhance the best use of the county’s land and related resources. Montgomery Planning’s recommendations ensure that communities are designed and equipped to keep pace with the way we live, work and play now and decades from now. WHAT WE DO In brief, Montgomery Planning develops plans and sets policies to ensure that we have what we need as Montgomery County grows while preserving what’s good about what’s already in place. We do that through: • Cutting-edge research • Development of visionary plans • Reviewing development applications • Land use and zoning regulations • Historic preservation • Services for homeowners and landowners OUR STRUCTURE While Montgomery Planning is responsible for developing plans in Montgomery County, we’re not part of Montgomery County government, and we’re independent of the County Executive and County Council. We are part of The Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), a state agency. M-NCPPC is the organization behind the brown signs you see around the county, especially in parks (and Montgomery Planning plans for those parks!) This unique structure allows the Planning Department to make independent, non-partisan recommendations for the good of the community to the Montgomery County Planning Board, County Council and other elected officials. For more information, please visit our website!