A large 4-5 story, 300 unit apartment building is being planned to fill the small open space in the back of the Market Place shopping center. This will increase residential units in the S-Section by over 30% with no planned infrastructure upgrades to roads, schools, etc. This project will impact more than the skyline of your neighborhood, it will change forever the makeup of our original section of Levitt Bowie.

Please join us this Monday and/or Tuesday evening at the Bowie City Hall, 15901 Excalibur Road, Bowie, MD. The developer will be presenting an initial site plan for their recommended use of the property.

Monday (3/7) at 8 PM – Monthly City Council Meeting, in Council Chambers room

The Market Place developer, Berman Enterprises, is on the agenda as the 1st item of New Business. They will be presenting their site plan to the City Council for the first time. There is limited opportunity for you to comment on the apartment development at this meeting. You can talk for 3 minutes during the Citizen Participation part of the agenda, which will take place before the developer presents their plans during the later New Business section of the meeting.

Call the City Clerk's Office at 301-809-3029 to sign up if you wish to speak at a Council meeting. The meetings are broadcast live on the city government channel (Comcast Channel 71 and Verizon Channel 10). The meetings are rebroadcast on Wednesday and Saturday evenings at 7 p.m. and may be viewed from the City of Bowie website.

Tuesday (3/8) at 7 PM – Informal Stakeholder Meeting, in Council Chambers room

The Market Place developer, Berman Enterprises, will present the site plan to any interested residents that wish to participate. This is an informal meeting requested by the developer to present the site plan and get citizen input on the initial developer plans. You will be able to fully express concerns and ask questions. Members of the Bowie Department of Planning and Economic Development will run the meeting. You will be able to sign up for future “Stakeholder” notices at the meeting or by contacting the Planning and Economic Development staff at 301-262-6200.

If you can only attend one meeting please join us at 7 PM this Tuesday.