Montgomery County officials have been talking about redeveloping Wheaton since 2000, but a decade has passed without much visible progress. Now two county lawmakers plan to create a County Council committee dedicated to fixing the downtown area. Councilman Hans Riemer, D-at large, and Councilwoman Nancy Navarro, D-Eastern County, plan to introduce a resolution creating the committee at Thursday’s council meeting.

“The community has been waiting for a very long time,” Navarro said. “It’s a wonderful place, but it’s sort of lacking a few things.”