Secretly and deviously, councilmember Mike Knapp (D-Dist. 2) of Germantown introduced a CIP proposal to move Montgomery County Park and Planning headquarters into Rockville and out of downtown Silver Spring. Even though there has already been a previous debate on whether or not Park and Planning should move to Wheaton or stay in Silver [...]

Continuing the Silver Spring news, the Washington Post has put the spot light on the dialogue surrounding the Birchmere, a music hall catering to those interested in live bands performing country and folk music. A new group called Silver Spring Forward was formed specifically to push the Birchmere into reality. It would occupy the [...]

Word on the street is that American Apparel will be coming to downtown Silver Spring this spring. The clothing store whose apparel is made in downtown LA according to their website will be filling the vacant space at the corner of Fenton and Colesville where the old rug store used to be.

This will be American [...]

On the front page of today’s Washington Post’s ‘Metro Section’ is an exclusive article on City Place Mall. The majority of the article focuses on the negative issues plaguing the mall, indicating the lack of National retailers to lure in the “proper” demographics.
Commentary: I remember the first day city place mall opened because I was [...]