Washington Post looks at how Wheaton plans to increase it’s revitalization effort while preserving small businesses.

From Los Angeles to Silver Spring, creators of the movie “30 days” decided to premier their piece of Nollywood today at the AFI Theater. The Nigerian movie acknowloges Silver Spring as an east coast center for the Arts and entertainment not only nationally but internationally.

On April 27th the Montgomery County division of the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission will give their final approval to the site plan and preliminary plan for what will be the tallest building in Montgomery County. The project where the building is planned to be constructed is called White Flint Crossing. The location [...]

Kimberly Oliver has been named 2006 National Teacher of the Year. She has been teaching at Broad Acres Elementary School since 2000 as a kindergarten teacher. The top teacher in the country who preaches “Book and Supper Nights” to parents will take a year off from the classroom as she tours the nation telling schools [...]

The Silver Spring Scene was the first to tell you about clothing store American Apparel filling the store front at the corner of Fenton and Colesville. Now the large posters placed at the store front windows are causing some controversy. Passers by say the images are inapproriate in public. The news has spread so far, [...]

Four Maryland Terrapins are hiding out somewhere in downtown Silver Spring. The “Fear the Turtle” scultpures are part of a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the states flagship university at College Park. The Testudos will be hanging out in downtown Silver Spring for six months.

South Silver Spring has a new name. The portion of the Silver Spring Central Business District, defined as the area south of the rail road tracks gets a cooler name along with the signage to promote the area. South Point (as the area is now known) has changed enormously since the beginning of the revitalization, [...]

The Washington Post reports that the county council yesterday questioned a property tax proposal by county executive Doug Duncan to reduce the tax rate to 85 cents per $100 assessed value of a property, a 9.5 cent reduction in the tax rate. County budget analysis shows
a potential $800 million deficit within six years, Duncan’s team [...]

A Silver Spring Transit Center Meeting hosted by WMATA (Metro authority). will be held April 24th, 7pm at the park and planning building in downtown Silver Spring. Please send your comments by using the information below so that this project will be the grand station we are all hoping for.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN [...]

A lower vacancy and a healthier CBD continue with on going leases of office space. Silver Spring has not seen this kind of leasing activity in 14 years. Lower rents compared to other areas keep it competitive. Latest in leasing activity is 801 Roeder Road, the recently renovated building is 98% leased.
Carl B. Taylor [...]