If you’re as disappointed as I am with the design of the planned Silver Spring Transit Center project, there will be a meeting held this Thursday at the new fire station. The architect\planning consultant will be there as well. Details are listed below,
Silver Spring Transit Center Meeting
Thursday, April 13, 2006
7:00 p.m.
Silver Spring Fire Station I
8110 [...]

A $2.5 million homeless residential building is being planned by Montgomery County government that would be the home to eight homeless adults. The three story brick building on Dale Drive directly east of downtown would be renovated by the county and house homeless people with mental and physical illnesses. Neighborhood residents are opposed to the [...]

Another article in the Washington Post looks into the life of the planning board. The five members that make up the board are appointed by the county council, they have plans to tweak the process “that keeps people waiting less” at meetings as Berlage says.

Also mentioned in the article is that Planning Board [...]

The next phase of the Pedestrian Walkway Project as part of the redevelopment of south Silver Spring has shifted focus from the alley on Kennett Street along the northern side of the Gramax Building to the alley on Eastern Avenue abutting the Eastern Village Co-Housing building. The original plan called for redeveloping the pathway [...]

After much debate and community protest the County Council approved free parking for all current and future county libraries including the proposed Silver Spring Library between Bonifant Street and Wayne Avenue. The Washington Post reports a 6-2 vote will allow free parking subsidized by tax payers instead of charging $1 an hour during weekdays as [...]

The Washington Post takes a look at Revitalizing Centers, Reshaping Boulevards and Creating Great Public Spaces, a framework put into discussion by the planning board (since November actually) to create pedestrian friendly communities, curb sprawl and protect the agricultural reserve. The plan is to shift focus growth in the county towards Brownfield instead of green [...]

After several delays the Irish Pub McGinty’s Public house opens on Ellsworth drive. The venue will add toward the progress of making downtown Silver Spring a 24 hour environment along with other spots for entertainment like Galaxy Billiards.
Commentary: I’m more or less out of place in an Irish pub but some how I find [...]