After sitting as vacant lot for quite some time the $15 million Easter Seals center will finally begin construction in July, though smaller than originally planned. The Easter Seals⁄Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Inter-Generational Center is planned for opening in september 2007.
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation recently auctioned off eight properties that are part [...]

Date and Time: Friday, June 9th 2006, 6pm
Event Location: Silver Spring Urban District
Event Link: www.silverspringdowntown.com/spring.php?pid=0227
“You are cordially invited to attend the unveiling of some of the most thrilling public art in all of Downtown Silver Spring
Come meet the creative team, the sponsors and supporters, and especially, the wonderful young men and [...]

Known largely for its highway mixing bowl, officials in Springfield, Va. are gearing up to create a sense of place instead of a place to get lost. “I want to be like Silver Spring” is the plan to turn Springfield into a walk able urban area with mixes of office, residential and retail.
Commentary: It’s cool [...]

The Silver Spring Scene was there to see the first time presentation of the large redevelopment planned by Michael, LLC for the Fenton Village area of downtown Silver Spring. The presentation, held in the Spring room of the Crown Plaza hotel (which was very nice inside), was a pleasant surprise. Although in the preliminary stages, [...]

Washington Post reports that previous legal adviser to Park and Planning Michele M. Rosenfeld, who is looking to fill the shoes of resigning Planning Board Chairman Derick Berlage is questioning a secret move by the County Council to transfer four Golf Courses.

Where does the original “Silver Spring” lie? Next to the Acorn shaped Gazebo and under the large chestnut tree, in Acorn Park of course…or maybe not? A while back I did some historical surfing on Silver Spring and came across an interesting post by James Lehman, JOn on the Roadside America website. The post still [...]

Tavis Smiley, TV host of “Tavis Talks” on PBS and author of the book “The Covenant With Black America” made a guest appearance along with Princeton professor, theologian, activist and prolific author, Dr. Cornel West to the Black Town Hall Forum inspired by Smiley’s book. The Forum was located at the Montgomery College Takoma Park\Silver [...]

Michael, LLC will make a presentation of its plans for development in the Fenton Street Village area of Silver Spring located at 914 Georgia Avenue, 8241 Georgia Avenue and 919 Silver Spring Avenue.
The presentation will be at the Crowne Plaza (Holiday Inn), 8777 Georgia Avenue in the Spring Room.
The presentation will be on May 24, [...]

Discovery Communications Inc. and Apple Computer Inc. have teamed to to bring customers Discovery video content available through Apple’s iTunes Music Store. The Silver Spring headquarted company has video Media in digital format such as “Shark Week” that can be viewed on such devices as a home computer or Apple’s Video IPOD.
In other Discovery [...]

David Fogel’s creative insight has brought us many amazing exhibits at Silver Spring’s very own public art gallery.
Gateway’s Heliport Gallery, located at 8001 Kennett St. Suite 3 in the Gramax building, has been in operation since April 2005 and is a part of Gateway Georgia Avenue Revitalization Corporation’s efforts to cultivate and nurture the [...]