There is an article about the planned City Place Tower (print edition) in the Washington Business Journal. There is also more information about that project as well as Studio Plaza in the Gazette. The City Place Tower will incorporate the Art Deco design of the existing building (which is a very good thing). There is [...]

Election Results
For information on the election results go to Montgomery County Government Election Results Page.
Silver Spring Jazz Festival
Like last year the place was packed and roads were blocked off. There must have been over 20,000 people there, it seemed more crowded than last year. A friend forgot their ID at my place as we tried [...]

Where can you not find Aaron Klein? As I’ve ventured to the important meetings where the most important issues that face Silver Spring are at the heart of the matter, I always find Aaron Klein there.
I’ve met Aaron Klein on several occasions but reading about the candidates running for District 20 - State Delegate and [...]

I took the opportunity to attend an event that had many of the high and low profile candidates running for different political positions, from County Executive to State Delegate and Board of Education. Virtually everyone who had the common sense showed up.
Much of the focus in this forum was on the County Council. Several [...]

Here are number two best and worst on their respective lists, Disclaimer.

Developer: Fenton Street Development, LLC(The Freeman Group and Bloom Builders)
Architect: SK&I Architects of Bethesda
Property Address: Fenton Street, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Project Specifications:
Gross Floor Area: Approx 145,471 sq\ft
Site: Approx 0.96 acres
Office Space: Approx 18,200 Sq\ft
Dwelling Units: Approx 96 residential dwelling units including 15 MPDUs
Retail Space: [...]

Yesterday I needed to do some grocery shopping and noticed an unusual amount of campaign signs scattered through out the Blair Park Giant shopping center parking lot. They were Ike Leggett for County Executive campaign signs with a sticker slapped on top proclaiming “Endorsed by the Washington Post”. I didn’t think he would actually be [...]

A Thriving Silver Spring
A summary of notable groundbreakings that happened in and around downtown from the Washington Post
City Place Tower
There is an article with details about the City Place Tower to be constructed on top of the existing City Place Mall. The article says there will be about 160,000 square feet of office space built. [...]

Here are number three best and worst on their respective lists, Disclaimer.

Developer: Michael, LLC
Architect: SK&I Architects of Bethesda
Property Address: Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Project Specifications:
Gross Floor Area: Approx 435,655 sq\ft
Office Space: Approx 160,000 Sq\ft
Dwelling Units: Approx 230 residential dwelling units including 31 MPDUs
Retail Space: Approx 10,000 sq\ft
Office Height: 90′Feet
Residential Height: 90′Feet
Parking: Approx 1,000 spaces

Just [...]

Birchmere Banner
Soon after the announcement that the Birchmere is coming to Silver Spring, one poster says there is a banner hanging over the old J.C. Penny building proclaiming “The Future Home of The Birchmere”.
Another Development Project in the Works
The same poster from the above report acknowledges that there is a Development Application sign in front [...]

Commonly known as the ‘Crocodile Hunter’, Steve Irwin was killed by a Stingray off the a reef area in northeastern Queensland state, Australia. He was shooting a series called “Ocean’s Deadliest”. The Stingray’s defensive barb struck Irwin through the heart killing him instantly. Irwin had a series on Silver Spring based Discovery Communications’ Animal Planet [...]