Yet another residential project is planned for downtown area well after a publicized decline in the regional housing market. The proposal by Pat Harris calls for a 100% residential project containing 72 dwelling units and parking spaces, preferably rental apartments. The location of the property would require the demolition of the existing structures at 949 [...]

Highland Coffee and Ethiopian Mart will be another independent business addition to the downtown area. The store will fill the former CD Publications space located at the corner of Fenton Street and Silver Spring Avenue.
Six Montgomery County Police cars stormed and apprehended the driver of a red Dodge Intrepid Sunday at the corner of Sligo [...]

A Regional Parade
The Montgomery County Thanksgiving Parade was a bigger and better than ever this year bringing performers from all over the D.C. region and beyond. I even ran into a fellow reader/poster. Photos of the parade will be posted soon. The Parade will be retelevised on Thanksgiving Day on News Channel 8.

Tenant Found
The Maryland [...]

A local holiday tradition returns to Silver Spring on Saturday,
November 18, when the ninth annual Montgomery County Thanksgiving Parade steps off from Sligo and Georgia avenues at 9:30 a.m.– Montgomery County Government. News Release here

Do you see anything wrong with this picture? Apparently Rockville has decided to put up their own fountain in the new Rockville Town Center project. Good for them, but the problem is that it looks exactly like our very own Downtown Silver Spring:Silver Plaza Fountain. Silver Spring must be flattered but could they be any [...]

William G. Robertson, chief executive of Adventist HealthCare and former chairman of the county chamber. Robertson proclaims,
“When you go to a place that does not have growth, you realize that you would rather be in a place that has growth,” Robertson said. “The chamber believes that in the best interests of our community there needs [...]

With O’Malley taking the governors seat, the prospects that the Secretaries of Maryland’s Department of Business and Economic Development, Aris Melissaratos and Department of Transportation Robert Flanagan are shown the door look within arms reach.
Why I would like to see them go you ask? Where should I start? I’ll start with the Economic Development [...]

According to the ULI (Urban Land Institute) to save City Place Mall it can no longer be a mall. In detail, they suggested turning it into a parking garage. The garage would support the office tower planned to be constructed on top of the 5 story mall. This was said as they presented their study [...]