At a recent meeting in the Woodside community, Marc Elrich reiterated his anti-business/development stance that helped him win an At-Large seat on the County Council.
In front of the Woodside audience Elrich vowed he would do everything within his power to keep National Public Radio out of downtown Silver Spring, showing his disapproval of development in [...]

 
An estimated 2000 people showed up to the South Silver Spring Block Party last Sunday afternoon. The South Silver Spring Neighborhood Association (SSSNA) was responsible for putting the event together. SSSNA is a newly formed neighborhood group charting the changes that are going on in South Silver Spring. The event was created to bring a [...]

Guess which councilmember is trying to keep NPR out of downtown Silver Spring?

South Silver Spring Block Party is a major success.

Highland Coffee and Ethiopian Mart opens in downtown Silver Spring; review this weekend.

The future Silver Spring library is still in preliminary planning according to the Gary Stith, Silver Spring Regional Center Director. All parcels needed to begin construction have not yet been acquired.
The square shaped lot outlined in red above, would be bounded by Wayne Avenue, Bonifant and Fenton streets.
Acquiring the sites has displaced several small businesses [...]

WHEN: SUNDAY MAY 20, 2007, 1-5 PM
WHERE: KENNETT STREET, SILVER SPRING, MD 20910
HOW MUCH: FREE
BLOCKPARTY.SOUTHSILVERSPRING.ORG

Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board will be holding its Commercial Economic Development Committee Meeting today, 7:30pm at the Silver Spring Regional Center, 8435 Georgia Avenue. The agenda will include,

Discussion of County Code - Restrictions on Use of Alley Access(Impacts New Developments /serves as disincentive for pedestrian access to street level retail)
Zoning Text Amendment Revising Elements [...]

Here is a letter that was to the Silver Spring Scene by Rob Farley of Synthetic Turf International (makers of the turf). This should clear things up about what you read and heard previously.
…I actually sold the county the current turf out of our office here in South Florida . Our company then sent [...]

Silver Spring bloggers had their own little bloggers summit yesterday at Gateway’s Heliport Gallery in South Silver Spring. The discussion was hosted by David Fogel, Gateway’s Silver Spring Project Director and moderated by Robert Jaeggi of the Silver Spring Town Center Social Network.
Bloggers were placed in front of an audience, answering questions about the [...]

Commentary: At what feels like the 10 millionth discussion I’ve been to about the turf/Civic Center site, at least something new was thrown into the mix on Saturday’s meeting at the Round House Theater. We’ve all seen the renderings of the ice rink and civic building all over the place, and I’ll assume someone [...]