Archive for February, 2008

Spirit Voices at the Gateway Heliport Gallery

By Silver Springer • Feb 29th, 2008 • Category: Arts, Food and Entertainment

A leap year brings another day at Spirit Voices, a Black History Month exhibit at Gateway Heliport Gallery in downtown Silver Spring.



Silver Spring Scene News Round Up

By Silver Springer • Feb 21st, 2008 • Category: News Round Up

Ocean City, MD based Fractured Prune closer to opening

As reported first on the Silver Spring Scene, a Fractured Prune doughnut shop is coming to town. I drove all the way out to the Cloverly neighborhood of Silver Spring to buy some; the owners were nice enough to throw in some extra ones for me. [...]



Black History Month at the Gateway Heliport Gallery

By Silver Springer • Feb 20th, 2008 • Category: Arts, Food and Entertainment

The exhibit Spirit Voices features ten artists, five of which are from Silver Spring. More pictures from the gallery coming soon.



Silver Spring Office Market Report; 4th Qtr 2007

By Silver Springer • Feb 12th, 2008 • Category: Business and Economic Development, Government and Politics, Real Estate

For the past three years Silver Spring has led the primary submarkets in Montgomery County with the lowest office vacancy rate.
According to Transwestern Commercial Services, Silver Spring’s direct vacancy stood at a respectable 5.7% although higher compared to 4.8% in the 3rd quarter of 2007. 10% is commonly known as a healthy equilibrium in a [...]



Peterson at it again

By Silver Springer • Feb 11th, 2008 • Category: Government and Politics

Well here we go, Chip Py and PFA (Peterson Cos, Foulger Pratt, and Argo Investment) are at it again.

I was at the Obama rally cause someone said he might make a surprise appearance but to no avail, I suppose this would be preaching to the choir anyways.
I hope security didn’t get all worked up cause [...]



Fillmore is a County facility in disguise

By Silver Springer • Feb 6th, 2008 • Category: Business and Economic Development, Government and Politics

County executive Leggett emphasized what he wants his constituents to keep in mind about the facility that will act as the Fillmore music hall…the County is paying for it, so we own it and we we’re going to use it.

Hearing Mr. Leggett speak he is particularly vexed at traveling to Prince George’s County for Montgomery [...]



Silver Spring Hangs with the Big Boys

By Silver Springer • Feb 5th, 2008 • Category: Arts, Food and Entertainment, Business and Economic Development, Government and Politics

The County Executive Isiah Leggett invited the Silver Spring Scene for a face to face discussion about the soon to be Fillmore Music hall that will be operated by Live Nation.
Writers from Just Up the Pike and the Silver Spring Peguin were there, along with Gary Stith, Director of Silver Spring Regional Center, and Patrick [...]



Will it ever end!!!

By Silver Springer • Feb 4th, 2008 • Category: Business and Economic Development, Government and Politics

First off my condolences to the families of Marilyn Praisner and Gene Lynch, their deaths were truly unexpected.
I didn’t see eye to eye with either on a number of issues but I’m glad I was at least able to talk face to face with Ms. Praisner even though it was in opposition to her [...]



They wont last forever

By Silver Springer • Feb 1st, 2008 • Category: Government and Politics, Real Estate

I can’t help but think that Montgomery County forcefully keeping apartments as apartments indefinitely is asking for long-term problems. One only has to look at Prince George’s County to see the problems that lie particularly in oversupply of garden apartment complexes. No, they are not sole cause of problems but they are incubators for undesirable [...]