2nd Annual South Silver Spring Block Party coming soon

The South Silver Spring Neighborhood Association’s 2nd Annual Block Party will be held on Sunday, June 8th from 11am-5pm. The event will showcase the best of our community with festivities of interest for all ages and families including:

• Over 15 live music acts
• 80 arts and crafts vendors
• Children’s activities including a moon bounce, street painting and a fire engine to play on!
• Food and drink including Vietnamese, Ethiopian, Italian, Middle Eastern, European deserts and Southern cooking
• Amazing raffle prizes including free dinners at local restaurants and groceries from Safeway and Trader Joes
• Food & clothing donation drive for Shepherds Table, a local non-profit providing social services for the homeless
• Pet adoptions by Fetch! Pet Care of Silver Spring
• Featuring Acorn Market with a variety of local vendors selling wares in Acorn Park

Bring family and friends to celebrate and build a strong community. Download and print the flyer to spread the word!

New Silver Spring Blog called “The New Silver Spring”

Another addition to the explosion of Silver Spring oriented news sources. The New Silver Spring, run by Nick wants to become active in the Silver Spring community with some interesting ideas at hand.

Today is Bike to Work Day

Be environmentally friendly and Bike to work today just don’t slow everybody down and cause a traffic jam (which sort of defeats the purpose in a way). Check out the invitation banner in front of the Discovery building.