In 1992 City Place Mall opened its doors to waiting patrons and news cameras. A new space integrated with the old Hecht?s building, it featured one of the strongest art deco facades in Silver Spring and defining architecture from the late 80s ? early 90s.

Raise your hand if you were awakened by the sound of a pesky news helicopter (if I’m not mistaken) buzzing around downtown Silver Spring.
D.C. was more than the usual mess today, the perfect storm quite frankly. It took me an hour and a half to get from downtown Silver Spring to downtown D.C. All major [...]

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. [...]

Reported first by the Silver Spring Scene last year, by July of next year, Hook and Ladder Brewery and Restaurant should be open for business according Mike Mountain, President.
“Our goal is to open June 1st plus 45 days”
During the Silver Spring Thanksgiving day Parade, Hook and Ladder had all the firehouse garage doors open [...]

Usually discrete about their financial situation, Discovery has openly shed some light on their third quarter earnings and the news looks good. Good enough at least that it doesn’t warrant moving jobs to crappy Cali?
I say give it five to ten years and Montgomery County will be just like L.A. anyways and then there [...]

Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board, Economic Development arm will hold a meeting this Wednesday, September 19th  at 7pm, at the Silver Spring Regional Center.
Has the Galaxy seen the light? Presenting at the advisory board meeting will be Scott Copeland of RST Development. His Galaxy project has undergone drastic changes towards, lowering heights, units and turning mixed-use [...]

The Grand Prix of
Silver Spring cycling race will once again take place July 22nd from 8:00am to 12:00pm in downtown. I don’t think it was done last year.
To celebrate the new Harry Potter movie and book coming out, Borders will not only stay open late but will also turn Ellsworth drive into some Harry [...]

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.

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 [...]

Discovery is launching a ‘green’ channel and making changes to its headquarters building. According to the Business Journal, Discovery Communications is trading in the Discovery Home Channel for one that is eco-friendly. Silver Spring headquartered Discovery makes a fitting move in Montgomery County, Maryland, which recently passed legislation requiring all public and private developments submitted from [...]