Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Councilmember Sidney Katz is hosting a series of online briefings about business and economic development in the county during the COVID-19 pandemic. The next briefing takes place Friday, May 21 at 12:30 p.m. Katz will be joined by Jillian Copeland, owner of Soulfull Café, Main Street in Rockville and new co-owner of Bethesda […]

Chef, humanitarian and Bethesda resident José Andrés opened Spanish Diner last week in Bethesda Row. Andrés wants to serve homestyle, comfort food not normally found in a Spanish restaurant. Spanish Diner is in the same location where Andrés’ restaurant, ‘Jaleo’, used to operate. MyMCM visited the restaurant and spoke with Head Chef Daniel Lugo about […]

El chef José Andrés quiere que las personas se vacunen contra el COVID-19 y está ofreciendo tarjetas de regalo de $50 en sus restaurantes del área de Washington, D.C. a quienes lo hagan. El famoso chef y residente de Bethesda dijo que desde el 8 de mayo y hasta que el 70% de la población […]

Chef José Andrés wants people to get COVID-19 vaccinated and he’s offering $50 gift cards to his Washington, D.C.-area restaurants to those who do. The celebrity chef and Bethesda resident said that beginning May 8 until 70% of the U.S. is vaccinated, anyone who is newly vaccinated may come to his D.C.-area ThinkFoodGroup restaurants and […]

Councilmembers Nancy Navarro and Andrew Friedson join Kelly Leonard for MyMCM’s May episode of Small Business Network at Home. The series of monthly sessions facilitated by Leonard address topics of interest to small business owners in Montgomery County. April’s topic is “America’s Small Business Community.” Watch the entire show here: Councilmember Andrew Friedson was elected […]

Se espera que el condado de Montgomery siga al estado respecto a las restricciones relacionadas con Covid-19, el 28 de mayo, ahora que más del 50% de sus residentes están completamente vacunados. Según un memorando del Dr. Travis Gayles, oficial de salud del condado, el 14 de mayo marcó el día en que al menos […]

Montgomery County is expected to follow the state’s lifting of Covid-19-related restrictions on May 28 now that more than 50% of its residents are fully vaccinated. According to a memo from County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles, May 14 marked the day when at least half the residents were fully vaccinated. That means those people […]

El nuevo programa de asistencia de alquiler del condado de Montgomery para pequeñas empresas comenzará a aceptar solicitudes el lunes 17 de mayo, anunció el concejal Will Jawando en una conferencia de prensa el jueves. “Esta es una gran parte de nuestra comunidad”, dijo Jawando. “Más del 60% de nuestras pequeñas empresas tienen menos de […]

Maryland is now offering pizza to those who get a COVID-19 vaccine during the months of May and June. Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Thursday a partnership between the state and Ledo Pizza to incentivize the importance of getting vaccinated. From May 13 through June 30—or until at least 10,000 pizzas are distributed—Ledo Pizza chains […]

Montgomery County’s new rental assistance program for small businesses will begin accepting applications Monday, May 17, councilmember Will Jawando announced at a press conference Thursday launching the program. “This is a large part of our community,” Jawando said. “Upwards of 60% of our small businesses have less than 10 people that they employ.” The Latino […]