Montgomery Community Media

Gaithersburg city officials are changing the parking rules in Kentlands Market Square after some complaints were received about the enforcement of 30-minute and 60-minute parking spaces along three streets in the downtown district. At the July 21 City Council meeting, Economic Development Director Tom Lonergan reported that staff is recommending changes to the street parking […]

Chop’t Creative Salad Company will be opening its Gaithersburg doors on Monday, July 21st at 10:30 a.m. in Downtown Crown. Longtime Chop’t fans and new neighbors are all welcome to help celebrate the opening at 238 Crown Park Avenue. Founded in 2001, Chop’t Creative Salad Company is the creator and leader of the premium salad […]

In this MyMCMedia extra video, the Montgomery County Council unanimously adopts Bill 28-14, with amendments to redefine “community access organization” to “community media organization” and broadens the applicability of the Code to “community media engagement platforms,” which include television, radio, internet and social media. It also requires a community media organization to “develop and implement […]

Discovery Communications, headquartered in Silver Spring, was recognized by the Montgomery County Council on July 15 for being named by Fortune magazine to the 2014 Fortune magazine list of “100 Best Companies to Work For.” Catherine Carroll, vice president of public policy of corporate affairs for Discovery, accepted a proclamation from Council President Craig Rice. […]

When Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop opened on M Street last fall, Vice President Joe Biden visited to buy lunch for his staff. Now the Delaware-born eatery—which specializes in subs, salads and in-house roasted turkey sandwiches—is coming to Twinbrook, its first location in Montgomery County. Capriotti’s is just one of the latest new retailers to commit to […]

A new state law, that went into effect on July 1, means some liquor license holders can extend their establishments’ Sunday – Thursday hours until 2 a.m. and their Friday and Saturday operating hours can be extended until 3 a.m. and that option is already proving popular with some businesses in Montgomery County. Here’s a […]

UPDATED Smashburger opened its newest location in Downtown Crown at 200 Ellington Boulevard in Gaithersburg this week. A national franchise that markets the “better burger,” the restaurant has other Montgomery County locations on Cordell Avenue in Bethesda and at Seneca Meadows Parkway in Germantown. Smashburger is known for serving burgers “smashed” to sear in their juices. […]

Harold Charles, president and CEO of Silver Spring-based CEEPCO Contracting, LLC, was honored by the Montgomery County Council on July 8 after he was selected by the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Washington Metropolitan Area District Office as the 2014 Small Business Person of the Year, representing Maryland. In addition to its U.S. work, CEEPCO has […]

Rockville biotechnology company Cellphire got a $1 million grant from the State’s InvestMaryland program and two Montgomery County companies each took home the top prize of $100,000 in their respective categories recently as part of the 2014 InvestMaryland Challenge. Cellphire is developing stabilized cellular products, including freeze-dried platelets that can be stored for years and used […]

Women entrepreneurs are becoming recognized for the roles they play in International business. The Empowered Women International organization is at the forefront of this movement. Montgomery College’s James McClain has the story. Visit our PEG partner MCTV10 (Montgomery College Television program schedule) to see more Montgomery College Television.