Montgomery Community Media

When you walk thru the new Westside at Shady Grove Metro community off Crabbs Branch Way and Shady Grove Road in Rockville, one of the first things you will notice is that the street trees are planted in concrete boxes along with other specialty plants. Developer McLean Quinn, vice president of land acquisition and development […]

Montgomery County police officers stopped traffic on River Road in Bethesda on Sunday afternoon so dozens of protesters who gathered at Macedonia Baptist Church could march across the road to a property the demonstrators say is the site of a historic African-American burial ground. The protesters carried signs that read, “Black Lives Matter,” “Black History […]

Montgomery County officials helped open the new Progress Place facility on Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring this month. The facility serves the homeless. Progress Place is a facility that serves individuals experiencing homelessness with an array of services: meals, showers, laundry, primary care health services, and one-on-one case management. Progress Place has 21 personal living […]

The search for a new site to relocate hundreds of school buses from the Shady Grove Bus Depot off Crabbs Branch Way is continuing, according to General Services Director David Dise. “We are performing environmental, traffic and noise studies at various sites as we finalize recommendations for the Executive,” said Dise. “We should have all […]

The developer of the Clarksburg Premium Outlets is preparing for shoppers this holiday season by hiring off-duty police officers to help manage traffic in the area. Susan Kenedy reports, below: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

The Montgomery County Council has taken a straw vote on the proposal that amends the county’s development impact tax for transportation and school improvements. Susan Kenedy has more on the subdivision staging policy. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

The grand opening of the Clarksburg Premium Outlets was a record-setting one, according to the developers of the new shopping center. “This was the strongest opening weekend of an outlet center we have ever seen,” said Mark Silvestri, COO of Simon’s Premium Outlets. “Clarksburg Premium Outlets has been phenomenally well-received by the entire Washington, D.C. […]

The Montgomery County Council approved new zoning for the Westbard community of Bethesda on May 3rd. The vote was unanimous, 9-0, for the Westbard Sector Plan. “It has been, to say the least, a bumpy ride,” said Council Vice President Roger Berliner, who worked to reduce the density in the plan and who also found […]

Dozens of residents who say they are trying to “Save Westbard,” rallied in front of the County Council Office Building on April 26, one week before the County Council is scheduled to vote on the Westbard Sector Plan. Council Vice President Roger Berliner has worked to reduce the density in the plan for this Bethesda […]

UPDATED On a rainy and cold Saturday morning, dozens of Bethesda residents held umbrellas and protest signs as they marched along Westbard Avenue. It was the second day in a row that many of them took to the streets to protest the Westbard Sector Plan. “Hey-hey, ho-ho! Density has got to go,” they chanted. “We […]