Montgomery Community Media

Local leaders recently attended a ground breaking for the new Progress Place facility in downtown Silver Spring. The new location is housed right behind Fire Station Number One. Take a look: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

If you have a question in Montgomery County, the number to know is 3.1.1. Montgomery County’s MC311 Customer Service Center (CSC) marked a major milestone this week when it logged its three-millionth service request. MC311 has been in operation since June 2010. The call was handled by Customer Service Representative Jessica Henriquez who, on September […]

Here are your five things to know today, Oct. 7, in Montgomery County: 1. It’s International Walk to School Day and local leaders are celebrating at Bells Mill Elementary School in Potomac. 2. Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice will meet with residents at a community meeting in Germantown tonight. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. […]

The U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that Montgomery County’s unemployment rate in August was 3.8 percent, down from 4.6 percent last August. According to a Montgomery County news release, almost 10,000 more county residents had jobs compared to 2014. County Executive Isiah Leggett welcomed the news and said the latest figures are […]

Montgomery County hosted the Library of the Future Summit on Sept. 24 in Silver Spring. Take a look: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Applications to be a board member of the new Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) are being accepted until 5 p.m. on Friday, October 2. The board members will be tasked with marketing Montgomery County, attracting businesses and investments to the County, growing entrepreneurship, as well as helping existing businesses grow and succeed. Inquiries and […]

You are invited to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Progress Place homeless facility on October 1. The ceremony is scheduled to take place at 11:30 a.m., at 8110 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring, behind Fire Station #1. County Executive Isiah Leggett will be joined at the event by Council President George Leventhal, Councilmember […]

Montgomery County officials are expected to participate in a trip to Morazán, El Salvador, in November as part of the county’s Sister Cities program- a project that encourages “friendship, partnership and mutual cooperation through educational, cultural, social, economic, humanistic, and charitable exchanges between the people of Montgomery County and people from communities of other nations.” […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker introduced new voting machines to be used in the State of Maryland during the 2016 elections Sept. 22 on National Voter Registration Day. The voting demonstration took place in Silver Spring at Riderwood Retirement Community. Staff from the Board of Elections offices demonstrated the […]

Montgomery County officials are proposing to relocate the Confederate soldier monument from the Red Brick Courthouse property to the Beall-Dawson Historic Park at 103 West Montgomery Avenue in Rockville. You may remember that just last week, the Rockville Historic District Commission (HDC) approved the county’s request to move the statue from its current location at […]