Montgomery Community Media

Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber Members attended a networking mixer at Mercy Health Clinic on June 13 to discover a hidden gem in Gaithersburg that has been providing free medical care to thousands of low-income, uninsured Montgomery County neighbors for seventeen years. Mercy Health Clinic Executive Director, Mark Foraker, discovered that most of the attendees had not heard […]

Krista Bradley, the executive director of the BlackRock Center for the Arts, has resigned to take a new job. “It is with mixed emotions that I share that I will be leaving BlackRock Center for the Arts to be the Director of Programs and Resources for the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP), our national […]

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) will hold its 3rd Annual Explore Downtown Crown on Wednesday, June 7 from 5:00-7:30 p.m. in Downtown Crown Gaithersburg. Over 100 area business leaders will be in attendance. This popular annual event is a great opportunity to socialize with fellow chamber members all while enjoying the vibrant, social hub […]

Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) members and guests gathered at Smokey Glen Farm Barbequers in Gaithersburg to celebrate the five-year anniversary of the Chamber’s Young Professional Group (YPG). The Chamber’s YPG is packed with lots of enthusiasm and high aspirations. The mission of the group is to make the Gaithersburg-Germantown communities and surrounding areas a […]

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) will host its 14th Annual Wine Tasting event on May 11 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Kentlands Mansion in Gaithersburg. This year’s wine tasting will feature a guided tutorial of five featured wines compliments of Pinky and Pepe of Pinky and Pepe’s Grape Escape. Also attendees will receive a special […]

Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce’s (GGCC) Executive Director Marilyn Balcombe was honored with the Rocky Award on Friday, May 5 from BlackRock Center for the Arts. BlackRock has been near and dear to my heart since we opened 15 years ago. I was the Executive Director through the building and opening of the Center. I have […]

“Save the date, and know your job is to read, read, read,” are some of the lyrics in a new music video produced by the City of Gaithersburg to tout the Gaithersburg Book Festival, which takes place on May 20th on the grounds of City Hall. The two minute video features members of the Gaithersburg […]

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) celebrated the grand opening of Security Public Storage business by conducting a “ribbon cutting” ceremony on April 7th. The business is located at 1 Metropolitan Grove Road in Gaithersburg.       Security Public Storage (SPS) is a family-owned and operated self-storage company with 46 self-storage facilities located in California, Nevada […]

It’s an annual fundraiser where native English speakers put themselves in the shoes of those who are not.  The Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy is hosing their fourth annual Grown-up Spelling Bee on April 5. “Learning and mastering English is a life-long process,” Monica Buitrago, community outreach coordinator for Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy […]

The future of the Kentlands Square shopping center was the topic of a town hall meeting hosted by the Kentlands Community Foundation on Tuesday night at the Kentlands Mansion. Dozens of Gaithersburg residents attended the meeting to hear from representatives of Saul Centers, the company that owns the shopping center that is anchored by a […]