Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Planning Department announced the winners of its fifth biannual Design Excellence Award Competition at an Oct. 21 banquet. An independent jury of professionals in the field of architecture and design honored three developments with Design Excellence Awards and two developments with special citations according to a press release. The Universities at Shady […]

The Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has relocated its headquarters to a new 14-story building in Downtown Wheaton, according to a Montgomery County press release. According to the county, the 308,000-square-foot office building is an appropriate home for the DEP as it was designed and built with the intent of becoming certified as one […]

The Wheaton Revitalization Project has been completed on time and within budget after three years of construction. The project provides a government office building, below-ground parking garage, and town square as part of the Revitalization Strategy for downtown Wheaton. The new office building, located at 2425 Reedie Drive in Wheaton, has been under development since […]

It is Wednesday, May 27, and here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. Council meeting with Sen. Ben Cardin: The county council will hold a Zoom meeting with Sen. Cardin at 10 a.m. to discuss COVID-19 in Montgomery County and Maryland. Residents must register for the webinar. 2. Voter registration deadline: Today is […]

County leaders showed up in Wheaton on Wednesday to thank Clark Construction workers for reaching a new milestone in the Wheaton Revitalization Project — the project is now 60% complete. The structure for the 308,000 square-foot, 14-story tall building — which will be home to several Montgomery County Government offices and the Maryland National-Capital Park […]

The Wheaton Revitalization is underway and has reached its halfway point. It is scheduled to be complete by May 2020. The project, which started in June 2017, will transform Wheaton’s old central business district to include a new 14-story Montgomery County Government office building. A new town square will be located outside of the building. […]

Taste of Wheaton Festival Spotlights Area Restaurants The 23rd annual Taste of Wheaton Festival is scheduled for Sunday, June 3, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival takes place on Parking Lot 17, 2320 Price Avenue (Price Avenue & Fern Street), one block east of the Wheaton Metro station. The day will include food […]

Taste of Wheaton Moved to County Parking Lot 17 For the last two decades, the Taste of Wheaton Festival was held in the Wheaton Traingle Business District, but this year’s venue has changed due to ongoing construction on the Wheaton Revitalization Project. This year’s event will be held in County Parking Lot 17 located at 2320 […]

Reedie Drive between Triangle Lane and Grandview Avenue will be temporarily closed from 5 a.m. and noon on Mar. 31 due to continued construction work for the Wheaton Revitalization Project. A temporary road closure is necessary to air-lift a large drill rig out of the foundation hole, estimated to be more than 50-feet deep, on […]

A second construction crane, expected to stand 405 feet tall, will be installed at the site of the future Montgomery County Government office building this weekend for the next steps in the Wheaton Revitalization Project. To avoid major impacts to traffic and to minimize the overall impact to the area, the west side of Parking […]