If you care about Silver Spring's only real public place in the downtown then come out to the town meeting on Saturday, May 5 at 1 PM.

Show your colors: Wear Blue if you want Ice. Wear Green if you want Turf. (Wear plaid if you can't decide.)

The people who planned the covered ice-rink and plaza will be on hand to tell you why they think the rink is the best choice. Someone from Park and Planning will be there to tell you why their staff thinks open green space is a bet… Continue

OK Springsters. We have been waiting for a Town Center, a civic building and a public plaza, for— how long has it been? Eight, ten, twelve years. If you are tired of waiting then stop waiting.

Here is a paradigm shift: The town center starts now, right here. A social networking site where people hold conversations, pontificate from soap boxes, and present visions for the future.

Sure this is just virtual. Nothing like a real town center. But every project is created twice: once… Continue