Downtown
Silver Spring is coming to life again -- and
the surrounding neighborhoods are benefiting
from the new vitality. The retail phase of the
Downtown
Silver Spring Revitalization Project
--including numerous restaurants, movie theaters
and a bookstore-- is complete. The new hotel,
office building and garages have also been completed.
The renovation of the Silver Theatre for the
American
Film Institute and the construction
of new facilities for the Roundhouse Theatre
on Colesville Road have proven to be very popular
with the community.
Montgomery
College
Health Sciences building
District
Court building
Montgomery
County has implemented new gateway signs at
the major entrances to the downtown. The new
District
Court House at Second and Apple Avenues
is open. The first three phases of the Montgomery
College Expansion (i.e., the new Health
Sciences building on Georgia Avenue, the Cafritz Arts Center, and the new Student Activity Center) are complete. The College's Cultural Arts Center
is under construction and a new garage is under design. A new pedestrian bridge over
the railroad tracks is open and Jesup Blair
Park has been renovated.