The Montgomery County Agricultural Fair Features MPI’s Exhibits
From August 14 to August 22, you can experience all the pleasures of The Montgomery County Agricultural Fair’s “Barn in the USA” during “the 9 best days of summer” – find out more at their website.
Montgomery Preservation is joining in the fun and celebrating Montgomery County’s 250th Anniversary with two exhibits at the Fair’s Heritage Building.
The first one is entitled “The Post War Suburban Boom in Montgomery County – People, Houses, Shopping – Change!” The charming historic Silver Spring buildings are courtesy of the Silver Spring Historical Society.
The second exhibit is entitled “Enduring Communities: African Americans Finding Strength, Fellowship, Self Reliance, and Civic Engagement in Post Emancipation Montgomery County.”
Olney Theatre Center rings in new era after eight-year transformation
$36.5 million project adds two buildings, reopens a historic theater space
After eight years of construction, fundraising and pandemic-related delays, Olney Theatre Center on Sunday celebrated the completion of its $36.5 million campus transformation with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and community open house.
Montgomery County Officials and Kuhns Reach Agreement to Transfer White’s Ferry Property and Business Assets to Montgomery County
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and Potomac Crossing, LLC announced a major step toward restarting ferry service at White’s Ferry in Dickerson, MD. County officials and Potomac Crossing, LLC, a business entity owned by Chuck and Stacy Kuhn, recently reached an agreement to transfer the White’s Ferry property and ferry business assets in Maryland to Montgomery County. Formal contracts to confirm this agreement were completed and executed earlier this week.
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich Seeks Applicants for Newly Restructured Arts and Humanities Council Board of Directors
Applications Due Friday, Aug. 7 for Board That Will Help Guide County Arts and Humanities Programs and Funding
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich is seeking applicants to serve on the newly restructured Board of Directors for the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC). The Board will be the first appointed by the County Executive and confirmed by the Montgomery County Council under the Council’s updated governance structure.
Opinion: The GEICO building is leaving and the Friendship Heights landscape is forever changed
Its destruction should serve as a wake-up call
Some places are defined by specific buildings. For more than 20 years, my neighborhood of Friendship Heights was defined by its large, gleaming and glamorous shopping centers—once the “Grande Dames” of retail therapy for the upper-class suburban ladies of Chevy Chase. Yet, another seminal structure defined this era, standing quietly in the shadows like a steadfast modernist monument to the “old” Chevy Chase: the GEICO Building.
Read the Bethesda Today article
Read more about the history of the GEICO building