Upcoming Events, Sept. 13-21

Upcoming Events

Illustration from FiveStone Church Thursday, September 14 Silver Spring Transportation Management District Advisory Committee meeting, Discovery Communications, 8 a.m. Carpe Diem! Second Thursday Contra Dance, Silver Spring Civic Center, free to first timers, others $5-$10, 7-10 p.m. Friday, September 15 PARKing Day, Wayne Avenue, Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street in downtown Silver Spring, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Health and Wellness Expo … Read More

Council to hold hearing tonight on short-term rentals

Graphic from Wikimedia Commons. The County Council will hold a public hearing tonight on changes to the zoning code affecting short-term rentals under services such as Airbnb, Home Away and others. The hearing on Zoning Text Amendment 17-03, Accessory Residential Uses–Short-term Rentals, will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Seventh Floor Council Hearing Room of the Council Office Building at … Read More

Fenton Street Market returns to Silver Spring

The Fenton Street Market returned in a new location on Ellsworth Drive in downtown Silver Spring yesterday, eight years after its inception as a craft, cultural and community marketplace. Here is a gallery of photos from yesterday’s event.