Summer Festivals Set to Return to Veterans Plaza

Summer at Silver Spring’s Veterans Plaza will once again be filled with festivals, according to a tweet from Eric Rasch, operations manager. Twenty-two festivals are scheduled beginning May 1 through Sept. 25, highlighted by the Silver Spring Jazz Fest on Sept. 10.

Barclay Named Interim Executive Director of Arts on the Block, Evans Joins Him on Exec Team

Chris Barclay will step in as interim executive director and be joined by Clayton Evans on the executive team of Arts on the Block, the organization has announced. The two will take over the organization as Anne L’Ecuyer steps down to become the executive director of Arizona Commission on the Arts after five years at Silver Spring-based AOB.

Two Silver Spring Nonprofits Win MCEDC “High Impact” Grants

Two Silver Spring-based nonprofit groups have been awarded High Impact Grants, two of the 108 recipients of awards from the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation. The grants were part of the $3.3 million MoCo Economic Development Grant Program for Nonprofits that the MCEDC accepted applications for earlier this year.