Silver Spring Community Newsletter: March 19

Every week Reemberto Rodriguez the director for the Silver Spring Civic Building keeps the community abreast on new issues. Read the full version.

Here is a peak into this week's issue:

EARLY VOTING FOR PRIMARIES AT THE SILVER SPRING CIVIC BUILDING:  

Stop by the Civic Building to take care of our most important civic duty: voting.
Early voting will be available Saturday, March 24 through Thursday, March 29.
Times are 10 a.m to 8 p.m. (except Sunday when it is noon to 6 p.m.)

  - Much more info for statewide election HERE
  - Much more info for countywide elcetion HERE
  - Info for League of Women Voters HERE

FROM THE FLOWER AVENUE MARKET SOCIAL ENTREPRENUERS:

Got stuff to sell or are you itching to entertain? After a great trial run, the Flower Avenue Holiday Market returns as the Flower Avenue Market on April 7 -- located on the same spot at 8809 Flower Avenue. We'll run every Saturday through the end of the year and we may add Sundays soon.

You can find more info at www.floweravenuemarket.com but here are some things we're looking for:

  1. Professional vendors and private individuals with great stuff to sell.
     Come out one Saturday or a bunch -- it's up to you.

  2. Any kind of entertainer who would like to perform in exchange for tips,
     sales of their work, promotion, etc. Looking for singers, dancers, bands,
     street performers -- whatever talent you have.

  3. Nonprofits that would like a free space to promote themselves.

We will again be partnering with Impact Silver Spring, raising a little money for it, and doing all kinds of social good.

LOCAL BASEBALL TEAM (TAKOMA PARK / SILVER SPRING THUNDEBOLTS)

Opportunities for host families and interns:

If you have never been to one of the Thunderbolts baseball game (at Blair Stadium) you are truly missing something! This is local sports at its best... Check out their website HERE... They are looking for host families and interns...

NEW PARKING FOR SOUTH SILVER SPRING NOW OPEN!

A parking garage, located below the new Galaxy Apartments in Silver Spring, at 8025 13th St., brings a total of 368 parking spaces to the area -- 160 of which are available for public parking, while 208 are set aside for Galaxy residents.

The garage is part of a public-private partnership that created a 195-unit, five-story apartment building with 82 affordable units and an underground parking garage on the site of a former county surface parking lot. 

Rates at the new garage, known as Garage 16, will be 75 cents an hour for short-term parking of four hours or less and 60 cents an hour for long-term parking of more than four hours. Parkers also have the option of using a Parking Convenience Sticker (allowing unlimited parking on any all-day meter in Silver Spring), which costs $113 a month, or a Daily Parking Permit for $7.20 a day.
To view all the public parking options available in Silver Spring, visit www.montgomerycountymd.gov/parking.

PAPERLESS AIRPLANE FLIES AGAIN:

Have you seen the wealth of information that the county's "Paperless Airplane" newsletter has?!?  If you have not signed up for this informative correspondance, you may want to check out their latest version and do so... You can find the latest issue HERE.

ART HOP TAKOMA:

From our friend in Takoma Park: On Saturday and Sunday, March 24th and 25th, Main Street Takoma’s annual Art Hop will once again transform Old Takoma’s main street into a neighborhood arts district.

This year’s event will showcase a variety of art including photography, jewelry and wearable art, sculpture, installations, and a plethora of collage and mixed media works from more than 30 artists in shops throughout Old Town, The Junction and Takoma DC. We have more street music and artist demonstrations planned this year. Enjoy a day or the entire weekend, but don’t miss Art Hop and the chance to see a sampling of local art like you’ve never seen before... Much more info HERE.

LEADERSHIP MONTGOMERY NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:

Take this opportunity to be a part of the solution!  Leadership Montgomery helps to prepare future leaders of Montgomery County with discussions of issues and resources, exploring community dynamics and trends, best practices, and more.
RECRUITMENT FOR CORE, SENIOR AND YOUTH PROGRAMS:  Applications and Information Session dates are available on the website at http://www.leadershipmontgomerymd.org/

GAPBUSTERS IS HIRING ESOL & GED TEACHERS:

More info HERE.

TRIED OUR DOWNTOWN MOBILE APP YET? Downtown Mobile Up is Ready to be Used:

Get your mobile smart phone out and input this new link to "all things downtown": http://m.silverspringdowntown.com  Please help us keep this info current.  If you see something in need of update or correction, send me an email or go to the link available directly from the site… Next time you are downtown, try it out to find that new restaurant or favorite old watering hole…

CONNECTING WITH YOUR COMMUNITY:

Practice your English conversation skills while exploring your rights and responsibilities as county residents.  Participate in activities to learn more about education, employment, public safety, and solving community problems while meeting with leaders.

This FREE class meets for eight weeks and is exclusively for upper, intermediate, or advanced English learners. How to Register: Call 240-777-5303 or 240-777-8411 for an application, or send an email to: andres.roa@montgomerycountymd.gov or yonelle.moore@montgomerycountymd.gov   Classes are at the East County Regional Center 3300 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904 {This is co-sponsored by the East County & Silver Spring Regional Centers} Flyer  Application

Deadline to apply: Friday, March 30.

Classes start on Tuesday, April 10