Seoul Food DC has announced the winner of the contest the Takoma Park restaurant created to mark its 10th anniversary in business. The $5,000 award goes to Main Street Pearl, the company said on Twitter, “who offers a space for our youth in Takoma Park. We’d like to support these collective efforts to build a small business.”
The County Council, sitting as the Board of Health, this week will consider a regulation that would mandate mask wearing indoors under certain circumstances, as the delta variant of the coronavirus has caused an increase in the number of reported infected people.
The Takoma Park Police Department will mark National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 3 at Piney Branch Elementary School, 7510 Maple Ave., according to a community advisory. The event will run from 6–9 p.m. and feature McGruff the Crime Dog along with a display of police vehicles and Maryland National Park Police horses.
Commissioner Natali Fani-González has resigned her position with the county’s Planning Board and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, effective Aug. 31. Earlier this year, Fani-González announced plans to run for County Council representing District 4.
The management at Zinnia — Chris Brown, owner general manager, and Justin Kaplan-Markley, operations and logistics manager — have been making some changes to the former Mrs. K’s garden area as they prep for a planned early September opening.
Silver Spring’s Red Rock Films announced a partnership with the National Wildlife Federation to develop a new children’s series based on Ranger Rick, the NWF’s magazine and book character that teaches kids about conservation and the environment.
A Massachusetts company, Linchris Hotel Corp., has purchased the Sheraton Silver Spring at 8777 Georgia Ave. and is temporarily operating the hotel under the name of Hotel Silver Spring.
The County Council yesterday approved a bill to establish a business improvement district in Silver Spring that would provide marketing and promotions for all the businesses within the current Silver Spring Urban District.
The County Council yesterday approved a zoning text amendment intended to facilitate deployment of small-cell antennas to provide 5G wireless technology. Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 19-07, Telecommunications Towers – Limited Use, would allow antennas on utility and light poles that would offer 5G’s faster speeds, enhanced reliability and greater capacity for wireless users.