The county’s Planning Board last week began reviewing data and information on existing conditions in the Central Business District and some nearby neighborhoods as part of the Silver Spring Downtown and Adjacent Communities Plan process.
Montgomery Planning staff working on the Silver Spring Downtown and Adjacent Communities Plan are scheduled to brief the Planning Board on the project at a meeting this morning. The presentation will include an overview of existing conditions data gathering and analysis, providing highlights and major takeaways since the project began seven months ago.
Submissions for the Virtual 2021 Make Music Montgomery contest are now being accepted by the county library system, officials announced. The contest, which will be part of Virtual Just for the Record—A Vinyl Day, is open to anyone who lives or works in the county.
Montgomery County Public Libraries will no longer impose or collect late fees for overdue items, according to a press release. Officials will waive all outstanding late fines, allowing customers to resume borrowing materials and using library services.
Long Branch Library at 8800 Garland Ave. has reopened after a 10-month renovation, county officials announced today. The library closed in March 2020 for the project, which cost about $4 million. Due to the pandemic, services are limited to contactless holds pickup service and telephone service.
Montgomery County Public Libraries will temporarily reduce their contactless pickup hours of service to 48 hours weekly beginning Sunday, Jan. 24, according to a press release.
Thanks to federal COVID-19 grants, free outdoor WiFi is now available in front of the Silver Spring Civic Center at Veterans Plaza and 10 county libraries.
The Montgomery County Public Libraries system is now lending mobile hotspots to library cardholders, as part of its new Internet to Go program.
MoComCon, the county library system’s annual celebration of everything related to comics, graphic novels and fandoms, is going virtual in 2021, according to an announcement on the system’s website. The all-day, all-ages event will be held Saturday, Jan. 16 and will include art, cosplay and essay contests for various age groups.