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Koiner Farm Founder Honored on 100th Birthday

Source of the Spring Staff | Jan 22, 2025Nov 28, 2020 at 9:00 am | Silver Spring, MD

The Charles Koiner Conservancy for Urban Farming this week posted a video in tribute to Koiner Farm founder Charles Koiner, honoring him on what would have been his 100th birthday.

Koiner Farm to Add Equipment, Extend Growing Season

Mike Diegel | Sep 17, 2024Sep 29, 2020 at 1:30 pm | Silver Spring, MD

Koiner Farm in Silver Spring will be adding equipment this fall that will allow it to extend the growing season for certain crops, according to Kate Medina, founder and executive director of the Charles Koiner Conservancy for Urban Farming.

Not Your Average Joe’s Has Permanently Closed in Ellsworth Place

Mike Diegel | Feb 21, 2024Jul 9, 2020 at 4:05 pm | Silver Spring, MD

Not Your Average Joe’s restaurant in Ellsworth Place has permanently closed, according to an email sent to customers today (July 9) and forwarded to the Source. The message, signed by Peter D’Amelio, the company’s chairman and CEO, reads, “We have truly enjoyed being part of the Silver Spring community.”

Hair Cuttery in Ellsworth Place Shuts Down

Mike Diegel | Oct 7, 2024Jun 24, 2020 at 10:36 am | Silver Spring, MD

The Hair Cuttery in Ellsworth Place has permanently closed, joining other salons shut down by its parent company even as others are preparing to reopen. Creative Hairdressers Inc. announced in January it intended to close more than 80 stores due to financial issues.

Life in the Time of the Coronavirus: Voices from Silver Spring—Hannah Sholder, Koiner Farm

Mike Diegel | Sep 17, 2024May 12, 2020 at 1:30 pm | Silver Spring, MD

Editor’s note: This guest post and photo is from Jonna Huseman, who began the Voices project to document the lives of friends and neighbors in Silver Spring and Takoma Park and how they may have changed since the shelter in place order. It originally appeared on her blog, The Sligo Creek Photographer.

Face Coverings Now Required for Certain Employees, Customers During COVID-19 Emergency

Mike Diegel | Sep 11, 2024Apr 13, 2020 at 9:00 am | Montgomery County, MD

Employees and customers of certain retail outlets in the county are now required to wear face coverings during the COVID-19 emergency, according to a health order issued by Travis Gayles, M.D., the county’s health officer. The order, effective today (April 13), covers grocery stores, pharmacies and large chain retailers (“big-box” stores), as well as farmers markets.

Ellsworth Place Opens Reconstructed Indoor Playground

Mike Diegel | Sep 24, 2024Feb 21, 2020 at 10:08 am | Silver Spring, MD

Ellsworth Place officially opened a reconstructed indoor playground with a ribbon-cutting ceremony held in the ground floor space Feb. 20. The $300,000 project is the first in a number of upgrades planned for the mall in the next 12 to 18 months.

Don Pollo Isn’t—and Is—Coming to Ellsworth Place

Mike Diegel | Feb 21, 2024Nov 19, 2019 at 11:24 am | Silver Spring, MD

Don Pollo Peruvian Chicken is not coming to Ellsworth Place, contrary to what was previously reported elsewhere. However, Don Pollo—Pollo al la Brasa, will open in the space formerly occupied by Noodles & Co., according to Bryan Ramos of Retail22, who brokered the lease agreement with the mall’s owner, GBT Realty.

Koiner Farm Granted Conservation Easement for Agriculture

Mike Diegel | Mar 19, 2025Sep 16, 2019 at 10:25 am | Silver Spring, MD

The Koiner Farm in downtown Silver Spring has been granted the county’s first conservation easement for urban agriculture. The easement, in partnership with the Maryland Environmental Trust, permanently protects the one-acre from ever being developed.