International Day Celebration at the First Baptist Church of Silver Spring

I was very pleased to have been invited to attend the First Baptist Church of Silver Spring’s International Day Celebration on Sunday, June 27, 2010 in Silver Spring. Along with our County Executive and the County Council President, I enjoyed the fellowship, the thoughtful sermon, the wonderful singing and the amazing celebration of the music, food and countries represented by this diverse congregation in the program that followed the service. I was once again reminded of the amazing diversity we have here in Montgomery County!

First Baptist Church of Silver Spring – Proposed Mixed Used Development

The Trachtenberg Office attended a community meeting on the First Baptist Church of Silver Springs’ proposed mixed-used development on its Silver Spring property. The Church, which was established in 1924, is an important Silver Spring community center.

Members of local civic associations, homeowner associations, and adjacent and confronting property owners were invited to be briefed on the Church’s plans to redevelop its existing property on Wayne Avenue, Fenton Street and Bonifant Street in Silver Spring. This was a pre-submittal meeting on the Project Plan and the Preliminary Plan for 8415 Fenton Street, Silver Spring. The plan which would retain the First Baptist Church on the site, includes retail use, residential use and public space. Community members asked questions about possible retail uses, the number and type of dwelling units, historic preservation, Fenton Village, neighborhood impacts, and compatibility.