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.

East Silver Spring Citizens Association

The Trachtenberg Office was represented at the monthly meeting of the East Silver Spring Citizens Association held at the Sligo Recreation Center in Silver Spring.

The featured speaker at the ESSCA meeting was Montgomery County Council President Nancy Floreen, who discussed a broad range of issues and answered many questions from ESSCA members. Among the issues discussed were redevelopment in Silver Spring, the Silver Spring Civic Building and Veterans Plaza, a new Silver Spring Library, the Purple Line, financing infrastructure, supporting small businesses, community gardens, recyling, clean energy, and the County budget.

The Trachtenberg Office was represented by Chief of Staff Alan Bowser, who lives in Silver Spring. Reemberto Rodriguez, Director of the Silver Spring Regional Services Center and Joseph Ayong, representing Councilmember Valerie Ervin and State Senator Jamie Raskin were also present.