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This map of residential sub-areas in the DC metro region was produced by the Federal Housing Administration in 1937. The map categorizes neighborhoods into grades that represent how worthy they were for investment and insured mortgage lending. The grading system was directly influenced by race and class.

Montgomery County is visible on this map. The higher graded regions (which are shaded darker) include Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and a portion of Silver Spring. Neighborhoods that had higher concentrations of African Americans were assigned the lowest grades (shaded lighter).


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Thanks to so many community contributions, here is an updated list of Black-owned businesses in MoCo! We hope for this to be a living document that people can use as a resource moving forward. Feel free to email [email protected] for any additional recommendations or corrections.

The updated document can be found at the link below:


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Rock Hill Orchard & Woodbourne Creamery on Maryland’s 2020 Ice Cream Trail

The Creamery, located in Mt. Airy, is MoCo’s sole cow-to-cone establishment, though the Creamery is only selling ice cream in cups during the pandemic. Visitors can often see the cows whose milk produces their ice cream. They are the only remaining MoCo dairy that sells milk directly to the public.


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