Gaithersburg’s Novavax has received emergency use authorization in India just one week after the European Union authorized the use of Novavax Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine for adults.

In an early December meeting, the City of Gaithersburg unanimously approved Novavax’s development plan.


Per VLP Therapeutics:

Gaithersburg, MD — US-based biotech company VLP Therapeutics, Inc. (VLPT) announced on December 27 that it has signed an agreement for an investment of US$21 million in a Series A-1 round from six investors, consisting of two new investors: Nobelpharma Co., Ltd.and MUFG Bank, Ltd., and four existing investors: Sojitz Corporation, MIYAKO Capital Co., Ltd., Mr. Robert G. Hisaoka and SK Impact Fund, LLC.


According to site plans by H&R Realty, the Goshen Crossing shopping center on Goshen Rd in Gaithersburg/Montgomery Village will be adding new restaurant space that includes a drive-thru. The proposed restaurant will be built over a portion of the existing parking lot.

The shopping center is anchored by a Giant grocery store and also features a Montgomery County Liquor store and Pizza Bolis. Diego’s World, a new food truck offering a variety of Latin cuisine, recently opened at the Sunoco gas station in the center.


Signage has been up for a couple months now at the upcoming Chopt location in the Kentlands neighborhood of Gaithersburg.

The new restaurant is located next to MOD pizza on Commerce Square and is now scheduled to open in January after Covid delays and permitting issues pushed the opening date back a few times. No exact date has been set yet.


After a little over a year of the property remaining vacant, H&R Retail has listed Holy Cross Health as the new occupant of the space formerly occupied by Flower Child. Flower Child closed its Rockville location at 10072 Darnestown Road in the Travilah Square Shopping Center when the pandemic shut down indoor dining back in March of 2020 and made the decision to close permanently a few months later. Holy Cross Health is an Urgent Care center that will be operated by Holy Cross, a member of Trinity Health.

Holy Cross Urgent Care gives patients nearby access to convenient care for non life-threatening medical issues after hours or when they cannot schedule an appointment with their family physician. Patients can walk in without an appointment, see one of our experienced physicians for everything from minor injuries and rashes to cuts and respiratory infections, and walk out feeling better. “Holy Cross Urgent Care provides you and your loved ones with a wide range of urgent health care services, physical exams and more to keep you at your healthy best.”


MoCo natives Stefon and Trevon Diggs have dominated the NFL this year. The brothers, who grew up in Gaithersburg, were both recently selected as Pro Bowlers for this NFL season.

Stefon grew up in Gaithersburg and attended Good Counsel High School in Olney, where he played football and ran track. He recorded 810 yards receiving with 23 touchdowns as a junior in 2010, and was runner-up for the Gatorade Maryland Player of the Year. As a senior, he recorded 770 yards receiving and 8 touchdowns, and racked up 277 rushing yards and three more touchdowns on the ground. He was named to the All-Metro team by The Washington Post both seasons.


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