Kentlands

Juliana Neumann has always had the dream of attending New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology. As a 17 year old junior at Northwest High School she has gotten a jumpstart on her dream by opening her own boutique in the Kentlands neighborhood of Gaithersburg.

Her new boutique, Bon Ju Ju is now open at 212 Main Street, in the location that was formerly home to Karen’s Rocks and Rags, which was also a women’s clothing store. When Juliana learned that her friend’s mom’s shop, Karen’s Rocks and Rags would be closing due to the family moving, Juliana jumped at the opportunity to take over.

SkinSpirit, a medical spa, is now open at 215 Market St. W in the Kentlands. It has taken over the location that was formerly home to My Big Finds, which is now located in the paseo area of Kentlands. The medical spa is planning a grand opening celebration on Wednesday, June 15th from 5pm-8pm, where they’ll be offering “sips and bites”, love demos, and 20% off any treatment new-to-you booked at the event, a deluxe goodie bag loaded with medical-grade skincare products* ($300 value), and more.

SkinSpirit provides guests with skin care, body contouring and Botox, among other spa treatments and is supervised by Stanford-trained, board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Dean Vistnes. SkinSpirit, which was founded in 2003, promises that it will bring cutting-edge technology and a luxurious spa-like setting to the Kentlands neighborhood of Gaithersburg.

Baltimore-based Charm City Run is opening its first Montgomery County location in the former Fleet Feet location at 225 Kentlands Blvd in Gaithersburg (Fleet Feet has since reopened in a different Kentlands location). The grand opening is scheduled for the first week in June with updates of progress in the coming weeks.

“The city of Gaithersburg is a growing and ever evolving running and walking community. As it continues to grow, we are excited to help the community grow and thrive. There is a very diverse and inclusive community in Gaithersburg and we are pumped to bring our community focused experience to Gaithersburg.” Josh and Kara Levinson started Charm City Run in 2002 in Timonium, MD.  Josh is from Baltimore and Kara hails from Route 29 in Howard County, via Greenville, SC.

Back in February we let you know that My Big Finds, which offers unique gifts, one-of-a-kind decorative accents, vintage and reclaimed furniture and more, had signed a lease to move into 129 Commerce Square Place in the recently built paseo in the Kentlands neighborhood of Gaithersburg.

The hope was to open by Mother’s Day and it looks like the small, locally-owned business has made it happen with a grand opening celebration that will take place on Friday, May 6th (7pm-9pm) and Saturday, May 7th (11:30am-6pm).

It has been nearly three years since we reported that CVS would be taking over the old Tommy Joe’s/Boulevard Tavern/Brasserie Beck/O’Donnell’s location in the Kentlands.Construction is progressing, as the frame of the building is about halfway up. There’s no timetable for when it will be ready, but it could be ready to go by the end of the summer.

Gaithersburg Councilmember Neil Harris told us that CVS would be moving forward with the plan back in 2019.  Demolition of the old building occurred in November with construction starting soon after.