New Grant Program Aimed at Helping Businesses to Reopen
The Montgomery County Council has passed legislation that creates a grant program designed to help local businesses comply with reopening requirements.
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Another Sweltering Week Expected for MoCo
Temperatures in MoCo are expected to remain around 95*F or higher for the second week in a row, as another week of record heat hits.
About 240,000 Marylanders on unemployment as $600-per-week federal supplements run out. As of last Saturday, almost a quarter-million Marylanders were collecting unemployment insurance, according to the Department of Labor. Prince […]
Purple Line development faces contract dispute.
Purple Line Transit Partners (PLTP), the consortium of companies building the Purple Line, plans to pull out of the public-private partnership next month on August 22 unless a new contract agreement is reached. The dispute comes from rising costs and construction delays. Cost overruns for the $2 billion project now total $755 million. In addition, the contractors claim that a 2014 environmental lawsuit delayed the project for 266 days. Both state officials and PLTP have stated that they are committed to negotiating a settlement before August.
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At-Home COVID-19 Tests Coming To MoCo
Residents of Takoma Park, Silver Spring, and Gaithersburg will have access to at-home COVID-19 tests beginning this week.
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5 Historical Locations in MoCo That You Probably Didn’t Know Existed
Montgomery County is full of historical landmarks and buildings, many of which are well known outside of the county. But for every notable landmark, there are many more that are often overlooked by the public.
A Piece of MoCo Housing History #2: Lyttonsville
Lyttonsville is a historically Black community that’s situated between current day Bethesda and Silver Spring. It was founded by Samuel Lytton, a free Black laborer working for the Blair family, in 1853. Lyttonsville is one of numerous historically Black communities in Montgomery County. Today, the community has a 17.1 acre park and an elementary school. With the completion of the Purple Line, there will also be two transit stations and a new Ride-On Bus depot.
Our real estate experts, Team Nurit, continue to compile these updates that let us know what real estate in Montgomery County has looked like in the last 30 days.
Check it out in the images below!
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).
MoCo Census completion lags behind 2010. Only 72.2 percent of MoCo residents have completed the Census, compared to 76.1 percent in 2010, according to the Census Bureau’s self-response rate data. […]
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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: