Several upcoming retail openings across Montgomery County have generated significant buzz, ranging from long awaited grocery and hardware stores to creative local businesses expanding their footprint. Here are five of the most talked about projects currently on the horizon (based on our social media and website stats).

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Rising above Montgomery College’s Germantown Campus is one of Montgomery County’s most recognizable and unusual landmarks, a massive water tank painted to resemble the Earth and known locally as the “Earthoid.”

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In this article, we take a look at five upcoming restaurants that have generated the most buzz on our website and across our social media channels over the last couple of months. Based on views, likes, and shares, here are the five (listed in alphabetical order) that readers can’t stop talking about:

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Montgomery County Public Schools included an updated list of future school sites in an October 2025 CIP update, outlining dozens of properties across the county that are reserved, planned, or protected for potential public school use (full list available below).

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If you are a fan of brisket sandwiches and famously clean restrooms, the growing number of “coming soon” Buc-ee’s signs across Virginia are both exciting and a little frustrating. While the Commonwealth officially joined the Buc-ee’s family in June 2025 with the opening of the Rockingham County location, two more massive Virginia sites are in the works, each with very different timelines and challenges. Once completed, these will be the Buc-ee’s locations closest to the Washington DC region.

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