Ulta Beauty, an America beauty chain with over 1,000 stores that carry cosmetics, skincare brands, men’s and women’s fragrances, nail products, bath & body products, beauty tools, hair care products, and is equipped with a salon, brow bar, and skin bar, is coming to the Neelsville Village shopping center in Germantown.

The store will be located where Dress Barn is currently located and plans to open in late 2020.


CM Chicken is coming to Germantown– taking over the space that was home to Johnny’s Kabob Restaurant (12933 Wisteria Drive) in Germantown Plaza.

Originally started in South Korea, CM Chicken specializes in Texas-Korean-style fried chicken. On the menu, expect to see items like red hot pepper chicken, garlic spicy chicken, curry chicken, fried chicken, bacon spinach chicken, lemon spring onion chicken and tikku soy sauce chicken gizzards, along with sides such as rice, coleslaw and fried calamari.


Isaac Cudjoe graduates from Seneca Valley in 2012. He has a masters in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence from Brandeis University.

Together these two young men have started Brothers With Books. Kevin and Isaac noticed that students aren’t reading as much as they should, so they wanted to make sure that students had adequate access to books.


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