MoCo Listing of the Week: 1728 Wilmart Street (Rockville)
Let’s just say that all you’d need is a time machine to be walking distance to Putt-Putt.
Cool things
Finally… Drive-in movies are back in MoCo (hopefully). Park and Watch Events (www.parkandwatchevents.com) is working hard on trying to make it happen this fall. The proposed location will be in […]
Home Depot Design Center Set to Open Tomorrow, 9/7/20 in Montrose Crossing
The Home Depot Design Center will open on Monday, September 7th in Montrose Crossing.
Beyond MoCo: Mozzeria, a Deaf-Owned and Operated Restaurant, is Now Open
Mozzeria, a deaf-owned and operated pizzeria, is located on 1300 H St. NE, down the street from Gallaudet University.
MoCo Libraries Offer a New Way to Celebrate National Read a Book Day
Every year on September 6, readers come together to celebrate National Read a Book Day. Normally, this day could be well spent by visiting a local library and bringing a stack of books back home. Right now, you might be hesitant to collect books from your local Montgomery County Public Library. Did you know that our MoCo libraries have a new reading app?
Moe’s Southwest Grill recently came back to MoCo when the fast casual Mexican restaurant opened in the Wheaton Mall food court.
Many of you may remember that Moe’s previously had MoCo location last in Gaithersburg at the Potomac Valley shopping center until October of 2015, in Rockville Town Square (where Finnegan’s Wake is now located), and in Silver Spring on Tech Rd (where Qdoba is now located).
Good Harvest is Coming to MoCo
Good Harvest, a hot pot restaurant that has over 50 locations in China, is coming to Rockville.
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MoCo officials officially launched the County’s first four Ride On electric buses with a ceremonial “unplug” event.
Following the event, the media will have an opportunity to speak with the officials and get video inside the buses and at other designated areas of the maintenance and transit operations facility including bus sanitizing demonstrations and sneak peak of new Flash buses.
Back in December of 2019, we shared that Metro would soon allow users to load SmartTrip funding onto their iPhones and Apple Watches. This morning, we learned that Apple users are now able to use their devices to pay for their fare on Metrorail, Metrobus, and all regional buses that accept SmartTrip cards. Users have the option to load funds from a pre-existing SmartTrip Card into their Apple Wallet or they can purchase a new digital card.
However, as reported by NBC Washington, this feature only works with newer devices– users must have an iPhone 8 or newer or an Apple Watch Series 3 or newer.
Our real estate experts, Team Nurit, have provided us with some interesting statistics for the last 30 days.
Silver Spring once again leads the way in active/coming soon listings and sold/under contract homes.
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“Take Me Home, Country Roads” was inspired by Clopper Road in Gaithersburg and Germantown. Though some believe the name of the song was going to be “Take Me Home, Clopper Road,” that has been confirmed to be untrue. Bill Danoff was inspired to write “Take Me Home, Country Roads” as he drove on Clopper Road in Gaithersburg (then a country road) on his way to a family reunion with his then-girlfriend Taffy Nivert, who also helped with the song (the duo was known as Fat City).
He and John Denver sang the song together the next night and recorded it the following Monday. Danoff has confirmed that Clopper Rd. was the inspiration in various interviews. Our featured photo is a shot of Clopper Road in 1945, courtesy of Steve Michaels. It looks a little different than the road that is part of Exit 10 on I-270 today.