Montgomery Community Media

U.S. Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) joined Maryland Attorney General, Brian Frosh, and Montgomery County Office of Consumer Protection Director, Eric Friedman, to discuss identify theft prevention from scammers during the inaugural Consumer Fest. The event, held at Veterans Plaza in Silver Spring Tuesday evening, also featured a resource fair for residents to learn more organizations […]

Montgomery County’s farmers are getting ready for the 29th annual Farm Tour and Harvest Sale event on July 28 and 29. The annual event started to help residents get to know their farmers and it takes place during the month of the Buy Local Challenge. Farm tours are free and many include activities such as […]

Watch Live. Montgomery Community Media’s Small Business Network (SBN) examines business growth through Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). Kelly Leonard moderates a panel of business experts on mergers and acquisitions, including William Duffy of M&T Investment Banking Group, Will Fergusion of Baltimore Washington Business Brokers, and Laurie Wiggins of Byond.

Launch Workplaces are bringing one of the newest trends in business to Montgomery County. The new location is set to open on Aug. 1 in Bethesda, the third one in the county. The first opened in the fall at Rio in Gaithersburg, and the second opened July 1 in Rockville. An open house for the […]

Mall developer Westfield is making plans to add a mixed-use development next to Montgomery Mall in the Rock Spring neighborhood of Bethesda. Bordered by high-traffic roads, Rock Spring is mostly made up by office buildings. Office use has declined in recent years; for example, Marriott International is moving to downtown Bethesda. The Rock Spring community […]

Bethesda Row is seeing some significant additions as some of its long-term vacancies are being filled. Clothing boutique Anthropologie will replace Bethesda landmark Barnes & Noble, which closed in January after 20 years of selling books there. Around the corner on Woodmont Avenue, signs reading “Coming Soon: Philz Coffee” hang inside the windows of Vino […]

Datawatch Systems, one of the top commercial office security providers in the country, is relocating its headquarters in Montgomery County and adding 50 new full-time jobs over the next four years, according to a statement from Gov. Larry Hogan’s office. The company is moving its operations to a nearby space on East West Highway in […]

Montgomery Community Media’s July Small Business Network (SBN) examines business growth through Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). The event takes place July 19 from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at our studios in Rockville located at 7548 Standish Place. Tickets are $20 and may be purchased online, here. The series of monthly morning sessions addresses topics of […]

A fund that aims to alleviate the economic impact from certain construction projects has received approval from Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett to expand. The Impact Assistance Fund was created to provide qualifying business owners with a conditional grant or loan, worth up to $25,000, for the economic strain caused by redevelopment projects initiated by […]

Bethesda Row welcomed the first Amazon Bookstore in Montgomery County to the corner of Bethesda Ave. and Arlington Rd. last week. The Amazon Bookstore fills the void left by the recent closure of the landmark Barnes & Noble on the same street. Barnes & Noble was one of Bethesda Row’s first tenants, and many Bethesda […]