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    <title>Silverspringism</title>
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    <description>A blog about Silver Spring and Takoma Park  real estate, homes, houses, condos, townhomes, housing market, neightborhoods, history, events, businesses, parks, schools, photos, issues, and lifestyle.
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      <guid>http://silverspringism.com/post/45412/silver-spring-single-family-houses-and-neighborhoods</guid>
      <title>Silver Spring Single Family Houses and Neighborhoods</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Are you looking for charm? &lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/6/0/2/7/0/ar117148203007206.jpg&quot; height=&quot;185&quot; alt=&quot;House in North Hills of Sligo&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 5px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The neighborhoods closest to Downtown&amp;nbsp;Silver Spring&amp;nbsp;are older and full of charm! The neighborhoods of East Silver Spring,Woodmoor, Woodside, Indian Spring Village, North Hills and Northwood Park, to name a few, are filled with bungalows, cape cods and brick colonials on tree-lined streets. You will find hardwood flooring, wood-burning fireplaces, screened-in porches, and neighbors taking walks in the evenings.&amp;nbsp;The prices for these single family homes is anywhere from 450,000 to 1,000,000+&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/0/0/1/9/ar117148245291005.jpg&quot; height=&quot;210&quot; alt=&quot; &quot; width=&quot;280&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin: 5px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;If you are looking for a newer home with lots of space and newer amenities, you might be interested in the neighborhoods of Greater Silver Spring like Naples or Stonegate. These two neighborhoods are adjacent to each other,feature a neighborhood swimming pool, and kids can walk to the Elementary School located in the community.&amp;nbsp;Also neighborhoods like Burnt Mills Hills, Springbrook and Quaint Acres may strike your fancy with homes built from the late 1940's to the 1970's on Large Private Lots of 1-3 Acres. If you want brand new, there is Manor Spring, Ashton Knolls, Bancroft, Briarcliff Manor, and Ashton Preserve. All of the communities have gorgeous homes, on lots anywhere from 1/3 acre to 10 acres! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are looking for newer expect to pay anywhere from $700,000 to $1,000,000+.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Debbie Cook (Long &amp; Foster Real Estate, Inc)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:52:34 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://silverspringism.com/post/45412/silver-spring-single-family-houses-and-neighborhoods</link>
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      <title>Old DC Candy Icon Sets up Shop in Silver Spring!</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thesilverbee.com/2010/01/13/dc-candy-icon-sets-up-shop-in-downtown-silver-spring/298/&quot; rel=&quot;attachment wp-att-298&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The 2010 Resolution Breaking, Ultimate Sugar High (Candy Store has opened in the Old Building that I last remember as&#160;being an Army Recruiting Station:&lt;br /&gt;8408 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Downtown 20910&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.thesilverbee.com/wp-content/uploads/velatis-005.jpg&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;376&quot; alt=&quot;Velatis Storefront&quot; width=&quot;693&quot; /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thesilverbee.com/2010/01/13/dc-candy-icon-sets-up-shop-in-downtown-silver-spring/298/&quot; rel=&quot;attachment wp-att-298&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thesilverbee.com/2010/01/13/dc-candy-icon-sets-up-shop-in-downtown-silver-spring/298/&quot; rel=&quot;attachment wp-att-298&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;The smell inside the shop is intoxicating.&#160; They make the candy in the building, fresh, no preservatives.&#160; You can watch it being made.&#160;&#160;If you are old enough to remember the candy sold exclusively at Woodward and Lothrup &quot;Woodies&quot; stores in Wheaton Plaza, Montgomery Mall, Chevy Chase and the original Downtown&#160;Woodies you are probably going to be in nostalgia heaven when you taste it.&#160; The caramels are out of this world, even if you are not a &quot;candy person&quot;.&#160;&#160; Velatis has a history of candy making that goes back over 150 years starting in Richmond, Va during the civil war and in Washington, DC from a shop opened in 1866.&#160; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.velatis.com/history.asp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Their history is so interesting it is worth the read&lt;/a&gt;, as are the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.velatis.com/testimonials.asp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;testimonials from people&lt;/a&gt; all over the DC area.&#160; They plan to add ice cream to the menu at the shop and are having a &lt;strong&gt;Grand Opening&lt;/strong&gt; in March.&#160; Stop by and buy some caramels, you will not be disappointed!&#160; Happy Sugar High!&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Debbie Cook (Long &amp; Foster Real Estate, Inc)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:10:21 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://silverspringism.com/post/1464921/old-dc-candy-icon-sets-up-shop-in-silver-spring-</link>
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      <title>Silver Spring, Md - Woodside Forest Real Estate Market Activity</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/9/3/5/8/ar118982214985394.jpg&quot; height=&quot;248&quot; alt=&quot; &quot; width=&quot;330&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin: 10px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An old&amp;nbsp;tree-lined neighborhood&amp;nbsp;with hills of unique, custom&amp;nbsp;Colonial, Cape Cod, Rambler and Contemporary style single family homes next to Sligo Creek Park. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Woodside Forest is bordered on the west by Georgia Avenue, on the east by Colesville Road, on the north by Sligo Creek and on the south by Dale Drive. There are 325 homes in this subdivision.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/1/9/6/6/ar118982232066919.jpg&quot; height=&quot;248&quot; alt=&quot; &quot; width=&quot;330&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 10px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Real Estate Sales&amp;nbsp;of Single Family Homes &lt;br /&gt;Woodside Forest&amp;nbsp;Subdivision of Silver Spring, MD 20910&lt;br /&gt;April 14th - September 14th, 2007 (6 months)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;5 Sold Listings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Average List Price - $753,980&lt;br /&gt;Average Sold Price - $755,475&lt;br /&gt;Lowest Sold Price - $495,000&lt;br /&gt;Highest Sold Price - $1,299,973&lt;br /&gt;Average Time on Market - 28 Days&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/763328/silver-spring-real-estate-in-woodside-forest&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Updated Market Report for Woodside &lt;br /&gt;Forest 2008 and 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Debbie Cook (Long &amp; Foster Real Estate, Inc)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:20:22 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://silverspringism.com/post/205199/silver-spring-md-woodside-forest-real-estate-market-activity</link>
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      <title>Silver Spring Real Estate in Historic Capitol View Park</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.comhttp://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/7/9/6/5/ar119169250256975.jpg&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; alt=&quot; &quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin: 10px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Capitol View Park is an Old&amp;nbsp;Historic Neighborhood down by the Railroad Tracks and just past Forest Glen in the area of Silver Spring&amp;nbsp;that borders Kensington, Maryland.&amp;nbsp; In this quiet shaded glen, away from the hustle and bustle of Downtown, you will find a mix of every thing from old &quot;Sears&quot; Bungalows, Restored&amp;nbsp;Victorians, post WWII capes cods, colonials and&amp;nbsp;ramblers&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;recently built homes.&lt;br /&gt;More info: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cvpca.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Capitol View Park Neighborhood&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are 395 Total Single Family Houses in Capitol View Park, Silver Spring zip code 20910&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Real Estate Market Activity Report:&amp;nbsp; January 1, 2008&amp;nbsp;through&amp;nbsp;December 31, 2008&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/7/2/8/0/0/ar126088401600827.jpg&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 5px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;12 Sold&amp;nbsp;Listings &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Average List Price - $430,349&lt;br /&gt;Average Sold Price - $423,000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lowest&amp;nbsp;Sold Price - $270,000&lt;br /&gt;Highest&amp;nbsp;Sold Price - $807,500&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Average Time on Market - 165 Days&lt;br /&gt;Average Seller Closing Credit to Buyer -$5,741&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;10 Withdrawn or Expired Listings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;10&amp;nbsp;Listings were removed from the Market&lt;br /&gt;Average Price Withdrawn Listings - $568,840&lt;br /&gt;Average Time on Market - 183 Days&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Curious about your Silver Spring Home's Value or what's happening in the Real Estate Market right NOW?&lt;br /&gt;Get&amp;nbsp;a computerized Market Analysis of your Silver Spring Home&amp;nbsp;at:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.silverspringcma.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;www.SilverSpringCMA.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For &quot;Real Time&quot; Market Stats, Charts and Statistics for the different areas of Silver Spring and Takoma Park visit&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.altosresearch.com/altos/app?service=lpage&amp;amp;pai=50663167&amp;amp;pt=Real%20Estate%20Market%20Reports&amp;amp;sn=Debbie's&amp;amp;ptt=All%20the%20market%20trend%20charts%20on%20this%20page%20are%20'live'%20Bookmark%20this%20page%20to%20watch%20the%20market%20change%20each%20week.%20Want%20more%20details?%20Subscribe%20to%20my%20%3Cem%3EReal-Time%20Market%20Report%3C/em%3E.%20It's%20all%20about%20what's%20going%20on%20right%20now%20and%20it's%20%3Cb%3Efree%3C/b%3E!&amp;amp;ht=How's%20the%20Real%20Estate%20Market%20in%20YOUR%20area?&amp;amp;srb=t&amp;amp;rt=sf&amp;amp;fb=f&amp;amp;cle=f&amp;amp;ra=a&amp;amp;geos=SILVER%20SPRING,20901;SILVER%20SPRING,20902;SILVER%20SPRING,20903;SILVER%20SPRING,20904;SILVER%20SPRING,20905;SILVER%20SPRING,20906;SILVER%20SPRING,20910;SILVER%20SPRING,a;TAKOMA%20PARK,20912;TAKOMA%20PARK,a;&amp;amp;st=MD;MD;MD;MD;MD;MD;MD;MD;MD;MD;&amp;amp;s=median_price,mean_dom,;median_price,mean_dom,;median_price,mean_dom,;median_price,mean_dom,;median_price,mean_dom,;median_price,mean_dom,;median_price,mean_dom,;median_price,mean_dom,;median_price,mean_dom,;median_price,mean_dom,;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Silver Spring - Takoma Market Trends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For Expert Assistance Navigating the Current Real Estate Market in Silver Spring or Takoma Park Maryland&lt;br /&gt;contact Debbie Cook with Long and Foster Realtors&amp;nbsp;(301)587-3528&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Debbie Cook (Long &amp; Foster Real Estate, Inc)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:56:17 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://silverspringism.com/post/751883/silver-spring-real-estate-in-historic-capitol-view-park</link>
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      <title>Silver Spring Real Estate in the Forest Estates Neighborhood</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Forest Estates Neighborhood in Silver Spring, Maryland 20902 is bordered by Georgia Avenue to the west, Dennis Avenue to the north, Sanford Road to the south, and Sligo Creek Park to the east. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Forest Estates Colonial Silver Spring&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/4/6/8/8/ar122469886088648.jpg&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; alt=&quot;Colonial in Forest Estates - Silver Spring&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin: 8px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forestestates.org/index.php&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Forest Estates&lt;/a&gt; is an attractive quiet suburban community of single family homes built between the 1940's through the mid 1960's. &amp;nbsp;Most homes are solidly built Post War brick cape cods and colonials.&amp;nbsp; The community&amp;nbsp;is walking distance to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stationmasters.com/System_Map/FORESTGL/forestgl.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Forest Glen METRO&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Forest Estates is&amp;nbsp;located just outside the beltway but close to the hustle, bustle, nightlife, shopping&amp;nbsp;and ammenites of Downtown Silver Spring and Washington, DC.&amp;nbsp;There is an abundance of Parkland in and around Forest Estates.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are 446 Single Family homes in&amp;nbsp;the Forest Estates&amp;nbsp;subdivision, Silver Spring, Md 20902&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Forest Estates Silver Spring Cape Cod&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/0/9/1/1/ar122469918011905.jpg&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; alt=&quot;Cape Cod Home in Forest Estates&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 8px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;Sales Activity in 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;23 Homes Sold&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Average Listing Price - $407,450&lt;br /&gt;Average Sold Price - $396,343&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lowest&amp;nbsp;Sale Price - $290,000&lt;br /&gt;Higest&amp;nbsp;Sale Price - $525,000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Average Days on Market - 62&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buying or Selling in Silver Spring or Takoma Park&lt;br /&gt;Keep up to with the market with my FREE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ssmarketsnapshot.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Silver Spring Market Snapshot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Colonial in Forest Estates Silver Spring&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/2/4/1/9/2/ar122469930629142.jpg&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; alt=&quot;House in Forest Estates Silver Spring&quot; width=&quot;270&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 8px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;Curious about your Silver Spring Home's Value or what's happening in the Real Estate Market right NOW?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get&amp;nbsp;a computerized Market Analysis of your Silver Spring Home&amp;nbsp;at:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.silverspringcma.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.SilverSpringCMA.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep up to date on the prices, market changes and trends in your area of Silver Spring or Takoma Park with Debbie's &quot;Real Time&quot; Market Stats, Charts and Statistics for the different areas of Silver Spring&amp;nbsp;at:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.altosresearch.com/altos/app?service=lpage&amp;amp;pai=50663167&amp;amp;pt=Real%20Estate%20Market%20Reports&amp;amp;sn=Debbie's&amp;amp;ptt=All%20the%20market%20trend%20charts%20on%20this%20page%20are%20'live'%20Bookmark%20this%20page%20to%20watch%20the%20market%20change%20each%20week.%20Want%20more%20details?%20Subscribe%20to%20my%20%3Cem%3EReal-Time%20Market%20Report%3C/em%3E.%20It's%20all%20about%20what's%20going%20on%20right%20now%20and%20it's%20%3Cb%3Efree%3C/b%3E!&amp;amp;ht=How's%20the%20Real%20Estate%20Market%20in%20YOUR%20area?&amp;amp;srb=t&amp;amp;rt=sf&amp;amp;fb=f&amp;amp;cle=f&amp;amp;ra=a&amp;amp;geos=SILVER%20SPRING,20901;SILVER%20SPRING,20902;SILVER%20SPRING,20903;SILVER%20SPRING,20904;SILVER%20SPRING,20905;SILVER%20SPRING,20906;SILVER%20SPRING,20910;SILVER%20SPRING,a;TAKOMA%20PARK,20912;TAKOMA%20PARK,a;&amp;amp;st=MD;MD;MD;MD;MD;MD;MD;MD;MD;MD;&amp;amp;s=median_price,mean_dom,;median_price,mean_dom,;median_price,mean_dom,;median_price,mean_dom,;median_price,mean_dom,;median_price,mean_dom,;median_price,mean_dom,;median_price,mean_dom,;median_price,mean_dom,;median_price,mean_dom,;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Silver Spring - Takoma Market Trends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With&amp;nbsp;Debbie's 21 years of Experience, Knowledge of the Market&amp;nbsp;and Enthusiasm for Silver Spring,&amp;nbsp;she knows how to&amp;nbsp;help navigate today's tough Real Estate Market.&amp;nbsp; Give Debbie Cook a Call (301) 587-3528&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/942905/silver-spring-forest-estates-neighborhood-real-estate-market-report&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More Info and Forest Estates Real Estate Sales 2009&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Debbie Cook (Long &amp; Foster Real Estate, Inc)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:33:05 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>McMansion Watch in East Silver Spring - From Condemned to Almost Done?</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Easley Before&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.comhttp://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/3/6/1/8/ar119740027481634.jpg&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; alt=&quot;Easley Before&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin: 8px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This&amp;nbsp;post was inspired by a another local blogger &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thayeravenue.com/&quot;&gt;www.ThayerAvenue.com&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;who posted about a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thayeravenue.com/?p=115&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ginormous McMansion&lt;/a&gt; going up in East Silver Spring on Thayer Avenue.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most of &lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/130903/East-Silver-Spring-s&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;East Silver Spring&lt;/a&gt; still has &quot;normal sized&quot; older houses.&amp;nbsp; The few McMansions or new infill construction that we do have &lt;strong&gt;REALLY&lt;/strong&gt; stand out.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One example on Easley street is the &quot;McMansion with no windows&quot;&amp;nbsp; It started out as a small bungalow home built in 1928 between 2 other similar houses.&amp;nbsp; The home had a larger and deeper than average lot size of 12,180 sq ft.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was torn down sometime ago and remained a big watery mud hole with trash and debris&amp;nbsp;in it for a few &lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.comhttp://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/6/5/7/1/5/ar11974005651756.jpg&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; alt=&quot; &quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 8px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;years.&amp;nbsp; I once walked&amp;nbsp;by the lot and noticed they were still getting junk&amp;nbsp;and other mail delivered to 701 Easley,&amp;nbsp;it was strewn all over the front of the mud hole.&amp;nbsp;While it was still just a hole, it caused a lot of concern and complaints from the adjoining neighbors and the neighborhood in general.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I though they'd never build anything there.&amp;nbsp; Then all of a sudden&amp;nbsp;a huge foundation went up&amp;nbsp;this past year.&amp;nbsp; The picture&amp;nbsp;does not do it justice - it is ENORMOUS.&amp;nbsp; Can't wait to see what it will look like when it's finished.&amp;nbsp; It will certainly stand out amongst the small old bungalows on that street.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Above Post from&amp;nbsp;December 2007&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fast Forward 2 years from this original post about the house&amp;nbsp;and this house still looked the same - except for the CONDEMENDED notice on the front door from Montgomery County. The notice&amp;nbsp;was posted in June or July of this year,&amp;nbsp; most likely&amp;nbsp;because of&amp;nbsp;the many complaints from the neighbors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/9/2/9/4/ar1260829649294.JPG&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 8px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/0/4/6/2/ar126082986526408.JPG&quot; height=&quot;173&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin: 8px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;East Silver Spring McMansion&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/7/8/6/9/7/ar126083075279687.jpg&quot; height=&quot;338&quot; alt=&quot;East Silver Spring McMansion&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 8px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photo of the house today &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WOW - The house looks a lot better this week - But still has the same condemned sign on the front door from this past summer.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally after almost 5 years it is starting to look like a decent house . . . .&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Debbie Cook (Long &amp; Foster Real Estate, Inc)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:57:11 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>McMansions in East Silver Spring - Silver Spring Real Estate</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Easley Before&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/3/6/1/8/ar119740027481634.jpg&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; alt=&quot;Easley Before&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin: 5px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This&amp;nbsp;post was inspired by a another local blogger &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ThayerAvenue.com&quot;&gt;www.ThayerAvenue.com&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;who posted about a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thayeravenue.com/?p=115&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ginormous McMansion&lt;/a&gt; going up in East Silver Spring on Thayer Avenue.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most of &lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/130903/East-Silver-Spring-s&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;East Silver Spring&lt;/a&gt; still has &quot;normal sized&quot; older houses.&amp;nbsp; The few McMansions or new infill construction that we do have &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;REALLY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; stand out.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One example on Easley street is the &quot;McMansion with no windows&quot;&amp;nbsp; It started out as a small bungalow home built in 1928 between 2 other similar houses.&amp;nbsp; The home had a larger and deeper than average lot size of 12,180 sq ft.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was torn down sometime ago and remained a big watery mud hole with trash and debris&amp;nbsp;in it for a few &lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/6/5/7/1/5/ar11974005651756.jpg&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; alt=&quot; &quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 5px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;years.&amp;nbsp; I once walked&amp;nbsp;by the lot and noticed they were still getting junk&amp;nbsp;and other mail delivered to 701 Easley,&amp;nbsp;it was strewn all over the front of the mud hole.&amp;nbsp;While it was still just a hole, it caused a lot of concern and complaints from the adjoining neighbors and the neighborhood in general.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I though they'd never build anything there.&amp;nbsp; Then all of a sudden&amp;nbsp;a huge foundation went up&amp;nbsp;this past year.&amp;nbsp; The picture&amp;nbsp;does not do it justice - it is ENORMOUS.&amp;nbsp; Can't wait to see what it will look like when it's finished.&amp;nbsp; It will certainly stand out amongst the small old bungalows on that street.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A tasteful newly constructed infill home was completed recently just down the way&amp;nbsp;at 608&amp;nbsp;Deerfield in East Silver Spring - &lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/109574/East-Silver-Spring-Neighborhood&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;McNeills Subdivision&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;The lot was a little over 7,000 square feet and an old garage at the back of the vacant lot was the only thing&amp;nbsp;torn down to build the house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;New Construction Deerfield&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/9/0/6/8/ar119740066286094.jpg&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; alt=&quot;New Construction Deerfield&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin: 5px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This house sold for &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;$1,191,064.00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;( one million, one hundred ninety one thousand and sixty four dollars ) and settled less than 3 months ago.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I think&amp;nbsp;this NEW house just &quot;nails it&quot; for a perfect fit&amp;nbsp;with the neighborhood character of East Silver Spring. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some Gigantic Monster Houses&amp;nbsp;have&amp;nbsp;gone up or are going up in some older Silver Spring&amp;nbsp;neighborhoods,&amp;nbsp;for instance &lt;a href=&quot;http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b13/thecourtyard/just%20up%20the%20pike/?action=view&amp;amp;current=Big-AssMcMansionOnRandolph.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;this one&amp;nbsp;on Randolph Road&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;There&amp;nbsp;is a Monster Palace on New Hamphire Avenue in Hillandale&amp;nbsp;and a Giant House going up in Woodmoor just past the Woodmoor Shopping Center going North on Colesville that you just can't miss when driving out that way.&amp;nbsp; Sligo from Silver Spring Singular has posted a few blogs about &lt;a href=&quot;http://silverspringsingular.blogspot.com/search?q=mcmansions&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;McMansions in Silver Spring&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I liked &lt;a href=&quot;http://mydamagedgoods.blogspot.com/2007/05/mcmansion-owners-prove-once-again-that.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; about Mc Mansions by a local blogger.&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.JustUpthePike.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dan Reed&lt;/a&gt; (Our future architect/Urban Planner) from Just Up the Pike &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.justupthepike.com/search?q=mcmansions&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;writes about them all the time&lt;/a&gt; and Silver Spring Daily Photo has a lot of photos of &lt;a href=&quot;http://silverspringdailyphoto.com/2007/10/19/mcmansions/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;McMansions&lt;/a&gt; in and around Silver Spring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, How do you feel about McMansions in Silver Spring?&amp;nbsp; What's your opinion?&amp;nbsp; Want more? 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      <dc:creator>Debbie Cook (Long &amp; Foster Real Estate, Inc)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:03:29 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://silverspringism.com/post/303683/mcmansions-in-east-silver-spring-silver-spring-real-estate</link>
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      <title>Silver Spring, Md Real Estate Market Report - Cameron Hill Town Homes</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/6/5/5/0/7/ar119439254870556.jpg&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; alt=&quot; &quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 5px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Built&amp;nbsp;between 1999 and&amp;nbsp;2000, located at Colesville Road and Ramsey Street, in the heart of downtown Silver Spring, Cameron Hill is an established neighborhood featuring&amp;nbsp;57 EYA townhomes across the street from the Silver Spring Metro. This small enclave with a very unique group of Luxury Townhomes with garages, has a Georgetown Flair.&amp;nbsp; Cameron Hill is an easy stroll to downtown Silver Spring and all of the restaurants, shopping, and theaters.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2007 Sales&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;5 SOLD Listings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Average List Price - $673,400&lt;br /&gt;Average Sold Price - $652,000&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Average Days on Market - 100&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2008 Sales&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;Only 2 SOLD Listings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/4/2/6/1/ar119439275316248.jpg&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; alt=&quot; &quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 5px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;Average List Price - $624,950&lt;br /&gt;Average Sold Price - $565,000&lt;br /&gt;Average Days on Market - 23&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YTD 2009 Sales&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;3 Sold Listings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Average List Price - $639,966&lt;br /&gt;Average Sold Price - $629,667&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Average Days on Market - 31&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Want to live in a Town House in Downtown Silver Spring?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://idx.diversesolutions.com/search/2518/20#ZipCodes=20910&amp;amp;PropertyTypes=136%2C137&amp;amp;PerformSearch&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Search all Townhomes Available for Sale in the&amp;nbsp;Downtown&amp;nbsp;Silver Spring Area - 20910&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Debbie Cook (Long &amp; Foster Real Estate, Inc)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:50:19 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://silverspringism.com/post/264428/silver-spring-md-real-estate-market-report-cameron-hill-town-homes</link>
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      <title>Silver Spring Md Downtown Woodside Neighborhood - New Construction Coming</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;8922 Georgia&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/1/6/1/9/8/ar117251198589161.jpg&quot; height=&quot;188&quot; alt=&quot;8922 Georgia&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 5px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Corner of Noyes &amp;amp; Georgia Avenue (just north of the Downtown Silver Spring&amp;nbsp;CBD) &lt;br /&gt;is expecting a New Developement of 23 Townhouses and 3 Restored Historic Houses.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;The builder Joseph Alefandre&amp;nbsp;built homes&amp;nbsp;in the award-winning neotraditional new urbanist community of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://kentlandsusa.com/kentlands/community.php&quot;&gt;&quot;Kentlands&lt;/a&gt;&quot; in Gaithersburg, Md.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;On a&amp;nbsp;much smaller scale than the Kentlands,&amp;nbsp;and using the already in place ammenties of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.silverspringdowntown.com/&quot;&gt;Downtown Silver Spring&lt;/a&gt;, the development includes 6 existing Properties consiting of&amp;nbsp;1 lot and 5 Houses.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;The exisitng homes at 1403 Noyes Drive and 8918 Georgia Avenue will be preserved in their existing locations.&amp;nbsp; The exsiting home at 8922 Georgia Avenue will be preserved and relocated on the property to front on Noyes Drive.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Zoning &lt;img title=&quot;8918 Georgia&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/7/3/3/5/7/ar117251214675337.jpg&quot; height=&quot;188&quot; alt=&quot;8918 Georgia&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 5px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;Application was granted by the Montgomery County&amp;nbsp;Council in&amp;nbsp;October of 2004.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;The Details of the Courts of Woodside developement are:&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;Density&lt;/span&gt;- 9.7 du/acre, 26 units (23 townhomes and 3 single family detatched)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;Green Area&lt;/span&gt;- 60% Minimum (gross tract area)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;Building Coverage&lt;/span&gt;- 25% Maximum (gross tract area)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;Parking and Access&lt;/span&gt;- Owner and guest parking will be provided entirely on site, and not accessed from Georgia Avenue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Homes will be sold by Long and Foster Realtors&amp;nbsp; The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.courtsofwoodside.com/&quot;&gt;Courts of Woodside&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img title=&quot;Noyes&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/3/5/0/8/5/ar11725123258053.jpg&quot; height=&quot;188&quot; alt=&quot;Noyes Drive&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 5px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;Website&amp;nbsp;shows rendering of the townhomes and &amp;nbsp;the layout of the planned developement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thinking of Buying or Selling a Property in Silver Spring&lt;br /&gt;or Takoma Park?&amp;nbsp; For a Free Detailed Market Snapshot&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Visit&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ssmarketsnapshot.com&quot;&gt;www.ssmarketsnapshot.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://idx.diversesolutions.com/search/2518/20#MinYearBuilt=2008&amp;amp;ZipCodes=20910%2C20901%2C20912&amp;amp;PropertyTypes=133%2C134%2C136%2C137&amp;amp;PerformSearch&amp;amp;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Search all new construction in close-in Silver Spring&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Debbie Cook (Long &amp; Foster Real Estate, Inc)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:00:27 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Silver Spring Real Estate - North Woodside Home Sales</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/9/6/7/2/ar123596283127694.jpg&quot; height=&quot;201&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 5px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;North Woodside is a true Bungalow Lovers Heaven!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Many of the homes in North Woodside are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.searsarchives.com/homes/1927-1932.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;SEARS HOMES&lt;/a&gt;, Built between 1927 and 1940.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In North Woodside, you can find examples of almost every Sears Home built in this era.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Subdivision in Close-In Silver Spring&amp;nbsp;has a fantastic collection of 350 single family houses within walking distance of two Metrorail stations, an award winning&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/woodlines/&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;neighborhood public school&lt;/a&gt;, parks, Snider's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sniderfoods.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Supermarket&lt;/a&gt;, two dry cleaners, Staples, CVS, &lt;a href=&quot;http://yorkcastleicecream.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tropical Ice Cream&lt;/a&gt;, Armand's, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thewoodsidedeli.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Woodside Deli&lt;/a&gt; and a host of other attractions on nearby Georgia Avenue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/1/4/2/7/ar125865908272418.jpg&quot; height=&quot;299&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;280&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 8px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Schools&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;The Montgomery County public school system is well&amp;nbsp;known as one of the best in the nation.&amp;nbsp;The public schools serving&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;North Woodside&amp;nbsp;neighborhood in Silver Spring are:&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/woodlines/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Woodlin Elementary&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; (k-5)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/sligoms/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sligo Middle School&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; (6-8)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/einsteinhs/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Einstein High School&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; (8-12)&lt;br /&gt;Also, at the high school level the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/downcounty/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Downcounty consortium&lt;/a&gt; is available giving students a choice regarding their academic area of study. The five high schools in the Downcounty cluster include Montgomery Blair, Northwood High, John F. Kennedy and Wheaton.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are also some high quality&amp;nbsp;Private schools&amp;nbsp;convenient&amp;nbsp;to the&amp;nbsp;North Woodside&amp;nbsp;Neighborhood:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.geds.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Grace Episcopal&lt;/a&gt; (K-8)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.celcs.org/Schoolhome.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Calvary Lutheran&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Junior K-8)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jpds.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jewish Primary Day School&lt;/a&gt; (K-6)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;North Woodside Real Estate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/7/3/4/5/0/ar125865929505437.jpg&quot; height=&quot;218&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 8px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;7 Homes Sold in 2008:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;1. 4 Bedroom&amp;nbsp;3 Bath Colonial Farmhouse&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Listed Price - $769,000 Sold - $730,000&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Days on Market - 80&lt;br /&gt;2.&amp;nbsp;3 Bedroom 2 Bath Colonial&amp;nbsp;Farmhouse&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; List Price - $733,000 Sold - $702,000&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Days on Market - 62&lt;br /&gt;3. 4 Bedroom 3 Bath Expanded Bungalow&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; List -&amp;nbsp;$679,900 Sold - $667,000&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Days on Market - 214&lt;br /&gt;4.&amp;nbsp;4 Bedroom 2 1/2 Bath Brick Cape Cod&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; List - $649,000 Sold - $627,000&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Days on Market - 32&lt;br /&gt;5.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.GlenRossHome.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;4 Bedroom 2 Bath Sears Bungalow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; List - $565,000 Sold - $550,000&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Days on Market - 55&lt;br /&gt;6.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.GlenRossRd.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;2 Bedroom 2 Bath Sears Bungalow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; List - $555,000 Sold - $500,000&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Days on Market - 92&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/3/8/4/1/ar125865942514838.jpg&quot; height=&quot;248&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 8px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;7. 4 Bedroom 2 Bath Frame Cape Cod&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; List - $349,000 Sold - $335,000&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Days on Market - 224&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;Year to Date Sales - 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;1. 5 Bedroom 2 1/2 Bath Bungalow &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mouseonhouse.com/property/256/8813/?Branding=0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Total Renovtion Like New - 2009&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; List&amp;nbsp;- $899,000 Sold - $872,000 &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $5,500 Seller Subsidy &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Days on Market - 239&lt;br /&gt;2.&lt;a href=&quot;http://pix1.homevisit.com/tourLite/?id=37383&amp;amp;skin=&amp;amp;ver=&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;2 Bedroom 1 Bath Bungalow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; List - $485,000 Sold - $476,000&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Days on Market - 7&lt;br /&gt;3. &lt;a href=&quot;http://pix1.homevisit.com/tourLite/?id=40014&amp;amp;skin=&amp;amp;ver=&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;2 Bedroom 2 Bath Bungalow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; List - $495,000 Sold - 507,000&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Days on Market - 8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://idx.diversesolutions.com/search/2518/20#Tracts=North%20Woodside&amp;amp;ZipCodes=20910&amp;amp;PropertyTypes=134&amp;amp;PerformSearch&amp;amp;Tracts=North%20Woodside%2CMontgomery%20Hills&amp;amp;ZipCodes=20910&amp;amp;PropertyTypes=134&amp;amp;PerformSearch&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Search Homes for Sale currently in the North Woodside and Adjacent Montgomery Hills Neighborhood&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Thinking of&amp;nbsp; Buying or Selling a&amp;nbsp;Property in Silver Spring or Takoma Park? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.homeinsight.com/Widget/default.asp?AUCRODRPY5I7&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Get a &quot;real time&quot;&amp;nbsp;Market Analysis&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of Homes in the area.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.glenrossrd.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Debbie Cook (Long &amp; Foster Real Estate, Inc)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:15:10 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://silverspringism.com/post/960758/silver-spring-real-estate-north-woodside-home-sales</link>
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      <title>Silver Spring, Md Woodside Park Neighborhood - Real Estate Market Report</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;One of the Most Popular Older Silver Spring Neighborhoods,&amp;nbsp;Close-in Woodside Park has an interesting &lt;a href=&quot;http://users.starpower.net/oshel/history.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;history&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; This Mature, Densely Wooded Neighborhood is accessible to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.silverspringdowntown&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Downtown Silver Spring&lt;/a&gt; and the Silver Spring Metro Station.&amp;nbsp; Located&amp;nbsp;inside the Beltway&amp;nbsp;and just over the Washington DC line in Maryland, this &lt;a href=&quot;http://filelibrary.myaasite.com/Content/40/40655/26077977.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;gorgeous&amp;nbsp;old subdivsion&lt;/a&gt; of charming homes has larger than average lot sizes.&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.comhttp://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/6/9/3/4/0/ar118807694604396.jpg&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; alt=&quot; &quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 5px; border: black 2px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Real Estate&amp;nbsp;Activity Report for the Woodside Park Subdivision in Silver Spring, Md 20910&lt;br /&gt;Single Family Homes for last 6 months -&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;end November 2007 through&amp;nbsp;April 24,2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;5 Active Listings - Homes for Sale Currently&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Price Range Low - $599,000 High - $939,000&lt;br /&gt;Average List (Asking) Price Active Listings - $703,280&lt;br /&gt;Average Days on Market -&amp;nbsp;90 Days&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;3&amp;nbsp;Listings Under Contract - Pending&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Average Price for Pendings - $716,300&lt;br /&gt;Average Days on Market for Pending Listings - 79&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;5 Listings Sold&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Average List Price Solds - $687,680&lt;br /&gt;Average Actual Sold Price - $689,900&lt;br /&gt;Lowest Sold Price - $557,000&lt;br /&gt;Highest Sold Price - $825,000&lt;br /&gt;Average Days on Market - 72&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Debbie Cook (Long &amp; Foster Real Estate, Inc)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:47:50 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://silverspringism.com/post/482920/silver-spring-md-woodside-park-neighborhood-real-estate-market-report</link>
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      <title>Silver Spring Md Real Estate and Home Sales in Indian Spring</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/1/5/5/7/ar123784316575514.jpg&quot; height=&quot;159&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;280&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin: 5px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Indian Spring is one of the most popular family friendly&amp;nbsp;neighborhoods in Silver Spring.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Homes in Indian Spring&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;originally built as&amp;nbsp;Golf Course or Country Club Homes. The area was developed&amp;nbsp;around the Old Indian Spring Country Club &amp;amp; Golf Course in the&amp;nbsp;late 1930's. When Country Club moved out to Layhill Road in mid 1950's, the grounds &lt;a href=&quot;http://silverspringdailyphoto.com/2007/09/11/ymca/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;and buildings&lt;/a&gt; became the home of the Silver Spring &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ymcawashdc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;YMCA&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Indian Spring Neighborhood&amp;nbsp;is located just inside the Beltway in Silver Spring, Md 20901,&amp;nbsp;east of Colesville Road (Route 29). The southern border is Franklin Avenue and the west, University Boulevard.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Community &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iscaonline.com/Websites/iscaonline/Images/Documents/map.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Map of Indian Spring&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Indian Spring Real Estate Colonial Home&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/6/9/5/1/6/ar123784350761596.jpg&quot; height=&quot;199&quot; alt=&quot;Colonial in Indian Spring &quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 5px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The houses&amp;nbsp;are charming&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iscaonline.com/indian-spring-club-estates-flyer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;colonials, cape cods&lt;/a&gt; and ramblers built from the early 1940's through the mid 1950s.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;There are just over 800 single family&amp;nbsp;homes in the Indian Spring subdivisions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Schools&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Montgomery County public school system is well&amp;nbsp;known as one of the best in the nation.&amp;nbsp;Public schools serving&amp;nbsp; Indian Spring: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://web.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/highlandviewes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Highland View Elementary School, &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/ssims/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Silver Spring International Middle School, &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/northwoodhs/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Northwood High School, &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the high school level the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/downcounty&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Downcounty consortium&lt;/a&gt; is available giving students a choice regarding their academic area of study. The five high schools in the Downcounty cluster include Montgomery Blair, Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy and Wheaton. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/3/1/6/6/6/ar123862399966613.jpg&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 8px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Private schools&amp;nbsp;convenient&amp;nbsp;to the Indian Spring Neighborhood are: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.st-bernadetteelem.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;St. Bernadette's&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;fondly called &quot;ST B's&quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.geds.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Grace Episcopal Day School &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.celcs.org/Schoolhome.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Calvery Lutheran School&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Indian Spring&amp;nbsp;community was listed in the Washingtonian one of the &quot;Best Places to Live&quot; (2005).&amp;nbsp; &quot;This is the kind of inner-Beltway suburb that downtown Silver Spring was revitalized for. The professionals living here may have families, but they're not so suburbanized that they don't enjoy the art films, live music, and trendy food that are trademarks of the new Silver Spring.&quot;&amp;nbsp; - Washingtonian Magazine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The&amp;nbsp;Indian Spring Community&amp;nbsp;has family-oriented social events for neighbors to meet and&amp;nbsp;an email group&amp;nbsp;for neighbors to keep up on the latest news, events, announcements and learn about local services.&amp;nbsp;Some of the Neighborhood events are:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;(the ever popular&amp;nbsp;annual) &quot;Taste of Indian Spring&quot;, neighborhood clean up, yard sale, Fall Fest, July 4th Celebration, Holiday Celebrations and Holiday House Tours.&amp;nbsp; Find out more about the Indian Spring Community by visiting their website &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.Iscaonline.com&quot;&gt;www.Iscaonline.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Silver Spring Real Estate Indian Spring Street&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.comhttp://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/2/6/7/2/2/ar118867974522762.jpg&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; alt=&quot; Street in Indian Spring Silver Spring Real Estate&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 8px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Indian Spring Real Estate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;26 Homes SOLD in 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Average List Price in 2008 - $476,175&lt;br /&gt;Lowest List Price - $299,900&lt;br /&gt;Highest List Price - $610,000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Average SOLD Price in 2008 - $461,027&lt;br /&gt;Lowest Sale Price - $300,007&lt;br /&gt;Highest Sale Price - $610,000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Average Time on Market -&amp;nbsp;102 Days&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;31&amp;nbsp;Homes were SOLD in 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Average List Price 2009 - $459,397&lt;br /&gt;Average Sold Price 2009 - $441,913&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lowest Sale Price 2009 - $250,000&lt;br /&gt;Highest Sale Price 2009 - $705,000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Average Time on Market&amp;nbsp; 2009 -&amp;nbsp;92 days&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://idx.diversesolutions.com/search/2518/20#Tracts=Indian%20Spring%20Club%20Ests%2CIndian%20Spring%20Hills%2CIndian%20Spring%20Manor%2CIndian%20Spring%20Park&amp;amp;ZipCodes=20901&amp;amp;PropertyTypes=134&amp;amp;PerformSearch&amp;amp;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Single Family Homes Currently for Sale in Indian Spring, Silver Spring, Md 20901&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Debbie Cook (Long &amp; Foster Real Estate, Inc)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:09:09 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Drumline Competition and Fall Fest at Silver Spring's Northwood High School this weekend</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you love the drums in&amp;nbsp;a marching band, come see a local competition of high school drum lines! Held at the football stadium at &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwood_High_School_(Silver_Spring,_Maryland)&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Northwood High School&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- 919 University Blvd W, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20902 (near the intersection with Arcola Ave.) this Saturday, November 14th, 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/0/9/3/4/ar125790737943904.jpg&quot; height=&quot;151&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;575&quot; style=&quot;margin: 5px; vertical-align: middle; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 3rd Annual Drumline Competition with 9 Competing Drumlines including drumlines from Kennedy HS, Wooton, Springbrook, Whitman, Annapolis Area Christian and Northwood High School&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also 2 featured performances by The &lt;a href=&quot;http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2009/03/redskins_marching_band_the_mov.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Washington Redskins&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Marching Band&amp;nbsp;and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.myspace.com/mcffpipesanddrums2&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Montgomery County Firefighters Bugle and Drum Corps&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Competition begins at 4:30 pm!&lt;br /&gt;BBQ, Hot Dogs, Pizza, and Popcorn will be sold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cost of Admittance: $10 for Adults, $6 for Students, Kids 5 and under are admitted FREE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IF IT RAINS&amp;nbsp;the event&amp;nbsp;MOVES INSIDE&amp;nbsp;the Northwood High School AUDITORIUM.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At 6:30 pm you can move freely back and forth from the competition to the Silent Auction to support After Prom and indulge in a plateful of Italian cuisine provided by the original &quot;Mama&quot; Lucia!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last and most fun for students is Game Night featuring card games aimed at high school students to benefit the Class of 2010.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Come to the Cafeteria at 6 to enjoy the whole scene and one or all of these happenings.&amp;nbsp; It's a great community event, especially fun for parents of middle-schoolers who are curious about what Northwood has to offer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Northwood is one of&amp;nbsp;the 5&amp;nbsp;High Schools&amp;nbsp;serving the Silver Spring area&amp;nbsp;through the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/downcounty&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Downcounty consortium&lt;/a&gt; giving students a choice regarding their academic area of study.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Debbie Cook (Long &amp; Foster Real Estate, Inc)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:42:52 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Silver Spring Real Estate - South Silver Spring Condos</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;South Silver Spring is triangular shaped and is bounded by Newell Street and Blair Mill Road on the northwest, the B&amp;amp;O Railroad right-of-way on the east and the District of Columbia line on the southwest. The South Silver Spring area is a part of the Silver Spring Central Business District (CBD). It is a combination of small scale commercial buildings and a scattering of high rise office buildings. After years of decay, South Silver Spring is being transformed into an exciting mixed use neighborhood with high tech businesses, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.silverspringcenter.com/art.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;arts oriented enterprises&lt;/a&gt;, new restaurants and over 1,000 new housing units. The new housing is the result of several large, adaptive re-use projects and several new residential development.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;South Silver Spring is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://walkscore.com/get-score.php?street=8045+Newell+Street%2C+Silver+Spring%2C+md+20910&amp;amp;go=Go&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Ultimate Walkable Neighborhood&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- You can live practically car-free!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/5/4/8/0/ar123836028408458.jpg&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 8px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Run errands in no time, including a Giant, CVS, dry cleaners.&amp;nbsp; Shop Organic at nearby &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/silverspring/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Whole Foods&lt;/a&gt; Market and a weekly Farmer's Market (May to October).&amp;nbsp; Explore more than 100 restaurants, from fine dining to cheap eats - including highly rated favorites Ray's the Classics, Jackie's Restaurant, and Ceviche. Take in a movie at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.afi.com/silver/new/about/about.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;American Film Institute's&lt;/a&gt; Silver Theatre and cultural center.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bike and hike on the Capital &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cctrail.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Crescent Trail&lt;/a&gt;, the Metropolitan Branch Trail, and the Silver Spring Green Trail.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Work out at Gold's Gym, Washington Sports Club, LA Fitness, or Curves. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Condominums in South Silver Spring are prized for their accessibility to Metro and their lower price tag as compared to&amp;nbsp;DC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Check out these real estate market reports for condominiums in South Silver Spring:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/946552/South-Silver-Spring-Real-Estate-Aurora-Condos&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Aurora&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/945886/South-Silver-Spring-Real-Estate-8045-Newell-Street-Condos-2008-Sales-Report&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8045 at Silver Spring Metro&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/945752/Mica-Condominiums-2008-Real-Estate-Sales&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Mica&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://activerain.com/blogsview/946042/South-Silver-Spring-Real-Estate-The-Silverton&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Silverton&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Keep up to date on the prices, market changes and trends in Silver Spring and Takoma Park, Md with&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thesilverbee.com/silver-spring-and-takoma-park-market-trends/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&quot;Real Time&quot; Market Stats, Charts and Statistics for the different areas of Silver Spring&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://idx.diversesolutions.com/search/2518/20#ZipCodes=20910&amp;amp;PropertyTypes=133&amp;amp;PerformSearch&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Search all Condo's for Sale in the Downtown Silver Spring Area&amp;nbsp;zip code 20910&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Debbie Cook (Long &amp; Foster Real Estate, Inc)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:04:36 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Halloween is Over - Time to Think Turkey and the Annual Silver Spring Thanksgiving Parade</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Somewhere in Silver Spring . . . . the skeleton house was my pick for the best Halloween Display I saw this year.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Silver Spring Halloween Decs 2009&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/5/8/4/5/ar125781891054859.JPG&quot; height=&quot;210&quot; alt=&quot;Silver Spring yard Halloween 2009&quot; width=&quot;280&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 8px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My photos do not do it justice because they are taken in the daytime.&amp;nbsp; There are&amp;nbsp;skulls mounted on the gutters with fire&amp;nbsp;spewing out of them (at night) like funeral pyres.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Still can't figure out how they did that? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At night this yard really looks like a graveyard with&amp;nbsp;skeletons&amp;nbsp;hanging in trees, coffins, sitting in chairs, hanging from the highest window, sprawled on the ground in pieces. Someone is very talented and would be&amp;nbsp;super at settting scenes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that we are into November that means the annual&amp;nbsp;Montgomery County Thanksgving Parade is aroung the corner.&amp;nbsp; The Parade takes place on the weekend before Thanksgiving, Saturday November 21st this year.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/9/0/2/0/ar125781997002095.JPG&quot; height=&quot;210&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;280&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 8px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Save the Date for the event that heralds the beginning of the Holiday Season!&lt;br /&gt;Downtown Silver Spring on Georgia Avenue from Sligo to Silver Plaza on Ellsworth Drive to Fenton Street.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There will be Marching Bands, including the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redskins.com/gen/articles/Redskins_Marching_Band_1392.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Redskins&lt;/a&gt; Marching Band and many High Schools from around the county, Macy's Parade type Balloons, floats, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncrmc.org/photopost/showgallery.php/cat/574&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;vintage cars&lt;/a&gt;, dogs, horses, ethnic dancing groups, police groups and&amp;nbsp;fire trucks with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/govtmpl.asp?url=/content/exec/welcome.asp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Isiah Leggett&lt;/a&gt; as the grand marshall this year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Silver Spring Regional Center is looking for volunteer help with the Parade:&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;We need volunteers for the Montgomery County Thanksgiving Parade to act as balloon handlers- leading the giant Macy-like Thanksgiving balloons and dressing up in costumes to be on the floats. Also, we need assistance with set-up and break-down.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/7/7/1/0/0/ar125782060700177.jpg&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 8px; border: black 1px solid;&quot; /&gt;This opportunity is great for Groups! &lt;br /&gt;Small Grp: 3-10: YES &lt;br /&gt;Medium Grp: 10-25: YES &lt;br /&gt;Large Grp: 25-50: YES &lt;br /&gt;X-Large Grp: 50+: YES&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The hours are from 7:30am to 1:30pm (you need to be present the whole time) on Saturday, November 21. Dress warmly, as you will be outside. You should try and wear black as your outside layer color. Once you arrive, you will be assigned a position and given directions about your volunteer job. Volunteers meet at the new fire station at 8110 Georgia Avenue.&amp;nbsp; If you or your group is up for this Contact:&lt;br /&gt;Elizabeth Gallauresi&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 301-793-2928&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:egallauresi@themodernmuse.com&quot;&gt;egallauresi@themodernmuse.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class='agent_signature'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Debbie Cook (Long &amp; Foster Real Estate, Inc)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:47:05 -0600</pubDate>
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