The Silver Spring Penguin

Updated Apr 23, 2007, at 6:40 p.m.

This afternoon, maintenance crews prep the swimming pool outside Penguin world headquarters. Weee!!! Here’s what else is happening this week in Silver Spring:

Monday. Silver Spring’s pedestrian safety committee meets to discuss, well, pedestrian safety. Kickoff at the Silver Spring Regional Center (8435 Georgia Ave) is at 7:30 p.m.

Monday. The state transit administration holds a focus-group discussion on possible Purple Line routes through downtown Silver Spring. That meeting goes down at the Silver Spring Public Library (8901 Colesville Rd) at 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday. US Rep Albert Wynn (D-Md 4) holds a town-hall meeting at Sligo Creek Elementary School (500 Schuyler Rd). The deal goes down at 7:00 p.m.

Thursday. Two downtown developments — Bonifant Plaza and 1050 Ripley Street — hit the planning board for deadline extensions on their project-plan reviews. Both projects may be impacted by possible Purple Line routes. Their petitions drop at 1:00 p.m. at planning board HQ (8787 Georgia Ave).