The Silver Spring Penguin

Put your hard hats and steel-toed work boots on, people. This week is all about construction and development.

Wednesday. Cleveland State’s Ned Hill discusses his ten fundamentals of economic development. His first rule: Maximize local resources. Translation: Shake what your mamma gave ya! The lesson goes down at planning board HQ (8787 Georgia Ave) starting at 7:00 p.m.

Thursday. The planning board examines park space, pedestrian access and bike racks at Silver Spring’s Sarbanes Transit Center. (Yeah, that’s what they’re calling it.) The review happens during the 1:00 p.m. session at planning board HQ (8787 Georgia Ave).

Thursday. The Studio Plaza project hits the planning board for an extension while it reworks its game plan. At issue is the on-again, off-again office space proposed for Thayer Avenue. The plea drops during the 1:00 p.m. session at planning board HQ (8787 Georgia Ave).

Thursday. Ed McMahon — the Charles Fraser Chair on Sustainable Development at the Urban Land Institute, not the former Star Search host — talks about design excellence in commercial development. The party starts at 7:00 p.m. at planning board HQ (you know where it is).