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	<title>The Silver Spring Penguin &#187; commercial development</title>
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		<title>Georgia Ave office building to bolster Fenton Village park</title>
		<link>http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/12/09/georgia-ave-office-building-to-bolster-fenton-village-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Deseo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A development group and the county's planning board agreed to a deal that will shift public space from outside a Georgia Avenue office building to a park in Fenton Village.]]></description>
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		<title>Downtown bank building on preservation wishlist</title>
		<link>http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/09/30/downtown-bank-building-on-preservation-wishlist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Deseo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Silver Spring's preservation proponents want a 1950s office building along Georgia Avenue placed on a statewide list of endangered sites.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>City Place proprieter pitches for planning HQ</title>
		<link>http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/07/08/city-place-proprieter-pitches-for-planning-hq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Deseo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The MoCo planning board has spent the last few years cooking up designs for new headquarters on Georgia Avenue, but the owners of downtown's City Place shopping center have another idea: Move that joint into the mall.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Planners give initial OK to Fenton Village development project</title>
		<link>http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/06/02/planners-give-initial-ok-to-fenton-village-development-project/</link>
		<comments>http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/06/02/planners-give-initial-ok-to-fenton-village-development-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Deseo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[commercial development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fenton Village]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[residential development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The county's planning board said Thursday afternoon that it was mostly cool with what one developer has in mind for Fenton Village. But board members also warned of further regulatory hurdles, the project's potential to sterilize the place, and the developer's bad rep in the neighborhood.]]></description>
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		<title>Residents, businesses consider fate of Fenton Village</title>
		<link>http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/04/29/residents-businesses-consider-fate-of-fenton-village/</link>
		<comments>http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/04/29/residents-businesses-consider-fate-of-fenton-village/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Deseo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fenton Village]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some, tricking out Fenton Village means preserving its short buildings and locally owned businesses.]]></description>
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		<title>Harris Teeter hearts Silver Spring, developer says</title>
		<link>http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/02/23/harris-teeter-hearts-silver-spring-developer-says/</link>
		<comments>http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/02/23/harris-teeter-hearts-silver-spring-developer-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Deseo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Falkland Chase]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The supermarket chain is "very committed" to setting up shop in downtown Silver Spring, one developer claims.]]></description>
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		<title>Discovery to convert part of public space into private daycare</title>
		<link>http://silverspringpenguin.com/2008/04/14/development-64/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Deseo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The county planning board has given Discovery Communications the green light to turn part of its public garden in downtown Silver Spring into a daycare facility for its employees&#8217; kids.
The 89,000 square-foot garden sits adjacent to Discovery HQ along Wayne Avenue, behind a six-foot-tall gate. Five percent of that garden &#8212; or 4,500 square feet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NPR takes a pass on Silver Spring</title>
		<link>http://silverspringpenguin.com/2008/03/06/business-52/</link>
		<comments>http://silverspringpenguin.com/2008/03/06/business-52/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Deseo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a done deal: National Public Radio has chosen The District over Silver Spring for its new 400,000 square-foot world headquarters.
&#8220;Silver Spring is justly recognized as a welcoming location for media companies,&#8221; Ken Stern, NPR&#8217;s chief executive officer, said in a press statement. &#8220;We appreciate the interest and enthusiasm of the Silver Spring community and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Preservationists pitch for Perpetual Building</title>
		<link>http://silverspringpenguin.com/2008/01/14/development-55/</link>
		<comments>http://silverspringpenguin.com/2008/01/14/development-55/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Deseo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several historic societies want to protect the Perpetual Bank building on Georgia Avenue from the wrecking ball. But a lawyer for the building&#8217;s owners asks: What&#8217;s the big friggin&#8217; deal?
&#8220;Not all past events are historical,&#8221; Patricia Harris, who represents the building&#8217;s owners, testified Thursday before the planning board. &#8220;If there&#8217;s a real need to celebrate [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Entertainment district could get more entertainment</title>
		<link>http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/11/27/development-50/</link>
		<comments>http://silverspringpenguin.com/2007/11/27/development-50/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Deseo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A proposed change to county zoning laws could mean fewer pocket parks and more entertainment venues in Silver Spring&#8217;s central business district.
Currently, part of a development project&#8217;s footprint must be dedicated to public use, often as a park or other open-air space. Under the proposed change, developers would be allowed to create indoor entertainment venues [...]]]></description>
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