Silver Spring music venue clears zoning, booze hurdles

Get out your shovels or grab an ax, people. The future Fillmore music hall is closer to turning over some dirt on Colesville Road, with help from the county council and Gov Martin O’Malley.
On Tuesday, the county council approved a zoning change that qualifies the music venue as public-use space for a larger development project. […]

Silver Spring squeezes into tight state budget

As the state legislature wraps for the year, the proposed 2009 budget — which includes funds for downtown projects — awaits Gov Martin O’Malley’s signature, MoCo’s legislative delegation announced Friday.
If the budget is approved, the projects would have survived the slicing and dicing done to trim the state’s $1.7 billion deficit.
Among the possible winners […]

Penguin TV: Live Nation’s Ted Mankin

APR 8 — Ted Mankin, area VP for Live Nation, discussed the company’s plans for its future Colesville Road venue at a public meeting inside the Lee Building.

Videography by Ron Pace for The Silver Spring Penguin.

Music is a volume business, Live Nation VP says

Montgomery County wants concert promoter Live Nation to rock downtown Silver Spring 70 nights a year. No problem, says the company’s local guy in charge.
“It’s my anticipation to book as many nights as possible,” Ted Mankin, Live Nation’s Washington-area vice president, recently told local bloggers. In fact, he said it was a matter of survival.
“If […]