• A Statement from Silver Spring Forward County Council approval clears the way for a Music Hall in Silver Spring (pdf)
• Montgomery County & Live Nation Sign Lease to Bring Live Music, Entertainment & Community Use Venue to Downtown Silver Spring; Substantial Annual Cash Profit to Public Estimated (Press Release)
• Summary of Estimated Silver Spring Music Venue Project Financial (pdf)
• Support of CE proposals for a ZTA and Subdivision Regulation Amendment to facilitate the development of A&E Districts throughout Montgomery County (pdf)
• Video (WMV)
• Flyer (pdf)

Montgomery County and Live Nation have reached agreement on a lease that will create a dynamic new music, entertainment, and community use venue in downtown Silver Spring, a move that will dramatically bolster economic development and the music scene for that community and the
County as a whole. A new Fillmore music hall will preserve the historic facade of the old J.C. Penney store site on Colesville Road - a site vacant for 18 years - and build a modern,
new music and community use venue behind it. That means…

• World-class entertainment from a diverse group of artists from all over the world coming to Silver Spring to play popular, rock and roll, jazz, country, folk, and other styles.
• Synergy with American Film Institute, Discovery Communications, and others to make things happen in Silver Spring that are happening nowhere else in the country.
• Space available for community use when performances are not being held.
• More customers for Silver Spring restaurants and businesses.
• A projected $1.6 million profit/benefit annually for the State and County - over and above construction costs.
• Montgomery County will retain ownership of the donated land -- at an estimated value of $3.5 million -- and of the facility.
• Live Nation will invest at least $2 million in the facility, will pay all utilities, and will assume responsibility for all upkeep and maintenance costs - including structural maintenance - on the County-owned building. No subsidies to Live Nation.
• Projected to open for business in 2010.

“Silver Spring Forward’s central message all along is that the downtown
revitalization is not done. This is a huge step in creating a sparkling
entertainment district for the region.”

- Silver Spring Forward co-leader
Alan Friedman.