Silver Spring Civic Building and Veterans Plaza

The Silver Spring Civic Building and Veterans Plaza should start construction in the spring of 2008 and be completed in the summer of 2009.

The Veterans Plaza will be a large public open space that will be programmed for festivals and concerts. There will be a pavilion on the plaza where the summer concert series will be held and in the winter there will be an ice skating rink.

The Veterans Plaza will include a memorial commemorating the service of veterans of Silver Spring and Montgomery County. The memorial will be a large art work by Toby Mendez, a Frederick County artist, who did the Thurgood Marshall Memorial at the State Capitol.

The Silver Spring Civic Building will become the center of community activities in Silver Spring. A large Great Hall will be available for banquets, performances and other meetings and presentations. There will be four other community use rooms including a gallery space. The Silver Spring Regional Center will be located in the upper floor of the Civic Building. Round House Theatre School will be located in the lower level of the Civic Building.