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House Built in 1989 on over 3 Acres in Burnt Mill Hills Subdivision of Silver Spring, MdLocated in: Burnt Mills Hills (Silver Spring, MD)
Finally, after years of being vacant, the quaint old Forest Glen Landmark has had quite the facelift and is getting a fresh start. The structure built in 1918 was Formerly the Forest Glen Country Store where they sold candy, treats, crafts, souveniers, nick naks and at one time had a small lunch cafe.
The owners of the former popular Colorado Kitchen in DC have opened a charming, southern style casual restaurant complete with "down home" atmosphere. I love how they have kept the same basic layout, architectural features and old hardwood floors.
Check out the real stuffed bear on the piano at the front entrance from a Taxidermist in Pennsylvania.
The General Store
6 Post Office Road
Silver Spring, Md 20910
(301) 562-8787
Tuesday - Friday 8:00 AM - 9PM
Saturday and Sunday 1:30 - 10:00 pm
North Woodside is a true Bungalow Lovers Heaven! Many of the homes in North Woodside are SEARS HOMES, Built between 1927 and 1940. In North Woodside, you can find examples of almost every Sears Home built in this era.
This Subdivision in Close-In Silver Spring has a fantastic collection of 350 single family houses within walking distance of two Metrorail stations, an award winning neighborhood public school, parks, Snider's Supermarket, two dry cleaners, Staples, CVS, Tropical Ice Cream, Armand's, the Woodside Deli and a host of other attractions on nearby Georgia Avenue.
Schools
The Montgomery County public school system is well known as one of the best in the nation. The public schools serving the North Woodside neighborhood in Silver Spring are:
Woodlin Elementary (k-5)
Sligo Middle School (6-8)
Einstein High School (8-12)
Also, at the high school level the Downcounty consortium is available giving students a choice regarding their academic area of study. The five high schools in the Downcounty cluster include Montgomery Blair, Northwood High, John F. Kennedy and Wheaton.
There are also some high quality Private schools convenient to the North Woodside Neighborhood:
Grace Episcopal (K-8)
Calvary Lutheran (Junior K-8)
Jewish Primary Day School (K-6)
North Woodside Real Estate
7 Homes Sold in 2008:
1. 4 Bedroom 3 Bath Colonial Farmhouse
Listed Price - $769,000 Sold - $730,000
Days on Market - 80
2. 3 Bedroom 2 Bath Colonial Farmhouse
List Price - $733,000 Sold - $702,000
Days on Market - 62
3. 4 Bedroom 3 Bath Expanded Bungalow
List - $679,900 Sold - $667,000
Days on Market - 214
4. 4 Bedroom 2 1/2 Bath Brick Cape Cod
List - $649,000 Sold - $627,000
Days on Market - 32
5. 4 Bedroom 2 Bath Sears Bungalow
List - $565,000 Sold - $550,000
Days on Market - 55
6. 2 Bedroom 2 Bath Sears Bungalow
List - $555,000 Sold - $500,000
Days on Market - 92
7. 4 Bedroom 2 Bath Frame Cape Cod
List - $349,000 Sold - $335,000
Days on Market - 224
Year to Date Sales - 2009
1. 5 Bedroom 2 1/2 Bath Bungalow
Total Renovtion Like New - 2009
List - $899,000 Sold - $872,000
$5,500 Seller Subsidy
Days on Market - 239
2. 2 Bedroom 1 Bath Bungalow
List - $485,000 Sold - $476,000
Days on Market - 7
3. 2 Bedroom 2 Bath Bungalow
List - $495,000 Sold - 507,000
Days on Market - 8
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Boundaries: University Boulevard, Colesville Road (rt 29), Beltway 495 and Northwest Branch Park
Woodmoor and Indian Spring Village are the largest of the Legal Subdivisions in the Neighborhood known as Woodmoor. Woodmoor's first homes were built in the late 1930s. In the late 1930's, Indian Spring Country Club (now the Silver Spring YMCA) and Argyle Country Club (now Sligo Creek Public Golf Course) were a big draw for this quiet suburban "bedroom" community. Saint Bernadette's Church and the opening of Saint B's school drew many young families to the Community.
The cool, art deco style, circa 1940's Woodmoor Shopping Center at the edge of this beautiful neighborhood was recently restored. The medium sized, 3 story Shopping Center still has quaint, locally owned well known and long lasting mom and pop shops like the Woodmoor Pastry 
Shop, Santucci's Italian Deli, the Watch Pocket and Hoover Fisher's Florist to name a few. The Silver Spring Stage has been operating for many years in the basement of the Woodmoor Shopping Center that I hear, was once a bowling alley. More well know chains such as a CVS Drugstore, a Starbucks and Subway are sprinkled in this mix of stores. A new Tuesday Morning Outlet opened in Woodmoor Shopping Center in the Fall of 2007.
The Northwest Branch Park and it's stream runs along the northern Boundary of Woodmoor and offers a rich opportunity for recreation and nature watching for Woodmoor Residents. Woodmoor is a neighbor of the Northwest Branch and has it's own Woodmoor Green Team.
A pretty Neighborhood of 700+ Single Family Homes located in the Four Corners Area of Silver 
Spring, Md in 20901. Woodmoor brings to mind, older charming Cape Cods, Colonials mixed with a few post-war Ramblers and Split Levels on neighborly, shady, tree lined streets.
Schools
The Montgomery County public school system is well known as one of the best in the nation.
Montgomery County Public Schools serving the Woodmoor neighborhood:
Montgomery Knolls ES (PreK-Grade 2)
Pinecrest Elementary (Grades 3-5)
Eastern Middle School
Montgomery Blair High School
**At the high school level the Downcounty consortium is available giving students a choice regarding their academic area of study. The five high schools in the Downcounty cluster include Montgomery Blair, Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy, 
Northwood and Wheaton
St. Bernadette's fondly called "ST B's" is the Neighboorhood's Landmark Private School (K-8)
Woodmoor Real Estate
32 Homes Sold in Woodmoor in 2008
Average List (Asking) Price - $477,662
Average Sold Price - $461,390
Lowest Sales Price - $312,000
Highest Sales Price - $610,000
Average Time on the Market - 118 Days
26 Homes have Sold YTD 2009
Average List Price in 2009 - $439,304
Average SOLD Price 2009 - $425,969
Lowest Sale Price - $365,000
Highest Sale Price - $500,000
Average days on Market YTD 2009 - 69
Silver Spring Real Estate in Zip Code 20901 Comparison 2008 vs 2009 (Median Price and Days on Market)
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Homes Currently for Sale in Woodmoor, Silver Spring, Md 20901
Indian Spring is one of the most popular family friendly neighborhoods in Silver Spring.
Homes in Indian Spring were originally built as Golf Course or Country Club Homes. The area was developed around the Old Indian Spring Country Club & Golf Course in the late 1930's. When Country Club moved out to Layhill Road in mid 1950's, the grounds and buildings became the home of the Silver Spring YMCA.
The Indian Spring Neighborhood is located just inside the Beltway in Silver Spring, Md 20901, east of Colesville Road (Route 29). The southern border is Franklin Avenue and the west, University Boulevard.
Community Map of Indian Spring
The houses are charming colonials, cape cods and ramblers built from the early 1940's through the mid 1950s. There are just over 800 single family homes in the Indian Spring subdivisions.
Schools
Montgomery County public school system is well known as one of the best in the nation. Public schools serving Indian Spring:
Highland View Elementary School,
Silver Spring International Middle School,
Northwood High School,
At the high school level the Downcounty consortium is available giving students a choice regarding their academic area of study. The five high schools in the Downcounty cluster include Montgomery Blair, Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy and Wheaton. 
The Private schools convenient to the Indian Spring Neighborhood are:
St. Bernadette's fondly called "ST B's"
Grace Episcopal Day School
Calvery Lutheran School
The Indian Spring community was listed in the Washingtonian one of the "Best Places to Live" (2005). "This is the kind of inner-Beltway suburb that downtown Silver Spring was revitalized for. The professionals living here may have families, but they're not so suburbanized that they don't enjoy the art films, live music, and trendy food that are trademarks of the new Silver Spring." - Washingtonian Magazine.
The Indian Spring Community has family-oriented social events for neighbors to meet and an email group for neighbors to keep up on the latest news, events, announcements and learn about local services. Some of the Neighborhood events are: (the ever popular annual) "Taste of Indian Spring", neighborhood clean up, yard sale, Fall Fest, July 4th Celebration, Holiday Celebrations and Holiday House Tours. Find out more about the Indian Spring Community by visiting their website www.Iscaonline.com 
Indian Spring Real Estate
26 Homes were SOLD in 2008
Average List Price in 2008 - $476,175
Lowest List Price - $299,900
Highest List Price - $610,000
Average SOLD Price in 2008 - $461,027
Lowest Sale Price - $300,007
Highest Sale Price - $610,000
Average Time on Market - 102 Days
25 Homes have SOLD YTD in 2009
Average List Price YTD 2009 - $465,344
Average Sold Price YTD 2009 - $448,212
Lowest Sale Price YTD 2009 - $250,000
Highest Sale Price YTD 2009 - $705,000
Average Time on Market YTD 2009 - 100 days
Single Family Homes Currently for Sale in Indian Spring, Silver Spring, Md 20901
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Today is Fat Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday and Paczki Day,
the time we all Fatten ourselves up before tightening our
belts and giving up things for Lent. Below are 3
"recession proof" Ways to celebrate Fat Day on the
cheap in Silver Spring, Md
Number 1
Head straight to the WOODMOOR Pastry Shop for some of their famous, divine, decadently outrageous Paczki and or pick up one of their fantastic King Cakes for dessert. After a couple of these, you won't need any dinner or pancakes for a long time.
Number 2
There are several Silver Spring and Takoma Park Churches with Pancake Suppers tonight:
Church of the Ascension on Sligo Avenue in Silver Spring
Grace Episcopal Church on Grace Chruch Road and Georgia Avenue
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church on Tulip Avenue in Takoma Park
Colesville Presbyterian on New Hampshire Avenue in Colesville
Check out the new International House of Pancakes (IHOP) Location in Silver Spring
at 12251 Tech Road, Silver Spring, Md 20904 for NATIONAL Pancake Day 2009 and
FREE Pancakes til 10 pm tonight
Number 3
Stop at any "Popeye's" in Silver Spring and dine on the BEST Red Beans and Rice outside of New Orleans. The red beans and rice are the very same red beans and rice served at Al Copeland's Copelands of
New Orleans Restaurant.
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Ahhh .... Silver Spring, Md, Unique, Diverse, Interesting, Rich in History, Revitalized, Historic, Charmin
g and Modern all at the same time. There is no place like Silver Spring and, with regards to Housing, still affordable compared to the rest of Montgomery County. A Superb Location just over the Washington, DC line.
Silver Spring is located along the north east border of Washington D.C., a sprawling area that was named for a spring with sparkling bits of mica. The eastern arm of the red line serves the four metro stops in Silver Spring, the Silver Spring station, the Forest Glen station, the Wheaton Station and the Glenmont station.
Old Downtown Silver Spring has had an exciting and ongoing renewal, a multi-million dollar 
The "Close-in" older neighborhoods of Silver Spring with tree lined streets offer homes built in the late 1800's to the 1940's, providing the charm coveted by so many buyers. These older neighborhoods such as Woodside are for the most part within easy walking distance of the downtown Silver Spring metro stop or the Forest Glen stop. There is also some infill and a limited amount of new constrution occuring in Close-in Silver Spring, such as The Courts of Woodside and the Forest Glen Park Area. Also, within the older downtown area are newly construc
ted chic urban condos, with more still planned and currently under construction.
Further out Colesville Road to Burtonsville and from Georgia Ave to Wheaton there are subdivisions built in the mid 1940's ,1950's and 1960's where architectural styles include ramblers, split levels, colonials and contemporary mid century modern homes. There are newer townhome and condominium developments sprinkled throughout the Greater Silver Spring Area. We have something for everyone in Silver Spring. Silver Spring's parks have more than just grass and trees. Many include playgrounds, ball fields, basketball courts, tennis courts, picnic areas, trails, ponds, recreation centers or indoor swim centers. Our parks and streams are beautiful and there are two very active groups of people that want to keep them that way, The Friends of Sligo Creek and Neighbors of the Northwest Branch are pivate groups dedicated to keeping our two largest tributaries clean and healthy. A Diverse Supply of Housing in all price ranges! There Really is Something for Everyone in Silver Spring, Maryland For more information about Silver Spring, Maryland Homes, Neighborhoods and Real Estate Visit The Silver Spring Real Estate Team Local Silver Spring Blogs
Real Estate Prices in Silver Spring
According to our MLS system - In the year 2008 .....
The Highest Price paid for a Detached Single Family house in Silver Spring was $1,485,000 for a 5 Bedroom, 3 1/2 Bath home built in 1985 on 5 acres.
The lowest price paid for a Detached Single Family home in Silver Spring was $134,925 for a 3 Bedroom 1 Bath Rambler, built in 1949, in distressed condition.
The highest Price paid for a Townhouse in Silver Spring was $930,000 for a 4 Bedroom 3 1/2 Bath Newly Constructed Townhome built in Forest Glen Park.
The lowest price paid for a Townhouse was $110,000 for a 2 Bedroom 1 1/2 Bath Townhouse, built in 1972 in need of total rehab.
The highest price paid for a Condo was $533,000 for a 3 Bedroom 2 1/2 Bath Condo at the MICA in Downtown Silver Spring
The lowest price paid for a Condo was $70,000 for a 1 Bedroom 1 bath garden style condo built in 1975.
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Silver Spring Singular In-the-know blogger, A survivor of the "mean streets of Silver Spring" and defender of the cause "There is NO S on the end of Silver Spring" It is singular not plural!
Thayer Avenue A Thayer Avenue resident that provides a forum for both his own immediate neighborhood (at street level) and larger issues within the Silver Spring community. Interspersed within all that are small things to amuse himself and, hopefully, a few others.
Just Up the Pike (not the one in Rockville) A very savy 19 year old local with insights into development & politics of Eastern Montgomery County.
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Takoma Park, or "Granola Park" as some locals call it now, was the first planned suburban community of Washington, DC. Founded in 1883, by Benjamin Franklin Gilbert, Takoma Park was developed along a branch of the B & O railroad. It was originally conceived as a "summer resort" area, as a healthful clean-water alternative to Washington, DC's malarial swamps. With a population of 18,000 it rests along the upper northeast boundary of D.C. and strattles Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties in Maryland.
B.F. Gilbert named his community TAKOMA an Indian word meaning "High Up - Near Heaven". Takoma Park has it's own city government, police department, library and is served by Montgomery County Schools
Religion and politics has shaped the Takoma Park community. From the early 1900's to 1990, Takoma Park was the world headquarters of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Two of the church's institutions remain today, The Washington Adventist Hospital, and Columbia Union College. The coming of metro service to Takoma Park has made it a perfect "bedroom community" for young professionals. It is a 15 minute commute to the middle of Downtown D.C. by Metro from the Takoma Station on 
the Red Line.
Takoma Park is a friendly "laid back", independent, small town with liberal politics. The residents are politically active and have put in place a number of progressive measures such as the declaration of a nuclear-free zone and legal recognition of non-marital partnerships.
In the historic district you will find grand old Victorians, Bungalows, American Four Squares and other old timey styles, along tree-lined streets.
The Old Town offers an eclectic, funky mix of small, locally owned specialty shops and small restaurants, cafes and a very popular FOOD COOP. From the end of April to mid December there is a farmers market every Sunday in the center of town. To celebrate July 4th, the town puts on its own parade and its own fireworks display.
During the year 2008 there were 117 sales of single family detached homes in Takoma Park, sales prices ranging from a low of $215,000 for a five bedroom 2 bath brick Rambler in need of total renovation to a high of $1,005,000 for a completely restored 1890's Victorian. The average sale price for a single family home in Takoma Park in 2008 was $429,000.
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If you're looking for a new home in the Silver Spring-Takoma Park, MD area, or you are relocating to Silver Spring or Takoma Park, Maryland Debbie Cook and Team are the right go to real estate professionals for your Silver Spring home buying and home selling needs.
The Silver Spring Team can help you find the home you're looking for in one of Silver Spring's unique and diverse neighborhoods. Whether it's Woodside Park, North Woodside, South Silver Spring, Woodmoor,Indian Spring, South 4 Corners, North Hills of Sligo Creek, we can help you buy a home in Silver Spring or sell a home in Silver Spring.
Debbie Cook and her team want to show you what makes Silver Spring, Maryland a great place to live! Known as the best example of a Revitalized Downtown in Maryland, Silver Spring offers world-class entertainment, restaurants and shopping, plus the benefits of one of the best school systems in the nation, a beautiful park system and superior transit system -- all in close proximity to the excitement of our Nation's Capitol.
Whether you're looking for a new condo in the heart of Downtown Silver Spring, a 1920s bungalow in one of the many eclectic neighborhoods nearby, a classic colonial in a family friendly neighborhood, a turn of the century victorian in Takoma Park or a sprawling contemporary ranch house with acreage in the countryside, Debbie Cook and the Silver Spring Team's experienced real estate agents will help you find the home of your dreams. We love it here, and we know you will, too! Debbie Cook knows the Silver Spring and Takoma Park, Maryland real estate market and can help you if you are looking for a new home or if you are selling your existing home.
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