Editor's Blog

The June Diversity Concert Series continues this coming week at the Gazebo on Carroll Avenue. On Thursday, June 21 from 6-8pm, join Jaqui MacMillan with the Drum For Joy Orchestra in their premier performance and participate in a Community Drum Circle.

The series is organized by the Old Takoma Business Association/Main Street Takoma with the Institute of Musical Traditions and support from the Takoma Foundation and the Takoma Park Arts and Humanities Commission.

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The Grand Opening celebration of the new Crossroads Farmers Market is this coming Wednesday, June 20 at 6:00 pm.

The market—located at 7676 New Hampshire Avenue—features a variety of locally grown vegetables, fruit, herbs, flowers, baked goods, freshly squeezed juices and ethnic foods.

The market will be open every Wednesday through November 14 from 3:00 to 7:00 pm.

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Low income renters and home owners may be eligible for a tax credit. To find out if you qualify, file an application with the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation. To obtain an application, you can call the State of Maryland at 1-800-944-7403. Or you can access the application directly on their website at
www.dat.state.md.us/sdatweb/taxcredits.html.

Or call Linda Walker at (301) 891-7222.

The deadline for filing this year is September 1, 2007.

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From the Takoma Park Department of Housing and Community Development:

The Montgomery County Planning Board seeks applicants for a community advisory committee to work with its planners as they craft a plan for the proposed Metro Purple Line, slated to connect Bethesda and New Carrollton.

The advisory committee will help planners analyze the transit line's potential impacts on the community. Called a functional master plan, the resulting product will lay out the Planning Department's recommendations for the type of transit—light rail or rapid bus—alignment, and station locations in Montgomery County.

The Purple Line functional master plan will provide a framework for the Montgomery County Planning Board to react quickly to the MTA's recommendations for the alignment of either light rail or rapid bus transit, expected by summer 2008.

If you are interested in serving on the advisory committee, please submit your letter of interest by Friday, July 13, 2007 to Tom Autrey, Transportation Planning Division thomas.autrey@mncppc-mc.org, Fax: (301) 495-495-1302.

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