The Early Bird

The Daily Penguin reports the news before it's news. Here's what's cooking in Silver Spring this week:

Tuesday: The county council decides whether Montgomery College can spend a $2 million grant on new furniture and tech gear for the King Street Art Center (above). The grant comes from the nonprofit Montgomery College Foundation, which will collect on the tab once the college sells its School of Art and Design property near Wheaton. The King Street center, under construction on Georgia Avenue at East-West Highway, will house the college's fine arts program and studio space.

Thursday: The county planning board gets a peek at its new digs when developers present their designs for Silver Place. The mixed-use development replaces the planning board's current home on Georgia Avenue at Spring Street and gives board members 120,000 square feet of leg room. The plan also contains housing, with at least 30 percent of the units categorized as "affordable."