News & Updates
How to Buy an Abandoned Property
Is there a vacant, blighted house on your block that you want to rescue from abandonment but can’t reach its owner? If it’s tax delinquent, the Montgomery County Depositor Foreclosure program can send it to auction. Learn how it works.
New houses, townhomes and flats coming to South Park
Developers plan to build 63 flat units, 15 townhomes and 10 single-family homes just east of the Flats at South Park. Attend Plan Board meeting July 10 and 11 to ask questions, share concerns.
Emerson Academy submits plan to solve years of traffic headaches on Hickory Street
Update: Members who attended our June 27 meeting asked Emerson Academy to submit a different idea, one they previously considered, using Buckeye Street and the current bus turnaround for private vehicle access.
New playground equipment is coming to Blommel Park!
VOTING IS NOW CLOSED! Thank you for participating!
The City will purchase new playground equipment for Blommel Park but needs your input. Please take our ranking survey so we can tell them which of 6 styles you and your children prefer.
Our South Park businesses feel the love
The reviews are in! Read why your neighbors love shopping & gathering in South Park as we celebrate shopping small & local for the holidays.
Escape from the Middle East – The Story of Halal International Grocery
Faez isn’t there all the time, but if you run into him or his three younger brothers, one of whom used to live on Oak Street, and you can get them to talk about the way Faez walked out of Iraq several times to get his family out – it’s an amazing story.
Anonymous Donor Pledges to Fund Blommel Park Fence Repair
Thanks to a very generous neighbor, plans are finally underway to repair the $4,000 worth of damage done to the historic “hairpin” fence around Blommel Park.
South Park Community Garden Wins Grant and is on the Move for Spring 2023!
Good old SPUG has found a new home. The South Park Urban Garden is transitioning from Burns-Nathan to Burns-Jackson Park, by Emerson Academy. Start looking through those seed catalogs!