Silver Spring Civic Building

Had a excellent time at the civic center. The building was super clean, organized and maintained. The medium sized room where we had out event in was ok and superb. It is convieintely located across the street from the Wayne Street parking garage.
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Whoo hoo! I was ECSTATIC when I scored a free ticket to the ‘Tribute to America’s Veterans Concert’ — we started off with a cheese & wine reception before some cool music began. There were two platters of hard and soft cheeses, dried fruits, grapes, and nuts. It was awesome seeing some of the veterans at the reception, thanking them for their service! There were some big wigs, like county executives and special appearances from local officials thanking the sponsors and making speeches. There were Doc Scantlin and the Palmettos (I absolutely LOVED the WW2 music!!!) with Chou Chou. I didn’t get to see them at the Carlyle event, so I was super super excited to see them perform! I got a rose from Chou Chou, and that made my night! It was so cute seeing the couples dance on the dance floor. A fantastic way to spend and pay tribute to the veterans — THANKS FOR THE EXPERIENCE, MIKE!!!
+musical performances
+charity events

I remember when the county broke ground for this place back in 2010. Then I can here for early voting, and was in and out in a breeze. Since then I’ve been in and out of here for various events. Last year I attended a NAMI charity event in the ballroom. Great event, and so close to home! The best thing about attending an event here is that there is a parking garage directly across the street (on Ellsworth).
This summer Silver Spring had their own Green Festival event which was on the plaza and throughout the Civic Building. That’s the first time I actually noticed the art in the reception room. Pretty cool.
Tonight I attended a free Tribute to Veterans concert event held in the ballroom. There were WW II and Viet Nam vets that gave eloquent and moving speeches, as well as active and retired service members from all branches of the military. Then we were treated to live music (and dancing if you so chose to partake) by Doc Scantlin and the Palmettos with Chou Chou performing music from the World War II era. It was very entertaining, and I loved watching the senior audience members getting their groove on.
I look forward to attending more events here in the future. Well done, Montgomery County!

This is a review from the standpoint of someone who has attended various events here and used the building as their own mobile office from time to time and not as someone who has actually rented a space here. I can say that the few events I’ve attended here went on without a hitch and the times I’ve came over to the building on my telecommute days and I wanted to work in a different surrounding other than my small apartment or the silver spring library the wifi was steady the and the plugin ports a-​plenty. The staff here are very friendly and it even includes an art gallery with different exhibits by local artists. Outside is very nicely done too, although the outdoor area can get a little crowded and ridiculous during the warmer months.

It is about time downtown Silver Spring had a place like this, it seems like these places are always found out in Rockville or Gaithersburg. So far, I have only been to the building to vote and attend a meeting, but I can definitely see the potential for it to be an important hub in this community.

What has:
A nice sized ballroom that can be configured to many different uses.
Is very close to public transportation with ample parking in the garage across the street.
Where you can use your own caterer or audio visual people.
Has WiFi and data ports throughout the facility
Bamboo Wood flooring throughout with a very modern clean Scandinavian styled furniture and décor (like being in Ikea).
Well the answer is The Silver Spring Civic Building and wait that’s not all… it’s also very very affordable. If you are in need of a nice not too large like the DC Convention Center event space then really you can’t go wrong here they can accommodate up to 700 or so people in their large ball room. My company was here to do an event for a client and they needed complete audio and visual support. I had no problem dealing with the people running things at the facility, the head person in charge on that particular day (she reminded me of that actress «Jo» from the «Fact’s of Life» TV show back in the 80’s) was most helpful and was able to facilitate both client and other vendors there. They do use the outside area for concerts like the Silver Spring Jazz Festival and other out door events. Real cool space to throw a big party hummmmm might just have to give a BIG party here one day myself.