On April 20, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich joined Montgomery College President Jermaine Williams, chair of the Montgomery College Board of Trustees Michael Brintnall and State and County elected officials, community leaders and residents to celebrate the opening of the college’s East County Education Center in Silver Spring. The East County Education Center is an important part of the County's commitment to providing accessible education and career opportunities to all residents.

The Center is located at Westech Corner (2221 Broadbirch Drive) in Silver Spring, near U.S. Rt. 29 in an area that is an economic anchor for East County and it will assist the County’s workforce development efforts, provide easier access to education and training to East County residents and help spur more economic development throughout this region.

The East County Center will serve about 1,000 students in its first year. The three other campuses are in Germantown, Rockville and Takoma Park/Silver Spring. The college also has Workforce Development and Continuing Education Centers in Gaithersburg and Wheaton.

County Executive Elrich has included more than $60 million in recommended funding in the County’s Fiscal Years 2025-30 Capital Improvement Program to begin planning a full-service East County campus. The Council has tentatively approved these funds.

The East County Education Center is a 55,000-square-foot building that consists of:

11 classrooms
10 labs (six allied health labs, three computer labs and one career training education lab)
Raptor Center (a one-stop shop for admissions, enrollment and visitor services)
Community Engagement Center
Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Center
Learning Center
Library
Event spaces
Worksource Montgomery
Student Wellness Center
Study rooms and lounges

In addition to the East County Education Center, the County recently celebrated other investments including the opening of Sprouts Farmers Market in the newly renovated Burtonsville Crossing Shopping Center.

The White Oak area in East County also will be seeing improvements. The County announced revitalization efforts for storefront facades and sidewalk improvements in the commercial area along Lockwood Drive.

A facade improvement project was recently completed in Hillandale, near the Hillandale Gateway currently under development. The County operates a Flash Bus Rapid Transit line on U.S. Rt. 29 (Colesville Road/Columbia Pike). Plans are also underway to increase the availability of affordable senior and mixed-income housing in East County.

County Cable Montgomery: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/CCM

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