Ourisman Cars announced a new partnership with Fisker, an electric vehicle manufacturer, and opened a new dealership with them in Rockville.
Ourisman Fisker, located at 15301 Frederick Road Suite D, will be one of the first Fisker dealerships in the country, since the electric vehicle company recently switched from a direct-to-customer model to a dealership model.
The vehicles are expected to arrive at the Rockville location within the next 30 days. [The MoCo Show]
Prepare for five Red Line Metro stations to shut down this summer
Starting in early June, five Red Line Metro stations will shut down this summer to perform work to connect the Purple Line line-rail project to the system in downtown Silver Spring.
Service shutdowns will be experienced from the Fort Totten stop in Washington, D.C. to Glenmont and last until Labor Day in September. The Takoma Metro station will reopen sooner, but the dates are not determined yet, according to a WMATA spokesperson.
Throughout the summer, shuttle bus service will be provided to commuters but the details are yet to be worked out. [WTOP]
Yet-to-open Silver Spring childcare center has 1,500 person waitlist
A Silver Spring childcare center set to open this summer already has a 1,500 person waitlist — and will only have the capacity to take 127 children.
The CentroNía at Martha Gudelsky Child Development Center in Silver Spring is on schedule top open after 10 years of planning. The increasing waitlist points to the larger childcare access crisis in the region.
Erica Cruz, a single mom, said she will be “heartbroken” if her daughters aren’t chosen, and that she’ll have to make a difficult decision.
“Do I work or do I take care of my child care?” she told The Washington Post.
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Cloudy with a high of 49 degrees.
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