ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY
 

When the Silver Spring Regional Services Center opened in June 1974, it was the County's first multi-service center established to bridge the gap between citizens' needs and public services by concentrating high-demand services in one location, thereby making them more accessible to those that needed them. The Center facilitates improved two-way communication between the County government and Silver Spring citizens and identifies significant neighborhood concerns and responses. The Center provides and coordinates such services as counseling, complaint resolution, employment and mass transit information, and other social services provided by County departments.
 

The Center is advised by a Citizens Advisory Board and an Urban District Advisory Committee whose members are appointed by the County Executive and confirmed by the County Council.
 
 
 

PROCESSING PROCEDURES
 

General processing procedures consisted of discarding duplicates, unnecessary binders, and routine transmittals. Oversized documents and photographs were removed from the original location in their assigned series and placed in separate containers. Separation sheets were inserted in the original location within the folder to indicate the new location of any records placed elsewhere.

Preservation copying of newspaper clippings was performed whenever feasible. Records in folders were arranged, unless otherwise indicated, in forward chronological order, with undated records appearing at the end of the folder.
 
 
 

PROVENANCE
 

These materials were transferred from Rockville Library in 1997, 1998, and 1999. The issues of Silver Spring Spotlight were supplied by the Silver Spring Regional Services Center.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
 

This collection consists of 0.25 cubic feet of meeting records and publications relating to Silver Spring, Maryland. Most were created by or for the Regional Services Center and its advisory groups, and include minutes, agendas, notices, appointments, correspondence, reports and other printed material.
 

The materials are arranged into three series:
 

Series I: Silver Spring Center Citizens Advisory Board

Series II: Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Committee

Series III: Printed Material.
 

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
 

Series I: Silver Spring Center Citizens Advisory Board, 1979-1994 (0.05 cu.ft.)

Records in this series include appointments, bylaws, minutes, agendas, and notices. The series also contains a 1981 report from the Housing Subcommittee. There are many gaps in the meeting records.
 

Folders are arranged in alphabetical order.
 
 
 

Series II: Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Committee, 1987-1994 (0.05 cu.ft.)

Records in this series consist of appointments, agendas, minutes, and a list of members.
 

Folders are arranged in alphabetical order.
 
 
 

Series III: Printed Material, c. 1990-2000 (0.15 cu.ft.)

This series contains reports and studies relating primarily to the development, renovation, and rehabilitation of downtown Silver Spring. Materials include a copy of a Center brochure, studies for a 1995 town center plan known as the American Dream, and copies of the Center's newsletter, Silver Spring Spotlight, from 1998 to 2000.
 

The records are arranged in chronological order, and then alphabetically within each year.
 
 

Box 1
 

Series I: Silver Spring Center Citizens Advisory Board
 

Appointments, 1980-1990

Bylaws, c. 1989

Committees, 1981

Meeting Records, January 1979-April 1994
 

Series II: Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Committee
 

Appointments, 1987-1990

List of Members, c. 1989

Meeting Records, February 1987-March 1994
 

Series III: Printed Material
 

It's Silver Spring Time, c. 1990

Downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, 1992

Long Branch Neighborhood Initiative: The Achievements of a Public/Private Alliance, 1992

Helping Hands for December Holiday Baskets, 1993

Silver Spring Counseling and Renewal Center, Phase I Report: Architectural Documentation and Programming, Engineering Analysis, Food Service Programming, 1993

American Dream, A Town Center for Silver Spring, Traffic Impact Study, 1995

American Dream, Market Verification Study, Final Report, 1995

American Dream Project, Development Impact Analysis, Final Report, 1995

Downtown Silver Spring, 1997

Demographic Update, Silver Spring, 1998

Silver Spring Spotlight, 1998-1999

Silver Spring Spotlight, 2000