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• MCDOT moves forward on new bike infrastructure in Bethesda, Silver Spring, and Wheaton (mymcmedia.org) — Silver Spring residents will soon see safer, more connected bike routes as MCDOT builds new segments of the Capital Crescent and Metropolitan Branch trails, plus a secure bike parking facility by Garage 5 downtown opening this fall. Additional projects like Piney Branch Road bike lanes will better link neighborhoods to the Silver Spring Transit Center and future Flash bus stations.
• Content Creators Must Put People Before Metrics - Seventh-day Adventist Church (interamerica.org) — Silver Spring hosted a Seventh-day Adventist Creator Summit where nearly 200 digital creators were urged to focus less on likes and more on real relationships. Speaker Cristel Romero shared a seven-stage framework for turning online engagement into discipleship, emphasizing trust, personal investment, and caring for people behind the metrics.
• What is the 'De-Flock America' social media movement planned for Halloween? (newsnationnow.com) — Residents near the Takoma Park–Silver Spring border may soon hear more about a Halloween social media campaign urging people to vandalize or disable Flock license plate cameras, though no coordinated action has materialized yet. The story explains why these cameras, including those monitoring traffic in Silver Spring, have sparked privacy concerns, investigations, and contract cancellations in cities nationwide.
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