
As the spurned Birchmere quietly announced plans to open a new branch in College Park, all eyes were on Downtown Silver Spring yesterday as County Executive Ike Leggett announced plans to open a Fillmore music club in the former J.C. Penney on Colesville Road.
"It is a terrific day for those who play music, those who listen to music and those who want to enhance Silver Spring," says Leggett, who held a press conference at the Silver Theatre with officials from national concert promoter Live Nation and the Lee Development Group, who will be developing the club and property behind it.

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"Silver Spring will become even more of a destination point . . . where you will be able to see and hear programming you can't see anywhere else," says Ted Mankin of Live Nation. Mankin rattled off a list of artists - including Coldplay, Ricky Martin and Willie Nelson - who have played Fillmore-branded venues throughout the country.
"Well, I'm waiting for Sly and the Family Stone," responds Leggett, causing an eruption of laughter.

"We're taking a big risk here, and we're a little bit crazy because this has never been done before," says Bruce H. Lee of Lee Development Group, who owns most of the block the J.C. Penney is in. "This is so far outside the box that it's going to require tremendous creativity."

Just Up The Pike is especially excited to hear that an equalizer display will be included in the building's façade, as we originally suggested last spring. "Bill Graham [original founder and promoter of the Fillmore] was known for his posters and light displays," says Menovah. "Anything is possible."
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