What was once a 72-unit garden-style apartment complex built in the 1950s is now a five-story, 189-unit affordable housing community on Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring’s Forest Glen neighborhood, thanks to a partnership between a local nonprofit housing developer and county and state officials.
On Tuesday afternoon, county and state officials and the Montgomery Housing Partnership, whose mission is to expand access to quality affordable housing, celebrated the grand opening of the $100 million complex, Residences at Forest Glen, at 2106 Belvedere Blvd.
“This is a really exciting project to be at,” County Executive Marc Elrich (D) said during the event. “I was here when they were starting construction, and this thing has come a long way. It’s habitable now, and it’s a really nice project in the right place.”…