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Veterans Plaza is now home to a ice rink that's attracting ice skaters young and old.
Calling all ice skaters: Downtown Silver Spring's new ice rink is open and business is brisk. "We've been pretty busy, especially the weekends," said Mercedes Gavigan, a manager trainee for Tri-State Ice Management, LLC, the company that was recently awarded the contract to manage the rink. "The Sunday after [Christmas] was insane. It was very intense." Gavigan, a former high school ice hockey player, estimated that there were about 500 ice skaters who braved the chilly temps to take a spin on the ice. Silver Spring resident Gabriela Newburgh, 9, her sister Cristina, 4, and their parents ventured to the ice rink during this holiday week to check out the new business on the block. Gabriela said that she wanted "to get out in the fresh …
Tri-State Ice Management still needs to apply for permits before the rink is ready for operations.
Following weeks of failed contract negotiations it appears downtown Silver Spring's Ice rink is now back on track to open before Christmas, with a vendor finally lined up to operate the facility. Montgomery County gave official word on Tuesday of a notice of intent to award the operating contract to Tri-State Ice Management, based in Annapolis. "We have posted an award to Tri-State," confirmed David Dise, Director of the Department of General Services. "We will send a final exchange of documents including the standard form agreement hopefully by tomorrow, then Tri-State will sign off on the documents." Contract negotiations with two final operating competitors, Tri-State and Rink Management of Mechanicsville, Va., came to a halt earlier …
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Elizabeth Forbes Wallace
8:32 pm on Friday, December 31, 2010
Be sure to grab to warm hot cocoa at Adega's and watch the skaters circle and twirl from a cozy seat just above the rink. more ›