Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Hot Air Blow Dry Bar offers washing and blow-drying services to women, men and children.
When Joy Robinson Singer and Kate Boyle Taylor were in California for a friend’s wedding in September, they found themselves a salon that offered a unique experience. “We immediately were enamored by it,” Singer said in a press release. “The experience was so terrific and different, including the serving of wine and coffee, that we decided to bring this idea back to our hometown.” In March, the two friends opened Hot Air Blow Dry Bar at Valley Village Shoppes in Owings Mills. It offers “quick-fix” washing and blowdrying for women, men and children, and also offers up-dos, head massages and conditioning treatments. The Hot Air Blow Dry Bar is located at 9101 Reisterstown Road in Owings Mills. It is open Tuesday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.; …
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz was joined by a variety of local officials in a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Owings Mills library.
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz said he remembers the idea of a transit-oriented development popping up when he was a councilman – in 1998. Needless to say, he was glowing with excitement at a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday for the new Owings Mills branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, the anchor of transit-oriented development at the Metro Centre at Owings Mills. “This is really just the beginning,” Kamenetz said. The library, which opened on Thursday, March 21, is Baltimore County’s 19th and largest library branch, boasting a collection of more than 142,000 items. The LEED Silver certified library is housed in the County Campus building, which will be home to a new Community College of Baltimore County Extension …
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
The Baltimore County Executive said the Metro Centre at Owings Mills will be the new center of community life in town.
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz will lead an opening celebration at the new Owings Mills library at 11 a.m. on Thursday. The library, the largest branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, opened in the $30 million County Campus building at the Metro Centre last Thursday. The ceremony will also feature building tours and music from the CCBC Jazz Band. The 54,333-square foot branch has a collection of 120,000 items and 70 computers for public use—58 for adults and 12 for teens and children—according to a press release. It is Baltimore County’s 19th branch. "This will be the first of many celebrations for this new center of community life in Owings Mills. Metro Centre at Owings Mills and the County Campus bring the word …
Friday, March 22, 2013
With the first tenant -- the Owings Mills branch of the Baltimore County Public Library -- open at the Metro Centre at Owings Mills, construction keeps moving.
As the Owings Mills library opened its doors on Thursday, the area outside of Baltimore County's largest public library was buzzing with activity. Construction workers were laying brick in the plaza outside the building, finishing up windows in buildings that will house apartments and retail and moving dirt to make way for a parking garage. When fully developed, the Metro Centre at Owings Mills will include 1.2 million square feet of office space, 300,000 square feet of retail space, 1,700 apartments, a 120,000-square foot community college and library building, and hotels with up to 250 rooms. Read more on the Metro Centre:
Thursday, March 21, 2013
The Community College of Baltimore County may move into its new Owings Mills facility in time for its second summer session.
The Metro Centre at Owings Mills saw its first tenant, the Owings Mills branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, open its doors Thursday morning. The Community College of Baltimore County hopes to follow soon. “We are hoping to be here for our second summer session, which starts in July,” said Marc Ershler, interim director of CCBC Owings Mills. The 27 classrooms will offer students the opportunity to earn a complete degree at the Owings Mills extension center, something the current facility on Painters Mill Road doesn’t offer. The extension center, which will be housed in the County Campus building with the new library, will have 12 computer labs and a science lab. The current location has four computer labs and no science lab. The …
Baltimore County opened its 19th and largest public library in Owings Mills Thursday.
“It’s just beautiful.” Councilwoman Vicki Almond was glowing with excitement as she walked around the Owings Mills branch of the Baltimore County Public Library Thursday. She and her senior aide, Jonathan Schwartz, were treated to a tour at the library, which opened Thursday morning, by library system director Jim Fish. “Think about what this is going to look like in a few months,” Fish said, as he and Almond looked out on buildings and a parking garage still under construction. The library, Baltimore County’s 19th and largest branch, is the first tenant to open its doors at the Metro Centre at Owings Mills, a 1.2 million square-foot transit-oriented development at the Owings Mills Metro station. The library will share its building the …
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The Baltimore County Executive said the Metro Centre at Owings Mills will be the new center of community life in town.
When the first building in the Metro Centre at Owings Mills opens, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz will be there to celebrate the milestone. On Thursday, March 28, Kamenetz will lead the opening celebration for the largest branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, which is opening in the $30 million County Campus building at the Metro Centre, according to a press release. The 54,333-square foot branch will have a collection of 120,000 items and 70 computers for public use—58 for adults and 12 for teens and children—according to a press release. It will be Baltimore County’s 19th branch, and opens to the public on March 21. "This will be the first of many celebrations for this new center of community life in Owings Mills. …
Monday, March 11, 2013
It will be the Baltimore County Public Library’s 19th and largest branch.
The Owings Mills Branch of the Baltimore County Public Library will open its doors to the public on Thursday, March 21. The 54,333-square-foot branch will have a collection of 120,000 items and 70 computers for public use – 58 for adults and 12 for teens and children – according to a press release. It will be Baltimore County’s 19th and largest library branch. The library is part of transit-oriented development The Metro Centre at Owings Mills, a project that will boast 1.2 million square feet of office space, 300,000 square feet of retail space, 1,700 apartments, and hotels with up to 250 rooms upon its completion. The 120,000-square-foot building housing the library will also be home to 27 classrooms for the Community College of …
Thursday, March 7, 2013
The road was opened on March 1, developer David S. Brown Enterprises announced.
Grand Central Avenue, the main road running through the Metro Centre at Owings Mills, is open and operational. The road, which extends from the Interstate 795 metro exit to Painters Mill Road, can also be reached from the metro garage, according to a press release from David S. Brown Enterprises. The road allows access to two five-story buildings set to house 56,000 square feet of ground-level retail and 232 apartments as well as the six-story building that will house the largest branch of the Baltimore County Public Library and a new location for the Community College of Baltimore County. All buildings are schedule to open in March and April. When fully developed, the Metro Centre will include 1.2 million square feet of office space, 300,…
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Developers spoke about community benefits and took questions on traffic, demolition and the mix of tenants at a community input meeting Monday night.
Owings Mills resident David Ginsburg says he suffers from “consumer frustration.” If he wants to go shopping, he has to leave the immediate area. After hearing questions and complaints about the traffic that Foundry Row may bring to the Reisterstown Road corridor, Ginsburg stood up to make some comments that were met with enthusiastic applause. “As far as I’m concerned, Reisterstown Road is screwed,” he said, “and if it’s gonna be screwed, I might as well have a place to shop while I’m sitting in traffic.” Ginsburg and residents of Owings Mills and the surrounding areas attended a community input meeting on the project proposed for the vacant Solo Cup plant on Reisterstown Road on Monday night at New Town High School. It was the second …
Lisa Astrin
11:10 am on Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Great idea! I will definitely try it for a special occassion! more ›