Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. Elects Marcus Johnson and Jennifer Nettles Directors

For Immediate Release Contact: Alan Bowser, 301-608-3932

Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. Elects Marcus Johnson and Jennifer Nettles Directors

Silver Spring, March 20, 2009. At its March 18, 2009 meeting, the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. Board of Directors elected Marcus Johnson of Silver Spring and Jennifer Nettles of Gaithersburg as members of the Board.

Nettles is the manager of Downtown Silver Spring and serves as a board member of the Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Board, and the Greater Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce. Johnson is an internationally-known jazz pianist and Founder, President & CEO of the Three Keys label, based in Silver Spring.

“We’re enormously pleased to have Jennifer Nettles and Marcus Johnson join the Town Center, Inc. Board of Directors. Both of them are strong advocates for arts and humanities community in the Silver Spring and are committed to creative partnerships between artists, residents and the private sector,” said Alan Bowser, President of the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc.

The Silver Spring Town Center Inc. is a not-for-profit 501-c-3 organization that has been established to provide community-based programming for the new Silver Spring Civic Building and Veterans Plaza to be located at the corner of Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street in downtown Silver Spring.

The other members of the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. Board of Directors are Don Berkemeyer, Jr., Alan Bowser, Sheryl Brissett-Chapman, Estefany Carrillo, David Fogel, Bryant Foulger, Jack Hewitt, Graciela Jaschek, Mark Kozaki, Jon Lourie, Aurelia Martin, Jane Redicker, Laura Steinberg, Wanda Whiteside, Beth A. Wong and Mary Ann Zimmerman.

For more information, contact Alan Bowser, Silver Spring Town Center, Inc., 301-608-3932, alan.bowser@gmail.com