Gaithersburg Daily Photo: A Giant Place

About Gaithersburg

Gaithersburg is small town in the Washington DC suburbs. I had driven through it many times in the twenty years I’ve worked or lived in this county but never thought about residing here; other places held more interest at various times. As I began looking for a home closer to work I fell in love with Kentlands, a neo-traditional town within the Gaithersburg city limits. So now I am a Gaithersburgian? Or a Gaithersburgite? Maybe a Gaithersburger. I like that last one the best.

Gaithersburg started as an agricultural hub in 1765 and became a summer getaway town for DC residents a hundred years later. In modern times Gaithersburg has been part of a Montgomery County technology corridor and houses government facilities like the National Institute of Standards and Technology, medical companies like Medimmune and local branches of well-known companies like IBM.

Kentlands is my real attraction to Gaithersburg, however. It looks and feels like a late 19th century town but was built in the 1990s. There are many locally-owned small businesses and most are within walking distance of where I now live. The adjacent community of Lakelands has lakes and walking trails.

All of this adds up to a very photogenic town and that is the point of this blog. Visit daily and let’s explore together.

Gaithersburg Daily Photo

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

A Giant Place

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