Editing Montgomery Village, Maryland (section)

==History==
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===1960s===
[[File:Montgomery Village Avenue, 1966.png|thumb|left|Montgomery Village Avenue in 1966]]
Montgomery Village was created in 1962 by Kettler Brothers, Inc. The vision for a planned community in Gaithersburg is credited to architect Charles Kettler, who incorporated Kettler Brothers with his brothers Milton and Clarence in 1952. The first land purchase was the Walker Farm in 1962. Subsequent purchases were the Thomas Farm, The Mills Farm, The French Farm, The Patton Farm, The Fulks Farm, The Wilson Farm, and The James Walter Deppa property. The Walker Farm was the largest of all the properties the Kettlers bought. It was {{convert|412|acre|km2}} and now is Walkers Choice, Cider Mill, Horizon Run, Christopher Court, Dockside, Nathan's Hill, Millrace, the Montgomery Village Library, Montgomery Village Day-Care Center, the Off-Price Centers, Bayberry, the Verandahs, Grover's Forge, Lake Whetstone, South Valley Park, and part of [[Lakeforest Mall]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://montgomeryvillage.com/village-history|title=Village History {{!}} Montgomery Village|website=montgomeryvillage.com|access-date=2016-11-28}}</ref>

On February 28, 1966, the Kettler brothers broke ground for the first house in Montgomery Village. The first model homes were opened in Lakeside of Whetstone in August 1967. The first residents of Montgomery Village moved in on September 25, 1967, in Goshenside.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.montgomeryvillage.com/about-mv/village-history|title=Village History|website=Montgomery Village}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|quote=The first residents of Montgomery Village moved in on September 25, 1967 in Goshenside. They were the Bartik family. Also on the same day, the Crosby family moved into a home on Whetstone Drive. |access-date=January 7, 2025|url=https://abcmovers.com/md/montgomery-village-movers|title=Montgomery Village Movers|website=abcmovers.com}}</ref>

The Montgomery Village Foundation was incorporated on October 17, 1966.<ref name="auto"/> In 1968, the Whetstone Community Center opened, as did Whetstone Elementary and Montgomery Village Junior High schools.

===1970s===
In 1970, The Village Mall opened, which is now the Village Shopping Center on Montgomery Village Avenue. Then in 1971, a [[Holiday Inn]] was opened. In 1973, bus service to [[Washington, D.C.]], began.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.montgomeryvillage.com/Village-History~137722~11912.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129190334/http://www.montgomeryvillage.com/Village-History~137722~11912.htm|url-status=dead|title=Montgomery Village Foundation - Village History|archivedate=January 29, 2008|website=www.montgomeryvillage.com}}</ref>

===1990s===
In 1998, Montgomery Village began using its own [[ZIP code]], 20886.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ww2.gazette.net/gazette_archive/1999/199901/gaithersburg/news/a45154-1.html |title=Top Montgomery Village news stories for 1998 |first=Jennifer |last=Bates |date=December 30, 1998 |work=The Gazette |publisher=Post-Newsweek Media, Inc. |location=Gaithersburg, Maryland |access-date=March 7, 2012 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307204004/http://ww2.gazette.net/gazette_archive/1999/199901/gaithersburg/news/a45154-1.html |archive-date=March 7, 2012 }}</ref>

===2000s===
In 2007, Montgomery Village's YMCA swimming pool closed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gazette.net/stories/031407/montnew212825_32321.shtml |title=For young and old, the Village YMCA pool will be missed |website=www.gazette.net |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328192303/http://www.gazette.net/stories/031407/montnew212825_32321.shtml |archive-date=28 March 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===2010s===
The Montgomery Village Golf Club closed November 30, 2014<ref>{{Cite news|last=O'Connell|first=Jonathan|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-business/wp/2014/04/10/in-montgomery-village-turning-a-golf-course-into-a-neighborhood/|title=In Montgomery Village, turning a golf course into a neighborhood|date=April 10, 2014|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=March 10, 2016|location=Washington, D.C.}}</ref> and will be turned into a neighborhood.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-business/wp/2014/04/10/in-montgomery-village-turning-a-golf-course-into-a-neighborhood/|title=In Montgomery Village, turning a golf course into a neighborhood - The Washington Post|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=2014-04-10|access-date=2017-07-29}}</ref>

===2020s===
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Montgomery Village is seeing a surge in redevelopment. A firm has purchased the golf course and is approved to move forward with the Bloom Montgomery Village neighborhood featuring an 80-acre park and dog park, new single-family and townhomes. The groundbreaking is scheduled for March 2020 with the first model homes opening in fall 2020.

Montgomery Village currently has a farmer's market on Saturdays from May through October, free summer concerts selling beer & wine, 3 summer youth swim teams, All Comers Swim Meet, 3 Community Centers (2 are rentable), annual art show, 4 July parade and carnival and 5k, A great Pumpkin race and fall festival, Brunch with a Bunny, flashlight Easter Egg Hunt, seasonal indoor/outdoor flea markets, Holiday craft bazaar, Annual Thanksgiving morning workout, Community Christmas Tree lighting, Breakfast with Santa, Holiday Toys for Tots Concert, a full year-round recreation program, summer youth camp program, an Active Seniors group with weekly activities, daddy-daughter Valentines Day Dance, wine & paint nights, Bingo nights, September annual dog swim (in one of the many pools) several tennis courts, 7 seasonal swimming pools, a heated pool (extends summer swimming season) paved bike and walking trails, ponds for non-motorized boating and fishing, pedestrian tunnels located under busy roads throughout for pedestrian safety, several parks and tot lots, protected natural streams, public transportation, a new renovated County Library, 2 exits to I-270 (Montgomery Village Ave & Watkins Mill Rd/2020)