Your daily dose of good news from Montgomery County with Steve Rhode. Today: Maryland's largest winter lights experience returns to Olney, Bob's Shanghai brings legendary soup dumplings to Bethesda, a Walt Whitman High School junior runs her own nonprofit fighting poverty, and the Thanksgiving Parade returns to Silver Spring.

Links: Maryland's Largest Winter Lights Experience: https://mocoshow.com/2025/11/04/marylands-largest-winter-lights-festival-returns-nov-28th/

Bob's Shanghai Expanding to Bethesda: https://mocoshow.com/2025/11/04/bobs-shanghai-expanding-to-bethesda-targeting-spring-2026-opening/

Aarna Gundeti's Helping Hands for Humanity: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/volunteercenter/awards/

Montgomery County Thanksgiving Parade: https://mocoshow.com/2025/11/04/montgomery-county-thanksgiving-parade-returns-on-saturday-november-22nd/

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Stephanie Mitchell was just named Montgomery County's 2024 Volunteer of the Year for delivering over 150 beds to children since February through Sleep in Heavenly Peace. Plus, a massive 475-acre conservation park just opened in Poolesville, Downtown Crown in Gaithersburg is getting a restaurant renaissance, and a new West African spot in Silver Spring will serve you jollof rice until 3 AM.

Your daily dose of good news from Montgomery County with Steve Rhode.

Stories in this episode:

Stephanie Mitchell named 2024 Volunteer of the Year: https://www.mymcmedia.org/14th-annual-montgomery-serves-awards-honors-outstanding-service-and-volunteerism/

Montgomery Serves Awards 2025 honorees: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/volunteercenter/awards/

475-Acre Royce Hanson Conservation Park opens: https://mocoshow.com/2025/11/02/475-acre-royce-hanson-conservation-park-now-open-in-montgomery-county/

New restaurants at Downtown Crown in Gaithersburg: https://mocoshow.com/2025/11/02/new-coming-soon-at-downtown-crown-in-gaithersburg/

Hot Spot opening in Silver Spring: http://eastmoco.blogspot.com/2025/11/hot-spot-opening-in-downtown-silver.html

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Start your Monday with proof that good people are doing good work! A TikTok-famous chef is bringing his viral food truck back to his old middle school for a fundraiser, a Bethesda Olympic fencer competed at an international tournament with borrowed gear after the airline lost all his equipment, a local mom is opening a nature-inspired play cafe for families, and Montgomery County writers are getting their first-ever showcase. That's the MoCo resilience and creativity we love.

Stories in this episode:

• https://mocoshow.com/2025/10/30/viral-food-truck-flavor-hive-coming-to-martin-luther-king-jr-middle-in-germantown/
• https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/30/sykesville-mom-of-3-to-open-nature-inspired-play-cafe/
• https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2025/10/what-losing-his-luggage-taught-an-olympic-hopeful-from-montgomery-county/
• https://mocoshow.com/2025/10/31/montgomery-county-public-libraries-to-host-first-local-author-showcase/

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