05/13/2021 We are pleased to report that Judge Harry Storm of the Montgomery County Circuit Court has granted the Co-op a preliminary injunction against the Neighborhood Development Company (NDC). The ruling prevents NDC from evicting the Co-op from the City-owned parking lot where we receive deliveries, …
Update on Lawsuit and Parking Lot Status
05/10/2021 We want to provide you with an update on the status of NDC’s recent notice to terminate our sublease and its demand that we immediately stop taking deliveries on the City-owned parking lot next to our store. As we previously reported, we have filed a lawsuit …
Press Release: TPSS Co-op Sues NDC and City of Takoma Park to Enforce Co-op’s Contractual Right to Use City Lot for Deliveries
Takoma Park, MD, April 27, 2021 – Today, the Takoma Park-Silver Spring Co-op (the Co-op) filed a lawsuit against The Neighborhood Development Company, L.L.C. (NDC) and the City of Takoma Park (City) in Montgomery County Circuit Court, seeking to nullify an April 15 demand by …
Reflections from Our GM
04/22/2021 I used to call the police a lot. Working at other stores prior to the Co-op, and following policies about theft or confrontations in the store, the quickest resolution was to call the non-emergency number and ask for an officer to trespass the offending …
How The Co-op Ended Up At Takoma Junction: TPSS 40th Anniversary Reflections
04/22/2021 By Adam Frank One of the most momentous events in the 40-year history of the Takoma Park Silver Spring Co-op was our relocation in 1998 from a storefront on Sligo Avenue in Silver Spring to our present location at the Takoma Junction. My wife …
Fact Sheet: NDC Parking Lot Termination Info
04/21/2021 We have received requests for summary information about the Neighborhood Development Company (NDC) notification regarding termination of the Co-op Sublease on the City-owned parking lot for ease of understanding. And as a membership organization, we have a fiduciary duty to keep membership up to …
TPSS Responds to Parking Lot Sublease Termination
04/16/2021 Co-op Owners, Shoppers and Community Members, At 7:40pm last evening, the Co-op received a letter from Neighborhood Development Company (NDC), our landlord on the adjacent City-owned parking lot. The letter that does two things: Demands that the Co-op immediately cease use of the City …
Updated Hours and Sycamore Side Lot Open
03/31/2021 We’re excited to be able to open the store for regular hours! Beginning Sunday, April 4, we’ll be open again from 8 am to 10 pm every day. Also, you may have already noticed that to accommodate our expanded hours, we have re-opened the …
It’s Spring Cleaning Time!
It’s time for spring cleaning, and our Board got in the spirit by picking up trash from the parking lot and hill around the Co-op this past weekend! Thank you, Board!
Happy 40th Anniversary – A Message from Your Board of Representatives
Happy 40th Anniversary, TPSS Co-op members and shoppers! Yes, since 1981 we’ve been serving the Takoma Park-Silver Spring community, working to promote healthy living by offering wholesome foods, high-quality produce, and community resources in a clean, friendly, and cooperative grocery store – that you can …